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Re: Adventures in Club Soda Land [Part 1]

arsachs — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:32:48 -0000

cool I'll check it out. Thanks for recommending.

Re: Adventures in Club Soda Land [Part 1]

arsachs — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:19:44 -0000

“you can only manage what you measure”

Congrats on the progress man. I've been trying to drop a few pounds by carefully tracking and measuring what I eat so this was a timely post for me. I've found that as long as you can avoid going too extreme and allowing the measuring to get to the point of obsession then it's a really useful tool for personal accountability. I actually think now before I shove a handful of chips into my mouth. Am I really hungry? Just bored? etc?

Re: The Best Approach To A Board Package

arsachs — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:55:24 -0000

Sounds like a really effective approach. It requires a little discipline from all parties, but I think if you can manage to break the bad habits, the benefit will be a really powerful discussion. Can't wait to try it.

Re: The Convertible Note Discount Price Cap

arsachs — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:50:12 -0000

Ryan I'm trying to figure out exactly how the Valuation Cap works and when I do the math, I'm getting ownership of around .83 vs. your .88 number. Can you explain in detail how you came to that ownership number?

I tried taking the Note Investment ($100,000) / (Series A amount ($2,000,000) + The Cap (10,000,000)). And got .83%.

Then I tried taking the Note Investment ($100,000) / (Series A amount ($2,000,000) + the Cap (10,000,000) + the Note Invesment ($100,000)). And got .82%.

What am I missing?

Re: Listen – Do Customer Service After Launch

arsachs — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:59:02 -0000

Completely agree with this. The management team at our company has been handling customer service and it's helped us learn about everything from features that confuse our users to payment options that we wouldn't have thought of on our own.

I don't know when "customer service" started to be thought of as only a job that should be done by more entry-level staffers, but I think that mentality is really damaging to a company. Customers are the core of a business so serving them should be a priority at every level of the team.

Re: http://blog.eventvue.com/post/372936164

arsachs — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:51:19 -0000

Completely agree Kevin. Regardless of the current outcome, Rob & Josh have proven to be entrepreneurs of the highest caliber. It's evident even in reading this introspective, intellectually honest post-mortem that these guys have learned a ton (and taught us a ton in the past 2 years!). There will definitely be great things to come from Rob & Josh. I wish you guys the best!

Re: 25 Dates.

arsachs — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:50:38 -0000

If you're serious about this you should try to track down a 1999 mockumentary called "20 Dates" http://www.imdb.com/title/t.... Basically this guy Myles Berkowitz does the exact same thing (albeit with 5 fewer dates, one of which was Tia Carrere) "to save his love life and his career". In real life, he's a filmmaker who never ended up making another movie, so I'm not sure how well that worked out for him. However, that could have something to do with its 4.9/10 IMDB rating. But for you I'd say it's worth seeing for research.

Re: The Porn Industry Wants a Bailout?

arsachs — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:20:12 -0000

Bhard has more updates than I remember! Has somebody been keeping up with it?

Re: The Dyson Airblade Rocks

arsachs — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:20:11 -0000

When your hand goes in, is there enough space that you're not actually touching the sides of it? That would require another wash.

Re: Armageddon?

arsachs — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:20:10 -0000

When Hannukah rolls around prepare to get 8 wonderful Manilow prizes from me JM!

Re: Pandora Rocks

arsachs — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:20:07 -0000

Jason thanks for encouraging me to give Pandora another try. I was an early user and basically got frustrated because their suggestions weren't matching up with my tastes. After reading your post I decided to give them another try. Seems like they've definitely improved the algorithm. And just in time because I've been getting sick of listening to the same stuff on my iTunes. So far so good.

Re: They Growz Up So Fast!

arsachs — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:14:58 -0000

Thanks Micah. We at Ignighter always appreciate your support, wisdom, and friendship.

Re: Seven Dates in Seven Days - Armand Legg

arsachs — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:20:00 -0000

I hope you washed your lips after kissing that cheek!

Re: Feel The DailyBurn: Gyminee Gets A New Name, Raises $525K

arsachs — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:15:56 -0000

Congrats guys! The site looks awesome.

Re: Guidance vs. Advice

arsachs — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:49:05 -0000

hmmmm... I'll try to find a photo...

Re: Guidance vs. Advice

arsachs — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:40:05 -0000

I'm glad you clarified the floater reference. I kept thinking that you were alluding to the upper decker you left in the bunker's men's room. I was all confused.

I <3 you.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/online-transparency-leads-to-new-world.html

arsachs — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:54:24 -0000

Really thoughtful piece Micah and thank you for including Ignighter.

In this world of "hyper-transparency" it seems that the last remaining way to truly get to know somebody is to see them interacting with their friends. In fact, seeing the way somebody behaves with their friends can probably tell you a lot more about who that person really is than a Google/fb/flickr/twitter stalk session in my opinion.

The group atmosphere also leads to a healthier form of transparency. On a one-on-one date we might be able to craft a quasi-fictional persona that fits within the story created by our online identity. However our friends - at least mine - call us out on our bullshit and don't let us pretend to be someone or something that we're not. The group setting keeps us honest in a way that is more organic than Google.

Re: Big News From the NVCA Annual Meeting

arsachs — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:22:55 -0000

This is awesome news for the NVCA. Congratulations on the well deserved honor!

Re: Pizzeria Mozza – Perhaps the Best Pizza in the U.S.

arsachs — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:03:50 -0000

Mozza sounds just great JayJay, but how could you write a post about pizza and not mention one New York establishment? I'm confident that the dumpy family owned pizzeria on my East Village block could stand up against any slice from outside the tri-state area.

Re: best-restaurants-in-boulder-co

arsachs — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:15:00 -0000

Nice Seekler application!

Re: Foodzie+Raises+%241+Million+For+Its+Specialty+Food%26nbsp%3BMarketplace

arsachs — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:40:55 -0000

Congrats to the whole team, fellow TechStars brethren. You guys deserve all the good that you have coming to you!

Re: 8 Rules To Being A Good Techstars Mentor

arsachs — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:12:17 -0000

I think you have to emphasize the importance of mentors listening to the mentees. A few of our mentors would come in and starting speaking at us about what we should be doing with our company without fully taking the time to understand exactly what we did and what we were hoping to accomplish with it. These were mentors that we rarely called upon again. Rather the mentors who really took a few minutes to listen to exactly what problem we were trying to solve, those mentors always seemed to add the most value in the long run.

Re: Top 5 Online Dating Site Trends

arsachs — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:09:11 -0000

To follow up on Dan's comment, here's a link to a story Mashable did on the Group Dating trend: http://mashable.com/2008/08...

Re: Today is Not Me-Ha day, its You-Ha day

arsachs — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:50:40 -0000

Thanks for the kind mention Micah. I'm glad our homoeroticism made you smile this week :)

Re: Top Ten Fart Scenes

arsachs — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:15:33 -0000

Harold and Kumar - Battleshit
http://www.youtube.com/watc...