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Why is Zynga losing money?
It's been a while since I followed Zynga at all, but imo, it has a couple of problems. First, it built a multi-thousand employee behemoth purely on its Facebook games. Once the industry realized that there might actually be money in mobile games, it was too late. The Zynga ship was already...- splok
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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How Do You Take Quality Photos Of Product?
OFF-TOPICI was a bit skeptical of "guitar photography", but that was a really great post.- splok
- Post #4
- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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Ebola in the USA... Anyone Concerned?
HEALTHWhat could possibly go wrong!?- splok
- Post #106
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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Just launched our first Kickstarter! (small adventure game project)
EXECUTIONJust a quick update to say thanks to everyone for the support! Our kickstarter ended a couple of weeks ago with us beating the funding goal by over 30%! We asked for a fairly modest amount of money, but even so, it was great to see the project garner enough interest to cause almost 500 people...- splok
- Post #12
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Have Any Of You Fastlaners Taught English In China?
Oh and as a further bonus, in SK the taxes are pretty low and when you leave, you get 1 month of bonus pay for each full year that you've worked, which basically offsets the witholdings. You effectively clear whatever your monthly salary is. SK is generally considered one of the more...- splok
- Post #29
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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How do you guys hire actors/models for your product videos? (preferably female)
PEOPLEAlso, take along a laptop/tablet with your product or site so you can easily explain what you're looking for. That way it doesn't come across like you're shopping for porn models or something.- splok
- Post #7
- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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How do you guys hire actors/models for your product videos? (preferably female)
PEOPLENo direct experience here so just brainstorming a bit, but if I absolutely had to find someone for a video with 1-2 days notice, I'd probably hit the local college campuses with some fliers and offer a nice finder's fee as well. You could also poke the fiverr video people and see if any of them...- splok
- Post #3
- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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22 Big Hairy Problems That Need Solutions
It's literally never been cheaper or easier to start a business. That doesn't mean that all businesses are cheap or easy to start. If you need some inspiration, there's a great book called "The $100 Startup" with a bunch of examples. Here's a short article about it...- splok
- Post #8
- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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The 2015 Fastlane Meetup Pre-Plan Discussion (formerly B&P)
MEETUPSWoot, last minute, but submitted!- splok
- Post #242
- Forum: Networking and Meet-Ups
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The number one scarcity growing up as a child....
INTROIt's a good point, and it goes along with what I think is a related misconception. I think that people don't generally realize that there's a difference between play, which is an active endeavor, and entertainment, which is typically passive.- splok
- Post #2
- Forum: Introductions
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Have Any Of You Fastlaners Taught English In China?
I taught in Seoul for a while, so from that perspective: -You'd want full-time, but depending on how flexible/qualified/lucky you are, you can get a full time salary for some pretty short hours. -Depends a lot on the school. At mine, we were expected to be in the building during normal...- splok
- Post #15
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Possible $2B Minecraft exit
Looks like it's official now, $2.5 exit: https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft/- splok
- Post #26
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Public to Private Domain Name
WEB/DIGITALSome (most/all?) registrars offer domain privacy services that list the domains as registered by a proxy service. It's fairly cheap, though the cost varies based on the registrar. If yours doesn't have it, you can transfer the domains to one that does. However, your info may still be visible...- splok
- Post #2
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Possible $2B Minecraft exit
I could be wrong about the Notch's "mainstreamness", but still, Minecraft has made over $600M in revenue... To think that most of those users are interested enough to know about the developers seems pretty hopeful. I mean, if you're on any gaming site, then sure, everyone knows, but to be that...- splok
- Post #12
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Possible $2B Minecraft exit
That was probably true in the early days, though I think it's become mainstream enough that the vast majority of people who've purchased it probably don't even have a clue what a "Notch" is. It's probably a good franchise building move for Microsoft though. It's one of the few games that have...- splok
- Post #6
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Possible $2B Minecraft exit
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101975715 I'm a bit skeptical, but pretty amazing if so. However, is it possibly undervalued? $250M revenue in 2012, and $325M in 2013... That's some pretty incredible revenue numbers to be putting up when some other, similarly valued acquisitions, have basically no...- splok
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- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Fresh off the slowlane "boat" - Any advice?
SLOWLANEHave you made games before? You list skill in game development, so I would think that you have. However, I tend to find that the only people who think their ideas are important are people who have never actually made a game. We could all brainstorm for 20 minutes in this thread and get like...- splok
- Post #9
- Forum: Introductions
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Just launched our first Kickstarter! (small adventure game project)
EXECUTIONThanks for the link, I'll check them out!- splok
- Post #11
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Should I Learn SEO, or Outsource it?
It's not even the scams that I would worry about. If you go out and buy a bunch of shitty/tainted links, it can actively destroy your site's rankings.- splok
- Post #9
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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Should I Learn SEO, or Outsource it?
If you're intent on running a content-based site as your business, you should realize that traffic generation needs to be your core business activity. Making content is great, but if no one sees it, then it doesn't matter. Of course, content can help attract people via seo, and once you...- splok
- Post #7
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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