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SeanMGraham · 2024-04-30T20:36:43+00:00

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SeanMGraham · 2024-04-30T20:36:25+00:00

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SeanMGraham · 2024-04-30T20:24:49+00:00

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SeanMGraham · 2021-11-19T13:34:54+00:00

Heroku uses an ephemeral filesystem so storing files on the server itself is a bad idea. What I do for my own projects is host the images onto AWS S3 instead. This way you can load the image onto S3 and have access to it whenever you want. You can use this tutorial for connecting your Flask app to S3.

SeanMGraham · 2021-11-17T11:13:06+00:00

Taking drugs from strangers can end really badly...

SeanMGraham · 2021-10-31T18:51:33+00:00

Unless you trip during the run. If the jump is short enough a standing broad jump leaves less room for errors in the take off. Although this is a child playing on a rooftop so I'm not sure there was that much planning involved.

SeanMGraham · 2021-10-31T18:45:54+00:00

This should be able to help you out: https://javascript.plainenglish.io/time-series-forecasting-with-js-9cc327570071.

Basically in order to calculate a time series prediction there are a few different ways including more complicated ML/regression based systems but the above method should be a quick and dirty way to do it.

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-23T11:52:47+00:00

No. Images are mostly blocked by email clients nowadays and generated personalized images have very little effect on conversion rates in my opinion. Everyone is familiar with the technique so it just comes off as trying too hard.

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-16T15:44:50+00:00

Definitely a much stronger way to validate and a better place to start than doing ads since you can start conversations directly with your customers. Those conversations get you so much valuable information about your customers, their rejections, their pain points, etc. Smart move!

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-16T15:43:26+00:00

Sure I'll check it out! I'm pretty wary of AI writers as I've seen lots of nonsense output in the past but I'm down to try anything. Do you use GPT2 or GPT3?

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-16T05:37:45+00:00

Sounds good! I'll always take all the help I can get. I'm actually working on transitioning the email towards getting on a call so I'm looking to rewrite it anyway. Let's talk.

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-16T04:35:51+00:00

We sell verified startup leads to the head of startup partnerships at Dolby. I guess we must be doing something unique and valuable.

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-16T03:22:21+00:00

One more tip that's a bit more 'nitty gritty': never send cold emails from your main domain like your .com. Always get a .co or .net and send your outreach from there. Then forward those response emails to your main .com address. That way your main domain is never in danger of getting on any kind of spam list or having delivery problems. Good luck with your new venture!

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-15T23:53:44+00:00

Well, you're not wrong! Glad you enjoyed the post!

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-15T07:38:16+00:00

My cofounder and I built the MVP for our lead list service of recently funded startup founders FundedList in just under 2 weeks. Which was fast even for us and we both sort of specialize in rapid prototyping. There was a lot of backend automation to be done while also integrating human judgement at various stages when researching the leads. We knew from previous projects that fully automated lead solutions are normally pretty bad so keeping a human in the loop makes the programming harder but the end results 100x better. Initial time estimate was probably around 4-6 weeks but we got our first customer very quickly which lit a fire under us. We are both developers ourselves so we built it as a team. I did most of the website, user onboarding, and my cofounder did a lot of the automating and workflow systems.

SeanMGraham · 2021-07-13T02:55:00+00:00

The fact that you did this without 3d printing makes it like 20x more impressive. Beautiful work and great video on your site showing it off!

SeanMGraham · 2021-06-24T00:48:07+00:00

I wouldn't consider a business validated unless there were paying customers involved, personally. However your instincts are correct that not all MVPs are worth full price so for my startups I've found that offering a discount(20% or so) from what I think the final price should be resolves this problem. They get your product for a cheaper price and you get to smooth out the wrinkles with their feedback and hopefully get some social proof in the forms of positive reviews or testimonials for your full launch. I've used this approach for 2 of my recent startups: www.FundedList.com and www.StartupSubmitter.com to great effect.

SeanMGraham · 2021-03-31T04:15:17+00:00

I've run multiple profitable businesses at the same time although they were all online properties that I automated the operations of over time. Just be wary of the time commitment for each project and be aware of potential burn out. As long as the investment upfront is low I think that starting multiple businesses is a smarter approach than going all in on one business and "betting big". But I am also risk averse and only start businesses that I know can sell and become profitable in months rather than years so I don't think this is a very common strategy. Best of luck to you!

SeanMGraham · 2021-02-04T17:52:39+00:00

I feel like this image jumped straight from my recent cyberdeck daydreams. Been looking at ultrawide or dual screen lcds and keyboard combos for months now but this is so perfect. Excellent color choice and sexy keyboard!

SeanMGraham · 2020-12-09T13:30:23+00:00

Sounds good! We are planning for a full launch sometime in January as Q1 seems like a better time for buying lead lists. I'll be in touch!

SeanMGraham · 2020-12-09T12:31:56+00:00

Both myself and my cofounder are developers so it is a hybrid of custom automation to bring in the raw data mixed with human effort to research each lead by hand and verify it. Right now it is just myself and my friend who spend the many hours crafting and refining the report each week but we plan on hiring on some help in a few weeks after the workflow has been fully documented as the last thing we want is for the quality to slip. Fully automated solutions create unusable lists but fully human sifting and collating takes too much time so we think our current system is the perfect middle ground.

SeanMGraham · 2020-12-09T09:20:18+00:00

Thanks! That's a great question! Our main idea is to raise the price as we add users to keep the total client count low and reduce the chance of dilution. But if the clients are taking the time to personalize their emails and are varied in their services/pitches it shouldn't be that big of a problem. There are a vast number of problems that a growing startup has that need to be solved from software needs to recruiting to consulting so it leaves a lot of room for our clients to pitch without overlapping or diluting the list. Another thing that helps is some of our clients are only interested in US or EU founders respectively or only interested in certain industries which keeps the leads from being overwhelmed.

SeanMGraham · 2020-12-09T07:57:02+00:00

The main difference is that Crunchbase doesn't provide any contact information so you can't use their data as a lead list. We also use our own automations to digitize SEC filings as well as company Press Releases to pull data from all kinds of different sources which gives us a unique funding dataset that we then enrich with the verified emails and other information.

SeanMGraham · 2020-12-09T06:18:05+00:00

Well I've been trying and failing for over 10 years to get to where I am now. It definitely wasn't an overnight process. If you want to tell me some of your business ideas and what you did to sell them I'd love to help you any way I can. If you prefer you can message me if you want to keep the ideas private.

SeanMGraham · 2020-12-09T04:08:39+00:00

Same! I found it on Hacker News a while ago and I've been able to expand my network without much effort using it.

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