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Woman Who Couldn't Breastfeed Kills Herself
According to the Daily Mail, Isden, 30, had an appointment to see the lactation nurse that morning. "She had seemed depressed about the feeding difficulties but had sought no help about that," states the coroners' reports.
OB/GYN Dr. Elizabeth Lyster says that she's saddened but not surprised by the tragic outcome of this story. "There is a tremendous amount of pressure on mothers to do things right. And if we internalize that pressure it's the quickest way to descend into a downward spiral."
Breastfeeding in particular is a hot-button issue among new parents, says Lyster, but it wasn't always that way. "The pendulum has swung towards breastfeeding at the moment. But 50 or 60 years ago it was thought to be disgusting to do it -- something you hired the help to do."
Lyster cautions her patients if they are having trouble breastfeeding, it might be their own expectations for success that's the problem. "If you feel tense and stressed, it inhibits the milk flow and milk production."
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This makes me so sad. I suffered from horrible postpartum depression, which made breastfeeding difficult for me. I finally decided to give our baby formula at 6 weeks. However, instead of relief, I felt guilt over not breastfeeding. Through counseling, medication, and the support of my family, I recovered. My prayers are with this woman's family. Postpartum depression is a real illness. If you are suffering from it, you are not alone. Please seek help. You are valued and needed.
What a tragedy. I think it's sad that there is so much pressure on women to do things like breastfeed. While I lived in the city, I constantly saw women actually lecturing other women (whom they never met before) about what's the "right" way to rear a child, and about how it is child abuse to not want to give your child the best start in life with breastfeeding. Hitting a child is child abuse. Giving them a bottle of formula is not. I think women need to learn to respect other women's decisions and trust them to be able to raise a healthy, well-adjusted child.
Definitely. After struggling the nurse both of my children for six weeks, I finally had to bottle feed for both their health and mine. You wouldn't believe the dirty looks that other women shot me when I had to feed them in a restaurant or other public place. You'd think I was poisoning them!
I feel so sorry that this woman felt as pressured as she did. This was a senseless death that never had to happen. I feel for her child—a mother is irreplaceable. Maybe now people will think twice before they judge other moms.
This makes me so mad and sad. I could not breastfeed at all with my last birth. I had no milk. I pumped and met with the lactation specialist….nothing. My doc said it was from the stress from my pregnancy (which was rough to say the least) and other factors I won't get into. Even the doctor in this article says there is pressure to do the "right" thing. I mean breastfeeding is an option, but formula feeding is one too. Breastfeeding may not be the "right" thing for everyone. Starving a child is not the right thing. If their nutritional needs are being met with formula then that is a good thing.
I struggled with breastfeed and caught more flack from "pro-breastfeeding" people. I was told I wasn't trying hard enough and that if I REALLY wanted to I would make it happen. Well, if your baby doesn't want to latch on, or can't (because of nipple issues as in my case), then it's not going to happen. But, I beat myself up for almost a year after my oldest was born. I felt like a deformed failure.
My youngest was born premature. When she was first born I didn't have anything coming in. I was doing what the nurse told me to do and pumping anyway and was only getting pain and sore, nothing more. The NICU nurses were understand as to why I finally said I just couldn't do it. I explained the previous experience and that since they were giving her formula anyway because noting was happening with me then we were just going down that route. Then I was checked out by the most opinionated, rude nurses ever. She ripped me a new one because I was a horrible mom for not breast feeding when I had a baby downstairs in NICU. I sobbed.
First, moms need to be prepared for the fact that sometimes, at no fault of theirs, breastfeeding just doesn't work. You can read every breastfeeding book there is, like I did, and not one will tell you this. Second, these "pro-breastfeeding", "if your not doing it your a bad mom" people need to keep their mouths shut; they are not the ones dealing with the struggle of trying with no success. They don't know your issues so how do they have a right to judge you!?
I spent five days in an ICU after the birth of my second child. We tried to make breastfeeding work because I really wanted it to. I was on, among other things, blood thinners, which wasn't working really well with the pump. As in, there was more blood than milk being pumped. I was still determined to try when was released, but couldn't due to medications while in the hospital. When I went home, my regular doctor told me, point blank, breastfeeding now would likely deprive her of a mother later. At that point it was an easy "choice" for me.
And yet, the roving educators feel the need to tell me what harm I'm doing by feeding her formula. It's gotten to the point now that my husband buys the formula. He has 'that way' about him and no one would dare walk up to him and tell him how to do something.
