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Seems pretty reasonable to me.

If it’s a rough wireframe it can be just that, rough.

If it’s a pixel perfect mockup then it’s a contract for final product IMO.

Of course whether there are that many sets of eyes on it depends how big a co you’re working for!

Firstly they're based in London.

(a) is not (entirely) correct. There are literally hundreds of epidemiologists, doctors, NLP engineers, etc that have worked on the models. They are not 20 questions. (I'm definitely not saying its perfect!)

(b) is false. Babylon get paid as any other GP practice does with a fee per patient (on the NHS side). Digital & phone first is GREAT. I've had appointments 7 minutes after opening the app before.

(d) is also not correct, it depends which of their services you use. GP @ Hand is pretty explicit about that being the case - it's the entire value proposition.

If you use the private service (as I do) then you keep your GP (I spoke to mine this morning).

(e) I'm not really sure how this makes it more likely they would have a data leak?

You almost couldn't have got any more of what you said wrong - why the hate?

I actually took out income protection insurance for just this reason. I'm a contractor and so being able to work is very important. My policy pays out after 13 weeks of incapacitation.

Quincy - just out on Netflix about Quincy Jones. What a fascinating life he's had. Watched it with a smile on my face the whole time.

As mentioned above. We're making money doing it.

I've long wondered why these guys are out there pitching their courses, right now I just believe its a) because they see everyone else doing it b) its easy money but really c) because their businesses are just on auto-pilot.

A lot of these guys have VA's who do a lot of the heavy lifting. I just think they're getting bored and don't want to be forgotten on the conference circuit.

Its no walk in the park, but we do pretty well with it. The thing I always say to people about dropshipping is you're either making no money or lots of money.

Finding a "winning" product is the hard part (0 revenue at this point), now imagine that product has a margin of $10 (after acquisition cost), all you have to do is find just 100 people to buy it to be making $1000 a day. Think about that for a moment, only 100 people from the entirety of Facebook or Instagram to be making $1000 a day profit.

We're small fry compared to some of the guys out there, there are people doing 6 figures a day. Some mid 6 figures.

True - but my god the experiences aren't even in the same league and for me that matters. WeWork is worlds apart.

alternatively emailhunter.co is great at this, they also have a Chrome extension you can just click when you're on a target domain

Contracted for a bit. When I had enough cash in the bank after a month or two I took a few months off and did some travel.

I couldn't even bear the thought of another startup (while it was always a long term goal) until I took a break. Now I'm back in the grind.

Shit happens unfortunately, its how you pick yourself up and dust yourself up that separates us. Best of luck.

I'm actually looking for a biz dev/sales type person who is familiar with the digital ad sales space/publishing space.

Location doesn't matter right now except would be great if you were in a (relevant) major city. I'm in Bali right now, Malaysia & Singapore next week, Tokyo for the rest of July.

Product is there, currently talking to people about it.

Best to get me on advgeoff@gmail.com (Intentional obfuscation)

Yeah, a lot of these places are still old school. They might have a DVD recorder in the back office that rewrites after x hours/days. So its not "we mandate them to buy the hardware and that we have access to at all times". Obviously places can do that with firms like ADT, just saying it isn't a clear cut government ploy.

Whose to say that one of the (many) reasons it currently isn't successful is that by feeling disconnected from friends and family it further makes them feel separate from society?

Used one travelling Xmas 2013, its pretty good value theres no denying that. I did have some problems with some binaries, I'm sure someone else could better explain it but I think it was something to do with the processor it runs on, mySQL (I think it was) was a nuisance to get up and running because of it. Must have worked, though, because I worked on it for a month or so.

Obviously it doesn't compare to something like a Macbook Air - which I have with me this time round.

I actually respected the way they did that.

They're trying to make some very serious criticisms without detracting too much from the fact that Internet.org actually got off their arses to do something about the digital divide.

I think its fair. They're trying to give some degree of credit where its due, as opposed to an all out attack. Its hard for me personally to agree with an all out attack piece when I'm conscious of the seemingly good intentions of the project (conspiracies aside).

