Found+READ: Comments by Nathan Schorr

Nathan Schorr — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:00:02 GMT

Adam, i can not yet begin to thank you for this post. i am a few months away from wrapping up my college degree in business and not once have i ever been told what i needed to do to start a company (i know a ton of theory but nothing really practical)...about 2 months ago a few friends and i began developing a website/start-up and we were completely lost as what to do. although with these months we have learned a boatload, i am still schorr that this post will help many people that are in the same position as i was a few days ago. GREAT tips!

Nathan Schorr — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:46:19 GMT

WOW is all i can say. Great piece but most of all what a lesson; it is amazing what 1 hour can do for you…

Nathan Schorr — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:11:22 GMT

Interesting article but i think my point of view will side with the “founder” and you. As a member of this community i find it pretty crummy that someone tries to get free publicity out of us…but the truth is that you are already giving them what they want just by talking about because they want to get Googled and start a buzz around them.
I had a similar expierence and felt that everyone involved got something positive in return.
At the previous startup that i worked at i used the same technique…i offered the top 20 of Digg a free trial with JetNumbers.com if they were willing to write about our service. I was looking for an honest review on behalf of of one of them and was willing to give back to them for their service (free trial=$2). To make a long story short Jason Calacanis got wind of this and blew the lid open on users of Digg getting payed for posting spam (this was about the same time JC announced that he was paying people to contribute to Netscape). The focus of the issue was the possible gaming that was going on at Digg. As a consecuence, Digg got more publicity, JetNumbers got about 600 new accounts and got mentioned in WSJ NYTimes CNet Wired Magazine, and the Digg user that helped me got his account back by saying sorry.
I know some of you may judge me for what I did but like i always said, i never tried to ruffle any feathers, i was just looking for an honest review about our service. In the case of TrialIPO, well first the community of Found/Read should be flattered because people tried gaming you and when that happens, that means that you are a big player and as a recomendation they should have tried posting their stuff at another website because as you pointed out, Our site is about sharing; about founders helping themselves by helping each other . Once they get their product working they should come back and talk with us, but until then they should stick to programming. Thats my humble opinion.

Nathan Schorr — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:20:19 GMT

As i was writing my response to the article, the “CEO” of TrialIPO posted, well he was doing an ok job of defending himself until he began insulting: “Also, before you comment on any website, any article, check your grammar. Its always good to revise. Just an advice.” Well actually the joke is on you…a piece of advice…fool.

Nathan Schorr — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:21:02 GMT

I offered user a free trial…if you did your investigating you would have seen all the email exchanges, i offered a $2 free trial, not to much bribing there! I was not trying to hide anything, i am not ashmed of what i did, I brought it up for the benefit of Adam’s story!!!
Why would can’t i belong here? I brought out what i had done so that i could contribute to this awesome site with my own expirence, so lets stop with the name calling and discuss the issue at hand.

Nathan Schorr — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:30:03 GMT

I would agree with those that believe the comments posted about TrialIPO seem fishy.
Something that is interesting is that i agree with the any publicity si good publicity, my case proves that. That is the bottom line, even if it was a small group of people or a well to do “user”...it is really out of the founder’s hands is something like this arises, they can only sit back and watch.

Nathan Schorr — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:28:21 GMT

A quick question: we all know what was happening at the time with the bubble etc, but starting an online company is not the same today as it was back in 2000 (yes only 7 years ago), so my question is, how in the World did they get backing for a loaning company and at the young age of 21! Being 21 today and asking for money is not the same as it was in the money fest that was Web 1.0.

Nathan Schorr — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:07:43 GMT

Anuj- thanks for defining what I did, naughty…I know what I did is what I had to do but I never found a word that never made me feel crummy!

Nathan Schorr — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:47:18 GMT

Does 1 dollar per 1000 prints sound about right? Is that a good starting price for the website (I have to make projections for my business plan…)

Nathan Schorr — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:55:25 GMT

Nice solutions, keep the lawyer related posts coming; free advice is always helpfull ;)