I think a lot of people go way too far in their zeal and don't truly understand the damage that they're doing. I also find it amazing that many of them get irritated with me because I get offended — after all, they're only trying to help and encourage. Grrr.
How about some evidence that this really had anything to do with breastfeeding? How about recognizing this as a tragic case, probably having to do with post-partum depression and nothing to do with breastfeeding. Concluding that this had anything to do with breastfeeding or pressure from people we don't know were even in her life is absurd. It is also disrespectful to the many women who suffer from PPD. It is irresponsible and sensationalist to blame this on breastfeeding advocates - particularly given the report states she had not yet even attended the appointment with a lactation consultant.
i tried but it didn't work (i couldn't "make" it happen) but i got the dirty looks and the lectures, which as a new mom, makes you feel like the worst mother in the world. and for me it was my mother in law making me feel horrible about it….and she didn't even breastfeed my husband!
Thank you Jake.
This tragic death has nothing to do with breastfeeding and everything to do with how difficult it is to transition to new motherhood. For whatever reasons this mother's post partum psychosis (because this is far more than PPD) missed being diagnosed. This article says nothing about the birth, the pregnancy, the family, and whether or not this mother suffered from depression prior to the birth — all factors relating to adjustment.
Instead of jumping on the "I tried to breastfeed and couldn't" train how about a real discussion about how difficult it is to have a new baby and how we can support new families.
All of this talk about the "pressure" to breastfeed and no mention about the stigma of postpartum depression in the article?
The problem is not breastfeeding.
The problem is that women are embarrassed to speak out when they are suffering from an illness like depression. The problem is that people around them do not pick up on the signs and push them to get help.
I am so impressed with the thoughtfulness of the comments posted on this sad story. I want to clarify that parents nowadays are often pressured to do the "right" thing - in quotes, somebody else's idea of what is right - rather than being respected for doing what is right for them.
That is horrible! I wish someone had known how she really felt so they could have stepped in to help her.
I consider myself lucky. With the birth of my first daughter, I had an emergency C; the epidural failed, I felt every cut, clamp, and suture. After I finally woke up, I was too exhausted to think about trying to nurse my daughter. She had her meal from a bottle.
I didn't think I wanted to breastfeed but half-heartedly tried 12 hours after she was born. I "tickled" her cheek and she latched on. My 2nd daughter had to go to NICU. I was able to nurse her 3 hours later.
Some moms have trouble producing, some babies have trouble latching onto mom but can latch onto the nipple of a bottle. A friend of mine was nervous which made her baby nervous and she wasn't able to produce enough to satisfy her baby. She felt horrible and I felt sad for her.
I wish moms wouldn't judge other moms if they aren't able to nurse their babies.
The first baby I ever fed was my nephew (nephew #4 of 9, yikes) with a bottle. The look of contentment on his little face wasn't any less than the look on my daughters' faces when they were latched onto my breast.
This is a very sad story but as a mental health professional, I can tell you that PPD is a real mental illness and cannot be "caused" by breastfeeding problems. Blame is on this woman's health care system. Blame is on society that makes it hard for women to feel comfortable seeking help. If everyone's health care system prioritized a new mom's health and followed them to ensure breastfeeding success and check for signs of PPD, these thypes of things would be far less likely to occur.
How sad that the focus is put on breastfeeding when this sad story should be used to highlight PPD, the warning signs and what new moms can do to get help if they need it. Her death wasn't caused by breastfeeding challenges, it was caused by PPD.
And if things like "If you feel tense and stressed, it inhibits the milk flow and milk production." are the only support that new moms get for breastfeeding its no wonder there is so much frustration. I don't think I've read less helpful advice, especially for an overwhelmed new mom. Clearly Lyster does not see breastfeeding as important. Its unfortunate to see a doctor so uneducated when breastfeeding is so important for both mother and baby. And its too bad when medical professionals trivialize it as though it were a trend.
I think the sad thing is that other people seem to think it is their "right" to pass judgement on others for something that is none of their business. If a mother wants to breastfeed then that is her choice, if she wants to bottle feed then that is her choice. NOBODY should have the power to pass judgement on that choice. Sad thing is we women seem to be the worst at passing judgement on each other instead of supporting each other.
Jake/Good grief: you are bang on the money. Being very close to what happened with lovely Katy this has been sensationalised by the Daily Mail and the reporters involved have used their 'journalistic licence' to get some headlines.
