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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. The team subsequently earned a coveted position in Launchpad LA's current accelerator class after winning the Crowdstart LA competition. Engagement.

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

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For people who haven't visited SciVee, what's the site about? The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. We provide rich media to the STM market. They got an NSF grant, and basically started up the original web site, as a video web site.

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Interview: Seth Epstein of SocialStay

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8 ) SocialStay is effectively a B-to-B, SaaS product that requires you to simultaneously speak to several audiences (hotels, travelers, travel sites, etc.). Your team operates out of a barn on your idyllic, coastal property, yet you have created a world-class product. We’re positioned well to scale.”. Droid or iPhone?

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