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kendallc81
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2012 - 04:47pm PT
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@J.Haze If that long post were a sales pitch it would be a terrible one for sure. It isn't though so it is not meant to accomplish what you suppose. Not naming the site has only to do with showing good faith that we are simply trying to get some initial feedback rather than trying to get a bunch of people clicking through.
We have approached many communities this way in the last day or two. Some appreciate the approach and respected it as honest and some did not. Some like the concept of the site and thought it could be good for them and some did not.
I assure you, it was not designed in MS word and neither were our marketing videos or the site itself. The 900k in funding we have raised has provided more than enough to build our platform and now we intend to market it but first we must find out who will be most receptive.
I don't know if you noticed that I said 900k and not 100k or 200k which is all that most startups raise with overcooked non-innovative ideas. Investors respond to this platform because it is actually innovative. The innovative or non-innovative merits of an entire platform are somewhat difficult to ascertain from a still screen shot.
Our goal was to figure out from truly passionate people within small communities what they thought of a simple screenshot and limited explanation because that is all about all of the effect of an ad at the top of a screen will get you. The ones that say "hey that seems like it could be cool" we will throw ads at immediately, the ones with less vision or the ones who our platform is not currently geared towards, those we will likely not advertise on. That is yet to be seen here. In our postion we have to see into the negative comments and learn WHAT exactly is seen as negative.
Learn from everything. That's our motto. We have a lot of mottos though.
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J.Haze
Sport climber
Ohio
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:07pm PT
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The concept is interesting for your advertising and I am curious in the results. I would ask questions on how you think the initial post makes people react, i.e. create bias or skepticism, but it's not what your trying to acomplish here as this is not a marketing forum lol. I would be aware of the sites like meetup.com if I where you, the site seems to be covering a similar market.
Really though I was bored at work and wanted to bust your balls, its Friday who want to work.
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Actually am proud in some respects, I did get you to reviel your marketing campaign with what two posts? Common man your on a rock climbing forum posting off topic, how did you expect it to go?
Good luck with your thing!
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:14pm PT
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We have a lot of mottos though.
. . . yawn . . .
I think I am going to join the OT Marmot
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:15pm PT
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"...reaching out to the community and it's owner..."
Didn't know that we were owned.
Or did you mean "pwned", which is more accurate.
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:17pm PT
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I don't know if you noticed that I said 900k and not 100k or 200k which is all that most startups raise with overcooked non-innovative ideas.
I know entrepreneurs that eat $900k for breakfast and eat another $900k the next day.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:20pm PT
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No more feeding the troll/spammer/pimp
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kendallc81
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2012 - 05:27pm PT
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@rectorsquid If you simply search the word startup and techcrunch you will find that most seed funding is far below 500k. If you search it on investopedia or even wikipeda you will find that the very definition of seed funding is breached when talking about a 900k figure. It then enters early round by definition.
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Mr Roy
climber
Seattle
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:28pm PT
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:37pm PT
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Gawd, I have resisted contributing to this thread (why did I even read it, curiosity I guess, either that or I have too much free time on my hands), hey Kendall dude, you hit on the wrong bunch. Period. Full stop. Adios amigo.
Blatant? I wonder if you know the meaning Kendall. Cheeky? Either that or stupid. Go play on the freeway. (No menace intended, just go play elsewhere.)
BTW, in my honest opinion, social media is neither social or intelligent. A load of crap. And as far as humanity goes on the Web... I am sorry, I am just rolling on the floor in fits of laughter, and you think you are different. ROTFLMAO.
When is the IPO? I'll make sure I stay clear with what little money I have.
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kendallc81
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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@limpingcrab I can see how it would seem similar but it is not. Very different model from ours.
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kendallc81
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2012 - 05:49pm PT
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Yes social media is in many ways what you say it is. That is why we built something entirely different. Useful as much as it is social and inspiring. But it is difficult to explain color to someone who can only see in black and white.
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John M
climber
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:52pm PT
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But it is difficult to explain color to someone who can only see in black and white.
How to win friends and influence enemies. Yep..
Hey Simon..
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
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so Kendall, you climb?
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kendallc81
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2012 - 06:07pm PT
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@10be4m Oh I'm sure what I have done would be tame compared to what you guys do. What I have done has been more extreme hiking. I enjoy what I do do though. I prefer pushing my limits in mountain biking. But I'm lazy about it and mainly only like the extreme stuff when there is a lift. I like going down a double black diamond but not up it.
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jstan
climber
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Sep 21, 2012 - 06:30pm PT
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I think we have here the first case of a machine passing the Turing test.
A machine producing text that people think was produced by a person.
Terminator redux.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Sep 21, 2012 - 06:31pm PT
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John M, I agree
But it is difficult to explain color to someone who can only see in black and white.
Kendall, I hope you do not rely on your charm to win friends or business.
I know this forum, most of the contributors think outside of the box far more than you appear to. Black and white indeed. You seem the one stuck in the box. Get a life and quit bugging us.
You've lost your 'struggle' to win us over. Move on to other pastures. Mooo, Mooo, baaa, baaa.
BTW, I have been a journalist for some 40 years in five countries, much of it business journalism. I have come across chancers before, and you are no different. "Oh, but I am different". Yeah, right, and pull the other leg while you are at it, I dislike being imbalanced by people of your sort.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Sep 21, 2012 - 06:50pm PT
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Oh he's a mountain biker.. ;) Sorry couldn't resist.
Kendall, Climbing is a dangerous pursuit. We put our lives in our partners hands and it is hard to trust new people to be competent. It might not be suited to your platform..
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kendallc81
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2012 - 06:51pm PT
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@Patrick Sawyer
I grew up in extreme poverty in a drug community in the middle of nowhere Texas where my house was a camper trailer with a glorified shed added onto it. I never went to college and yet in my career I have gone from roach infested pizza dives washing dishes (not as a summer job) to owning a company that pays myself and others six figure salaries. I have taught for three semesters in the collegiate environment (yes without any degree) and shared cocktail shrimp with everyone from the CEOs from fortune 100 companies to congressional staffers and policy creators from many of the organizations that decide the direction of this country and world. I have now been an executive twice and all before the age of thirty. You may not choose to believe this but if the media (CBS, Politico, etc) we have spoken with thus far is any indication, when we are ready, there will not be a shortage of outlets to give our company the attention we need.
You can choose to believe this or not. I only state it to say that I have no shortage in ability to "charm" my way outside of any critical or less than favorable situation. Very few people have what it takes to rise above the lot cast to them. I am one of those people if there ever was one. And there is currently no signs of any slowing, quite the contrary actually. Honest and integrity are very rare traits that will take you very far if you stick with them I have found time and time again.
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kendallc81
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2012 - 06:58pm PT
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@Big Mike
Well I wouldn't call myself a mountain biker. I mean, I have a few Haro bikes and really enjoy going downhill when I go to Beaver Creek in Colorado but I haven't had much time for things of that nature in my life enough to say that I am "a mountain biker". For me it is simply fun.
Everything I have done on a mountainside was free climbed just enough to be dangerous while still being possible by someone who has little idea of proper climbing technique.
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