The way the press have handled this has been with total disrespect to her family and without the full facts. A total disgrace.
To all those that have an opinion and are wide of the mark, spare a thought for her family who more than likely have read these pages and may not appreciate some of your opinions.
What you read in newspapers is not always the correct version of events.
Anyone who says this has nothing to do with breastfeeding has their head buried way up where the sun don't shine. Yes, her death was a suicide due to PPD. It was exacerbated by the breastfeeding. The straw that broke the camel's back. And you all just don't know how you can make a PPD mother feel: like a failure. Blame it all on PPD if you want but the breastfeeding played a role. Face it. To Jake, Good Grief, and a Friend: I hope you think twice before approaching a bottlefeeder to stick your nose in your business. You play a role in this kind of crap too.
PPD and breastfeeding are totally entwined. I think it's simplistic to try to separate them. The judgemental, unrealistic expectations put on new moms contribute to PPD—and a lot of those expectations revolve around breastfeeding, as part of what is "best" for baby. She couldn't successfully give her baby what was "best"… how could that not contribute to depression? I experienced such feelings myself.
-Anonymous: Your last comment makes no sense, and I can quite clearly advise that I do not play a role 'in this kind of crap'. I have stated FACT that this was NOT just to do with Breastfeeding and there is no reason other than to generate a news story and sensationalise this that it should be made into a Breastfeeding issue. Every News story related to this has headlined that it was due to Breastfeeding, when that is not the full story. That is all I was saying. If you have not got anything constructive to say, keep it shut.


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Posted 05/08/2013 6:17 PM
1. LeBron's buzzer-beater went through the hoop from underneath and fell back through. It counted???
2. Handed out technicals like lollipops.
3. Botched a goaltend call (haven't we seen that before)?
4. Called traveling on a player that was clearly fouled first.
Somebody just fire this guy... please.
The only saving grace was that Miami clearly blew out Chicago, so he at least can't be blamed for Chicago's loss.
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Posted 05/08/2013 9:06 PM
I'm not saying get rid of all the refs. Refs are necessary. I'm saying Scott Foster has a tendency to negatively affect the games he officiates. That's a bad ref. Why does this man have a job. It also makes me question the quality of referee training, evaluation, and accountability.
Posted 05/08/2013 11:19 PM
Refs should get fined for bad calls. But then Stern couldn't control the games. Remember, Lakers-Kings, Lakers-Bulls, and game the Lakers played in the 12-13 season. Especially the last two against PDX and their crucial one against GSW.
Steve Blake handling the ball, Dwight Howard sets and ILLEGAL screen, Curry tries to go through, CURRY gets called for the foul on Dwight, STEVE BLAKE shoots free throws. And this was a clutch moment.
Players and coaches don't have freedom of speech in the NBA. If they say something Stern doesn't like, BAM, fined.
How does he get away with fining Pop for resting his players?
Posted 05/09/2013 10:09 AM
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I'm sure everyone's heard my broken record about this stuff before, so not gonna go overboard... but...
Scott Foster is the ONLY currently active ref that is directly singled out in disgraced-cheater-ref Tim Donaghy's memos (pretty sure he mentions 2 other refs he went to school with, but there is no confusion on which ref has the closest relationship with Donaghy - Scott Foster - and still does today) as someone who was "similarly involved" in what Donaghy was doing... CHEATING to make money and abusing his power for personal gain.
Gotta disagree with Common about this specific kind of ref being a "necessary evil"; refs themselves will always be necessary, but not refs like Foster. He is a CHEATER.
There is simply no logical argument to say that any ref, let alone old ones, can keep up with the fastest most elite athletes in the world, and therefore be capable of accurately doing their job, without the aid of 21st century technology. Even if the best NBA refs were in their physical prime, with all the experience they have now, they STILL would not be able to do their jobs well enough, because these athletes are just too fast! If referees are any sort of necessary evil, then the use of cameras is ABSOLUTELY necessary to ensure that the game is being decided by the athletes and nothing else.
Cameras cover more angles than refs, on every play of every game, and have unquestionably more accurate viewing tools than the aging eyes of elderly men. Period.
They even mentioned it on a broadcast the other night during playoffs; one of the announcers said it would make alot of sense to take the 4th ref (the backup ref available for every game, just incase one of the other 3 needs to be replaced) and stick him on a video review. He's already getting paid, but right now all the 4th ref does for most games is eat hot dogs and drink coffee (again, this was the commentary from the analysts during the game).
