My comment was in general what I think could be better way for evaluation and while citing that I phrased my personal past experience with Indian managers. It was no way on stereotypical side.
You have to install some things, poke around the system, do some general management, etc... I'm not claiming to be an expert but I really liked what I saw especially in the documentation (it looks outdated but the content is absolutely on point)
Comcast acquired NBC recently, and with that came NBC's assets, one of which was EveryBlock (which NBC had only recently acquired and then shuttered).
Comcast brought it back -- not under NBC anymore, but under Comcast proper. The big question is why? What is their monetization strategy? As a Chicago resident and past EveryBlock user, I'm very curious about this. My first guess is that Comcast appreciates being able to correlate an email address with a neighborhood, for marketing opportunities.
This person is trolling by getting people to argue with a position that he or she doesn't even put forth. Don't fall for it -- ignore people who say things and refuse to back them up.
I think it's more likely the person is being honest. I think the positive move would be to encourage him/her to express their rational and provide an example of how HN accepts different conclusions provided there is a logical process in creating those conclusions.
What you are doing is providing example to buttress op's point as being correct. Best to leave that attitude on reddit.
You disagree with my interpretation of this thread, fine. You might be right, great! The "best leave that attitude on reddit" comment is childish and does more to lower the quality of the conversation than my call to ignore unexplained (not even irrational) points. Grow up.
Not so obvious to me. Consider browser plugins, desktop application (e.g. Outlook) plugins, letting users grant your service access to their online email, etc.
You're definitely right that there are other options, and I'll be reconsidering that approach closer to the time based on what's easiest/most important for actual users. Thanks for the comment :)
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I'm bootstrapping alone around a day job. It's not impossible, but it's very painful. :( Trying to use my time wisely to get to a sellable product ASAP so I can switch to full time.
But parent has a very good point. You need to develop clarity around what specific problem your product is solving. Especially since you're bootstrapping with a day job. You don't have the resources to tackle a general, abstract problem (ie Excel). You need a very very tight niche and a very specific target audience.
How does insect protein compare to plant protein with respect to cheapness and efficiency? What's the argument for inventing an industry when an industry already exists which provides plenty of healthy, cheap, and efficient protein for humans?
Insects are already eaten regularly by ~60% of the world's population. It's not so much inventing a new industry as improving the tooling of one of the oldest.
That said, there'll always be a demand for a variety of protein sources. We've had access to complete plant protein for thousands of years, but we consume more meat than ever. Vegetable protein will likely always be the cheapest, and that has been the case since the dawn of agriculture.
Think affiliate marketing, or niche product creation (targeted ebooks and the like), that require a bit of upfront effort, but little ongoing maintenance, and can scale out to many of these products/revenue streams. Lots of ongoing small hits, rather than one big payoff for one big product :)