Whoah. Uncalled for dude. This is a tech site you have to remember, he's a CEO of a tech site/husband to SS/seems like he was a big figure in the community.

I'm sure every single one of us cares that people died yesterday. Don't want to get into a big debate, jus sayin. #deepbreaths

not sure thats correct. i have a 16gb 5c, and when I bought it the guy who sold it to me said for an extra £15 you can get 16gb.

I have a side project that needs some life! http://www.hurl.io

Hey man, me too. Read it 4/5 years ago, been coding ever since - its my day job. Honestly thanks.

You'll either get fired or people will keep paying you your new price.

Not even kidding I was about to say the same thing. Just got back from travelling, 2 months in Thailand 1 month in Australia. Would recommend it to anyone feeling like this.

Words cant describe, I feel reinvented. Note: I was disconnected the WHOLE time. Things take on a new meaning.

Interesting article. I'm sort of here now with something I'm working on, its incredibly general, and thats how I want it.

What I'm going to do however is pitch to the specific groups, the specific uses. I'm going to get out and talk the moms and pops crowd, the artsy crowd, the cyclist crowd and show them how/why they should be using it.

Maybe I've read it wrong, but it doesn't seem like a product/market fit problem to me, it seems like a "I haven't showed these people sufficiently how/why to use it for what matters to them" problem.

Edit: Rereading what I've wrote back I feel even more certain of something: perhaps the problem with creating a product that is too generic is that the gap has to be filled with education, if it isn't obvious on how to use it - like the case might be with a product that is very specific - then you have to fill that with a non-codey layer over the top.

Double edit: I think its funny how I see people write about "coder mindset" as a reason that they've hit a snag but yet still manage to stick to a coder-solution mindset. Maybe try a new layer of packaging, some education. Literally detach from being a programmer. Source: Programmer, marketeer, photoshopper background

Hey, yeah I totally get it. Just drive home the WHY, WHY do you need to help them understand their customers' behaviour patterns? What are the benefits? Honestly I can't say that enough :)

Hey! Cool concept.

My overall comment would be really drive home the problem(s) that you're trying to solve, whatever they might be. I would lead with those. i.e.

- Fed up of wasting perfectly good ingredients? - Want to make smarter purchasing decisions? - Take the guesswork out of your next specials - etc etc

What you have at the moment is mostly the solution, I'd pitch up the problem like I mentioned above, then a few points on your products magic.

It shouldn't be too tough because even from just seeing your current page I "get it".

Just my 2 penneth :)

Well, not technically.... they are very much different countries!

Although we're 'appy to 'av ya.

:)

Yeah, but thats an entirely different ballgame if you ask me. The thing that differentiates this and mind reading, is full public/mainstream understanding.

Consider:

"Oh hey ma, the damned government is demanding public SSL keys, that means they can grab the data between your computer screen, and [insert popular services] servers"

vs

"Err, ma. The government has just announced they're now going to be reading peoples minds wherever and whenever you are."

I'm sure one would illicit a much more active response, and as ever, its down to full understanding.

I would suggest wrapping it in a different colour div, it should "feel" like a promo right?

Its not too late!! Chuck a banner up on the HP

I can't speak with any real authority, but I would suggest its down to the fact crack is cocaine mixed with further agents, allowing there to be a higher yield from the same amount of cocaine.

You'd have to also consider whether smoking the drug is more intense than sniffing, which would possibly compensate for the fact theres less cocaine.

Not a source per se, but some interesting info here on consumption methods: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/deliv...

Hi all,

Long time member. Today we've begun pushing weartolook, something we've been working on now for a good couple of years. Its been a crazy journey, we could probably write the book on how not to launch your startup.

We're 2 London based founders that are totally self-taught programmers, we have over 300 of the UK's (and some from the US) best stores on board: Topshop, Urban Outfitters, Harrods, Saks Fifth, Net-a-porter to name a few and today we have >3m products.

Take a look and let us know what you think, we're wide open for feedback.

Geoff (Founder)

Hey - I didn't have to provide anything but a CC number and I'm based in Europe. We don't have a huge account, how many boxes did you order?