Comments on: Startup Fundraising According to Paul Graham http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-fundraising-according-to-paul-graham/2008/08/18/ Startups, entrepreneurship, business and social media Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ElangoPrasiddhi http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-fundraising-according-to-paul-graham/2008/08/18/comment-page-2/#comment-111636 ElangoPrasiddhi Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:35:29 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=595#comment-111636 I think a few pictures might help this blog<br><br>Thanks<br>jaine<br>______________________________________________<br><a href="http://www.oforu.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Buy Aion Kinah</a> | <a href="http://www.eing.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">aion kina</a> I think a few pictures might help this blog

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]]> By: Benjamin Yoskovitz http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-fundraising-according-to-paul-graham/2008/08/18/comment-page-2/#comment-101561 Benjamin Yoskovitz Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=595#comment-101561 Interesting. Live and learn, that's the best we can do...thanks for sticking around and keeping the discussion going. Interesting. Live and learn, that's the best we can do…thanks for sticking around and keeping the discussion going.

]]> By: Benjamin Yoskovitz http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-fundraising-according-to-paul-graham/2008/08/18/comment-page-2/#comment-109731 Benjamin Yoskovitz Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=595#comment-109731 Interesting. Live and learn, that's the best we can do...thanks for sticking around and keeping the discussion going. Interesting. Live and learn, that's the best we can do…thanks for sticking around and keeping the discussion going.

]]> By: Benjamin Yoskovitz http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-fundraising-according-to-paul-graham/2008/08/18/comment-page-2/#comment-110336 Benjamin Yoskovitz Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=595#comment-110336 Interesting. Live and learn, that's the best we can do...thanks for sticking around and keeping the discussion going. Interesting. Live and learn, that's the best we can do…thanks for sticking around and keeping the discussion going.

]]> By: Joe http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-fundraising-according-to-paul-graham/2008/08/18/comment-page-1/#comment-101472 Joe Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:18:34 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=595#comment-101472 The company went under. The company was in the gift card business and was attempting to add an innovation to the industry. It looked pretty promising except that they had a faulty distribution system. The idea behind the card was that when you bought it you got two DVDs that you could pick from the company's website. Things were fine there, but when it came time for customers to pick DVDs they could choose titles that were physically in different places. This raised the price of shipping and made the product not very profitable.<br><br>I think the company was around for a few years in different stages until it tried to launch the product nation wide around Christmas time a few years ago. It tanked shortly after that. The company went under. The company was in the gift card business and was attempting to add an innovation to the industry. It looked pretty promising except that they had a faulty distribution system. The idea behind the card was that when you bought it you got two DVDs that you could pick from the company's website. Things were fine there, but when it came time for customers to pick DVDs they could choose titles that were physically in different places. This raised the price of shipping and made the product not very profitable.

I think the company was around for a few years in different stages until it tried to launch the product nation wide around Christmas time a few years ago. It tanked shortly after that.

]]> By: Joe http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-fundraising-according-to-paul-graham/2008/08/18/comment-page-1/#comment-109730 Joe Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:18:34 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=595#comment-109730 The company went under. The company was in the gift card business and was attempting to add an innovation to the industry. It looked pretty promising except that they had a faulty distribution system. The idea behind the card was that when you bought it you got two DVDs that you could pick from the company's website. Things were fine there, but when it came time for customers to pick DVDs they could choose titles that were physically in different places. This raised the price of shipping and made the product not very profitable.<br><br>I think the company was around for a few years in different stages until it tried to launch the product nation wide around Christmas time a few years ago. It tanked shortly after that. The company went under. The company was in the gift card business and was attempting to add an innovation to the industry. It looked pretty promising except that they had a faulty distribution system. The idea behind the card was that when you bought it you got two DVDs that you could pick from the company's website. Things were fine there, but when it came time for customers to pick DVDs they could choose titles that were physically in different places. This raised the price of shipping and made the product not very profitable.

I think the company was around for a few years in different stages until it tried to launch the product nation wide around Christmas time a few years ago. It tanked shortly after that.

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