If he was instead used as the video review official, he could hand out quick decisions on slow-mo replays, avoiding the time wasting that seems to the be biggest argument against using more cameras.
To say, like Common suggests, that the responsibility comes down to a team's intensity, is always going to be useless as long as the refs can have such direct manipulation over the momentum and flow of the game. On the other hand, if the officiating can be cleaned up and forced to be more consistently accurate, then there is no question that the responsibility will fall on the team's shoulders; the way basketball SHOULD be. This is completely 100% possible, TODAY, with the tools we have at every NBA game.
This is not, however, what we will ever get to watch, as long as refs like Foster are allowed to not only keep their job despite their mistakes, but are given preferential positions to be in charge of playoff games and the biggest decisions in the sport.
David Stern is a cancer on the heart of basketball, but his largest offense to the NBA is how he has not only allowed the officials to completely run over the actual game of basketball, but he has repeatedly protected them and possibly even given them MORE power.
Instead of coaches speaking up and losing such a large chunk of their salary, I wish the overpaid players would take it upon themselves more often to respond like Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson did; call the refs on their garbage, but then, instead of rolling over in the press conference, stick to your values, eat the fine, and hope for the inevitable change. Or better yet, when coaches and players sign new contracts, I wish one of them would have the balls to point at the paragraph that keeps them from criticizing the refs, and say "change this, now". Contracts change, and like RC14 said, this is taking away their freedom of speech. Keep some language in there about not going over the line, but stop acting like the officials are infallible.
And throw Scott Foster in Donaghy's cell.
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Word Blazer, word. I wish that one day, the team that GETS the calls, would step up and say, we didn't deserve to win that match. Then people would listen. Right now, everyone says it's a conspiracy, but it's not. Conspiracy is secret, hush hush, on the down low, this is blatant. In the 21st century where we can see any match whenever we want, why hasn't anyone stepped up and pointed out obvious 'mistakes'?
Even after Stern retires, he will still be pulling the strings. This is never going to change unless someone does something. I thought America was all about democracy and freedom. How can this be allowed to happen?
Posted 05/09/2013 3:00 PM
good topic and refreshing. on Lebrons buzzerbeater I thought that is what happened but I noticed that a replay was never shown. not sure the ruling on that but I thought it was like offensive goal tending.
good history lesson on Scott Foster I am wondering if he was the ref during the Clippers/Grizzlies series last year where the refs basically won that series for the Clippers/ and allowed the new flop rule to come out. the officiating in that series made me want to puke and that who;e team of refs should have been banned from basketball period.
Usually in a decently officiated game of basketball when a ref makes a bad call he calls one on the other end of the court to even up the calls. I have never had a problem with that. the same thing usually happens in football. Most officials ( I would like to believe ) want a clean game and good sportsmanship. Last night I saw alot of technicals given out in trying to calm down the game. The drive by clothesline that Chalmers did to Noah should have resulted in a 1 game suspension at least . I equate that worse than what Ron Artest did with the swinging of the elbow that netted him a 3 game suspension. Hard fouls in a game as long as they are clean I do not have a problem with and think that they are part of the game like when Wade got wrapped up to prevent a dunk. It was a foregone conclusion that the Bulls were going to lose that game,the fact that they won the first game shows the kind of intestinal fortitude that we would like to see in our team.
I am semi against anymore intrusion of instant replays at this point but if games continue to be officiated like this I wont be.
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As we prepare for 2012 and all the hopes and expectations that accompany the month of January, I think it's safe to say that this will be one of the most important years ever for the cotton industry and all of agriculture. It seems like we regularly make that kind of statement. In 2010, we were talking about the cautious optimism for cotton's prospects along with increased acreage and better prices. Last year we discussed a bright outlook as the price surge really kicked into high gear.
Now we embark on a journey through 2012 and are confronted with the double-barreled scenario of national elections and a Farm Bill. This isn't the first time these two events have occurred simultaneously. Even so, the environment in today's political scene feels different. So many things are at stake. After the failure of the Super Committee to deal with debt reduction, the fast-track Farm Bill suddenly has moved back to its traditional position on the congressional calendar where the House and Senate Ag Committees will debate the legislation for several months.
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If you drop your phone, sue the manufacturer. It's obviously defective.
And, if you lose your lawsuit... sue your lawyers. They're obviously defective.
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What does everyone think of British import Leona Lewis? I think she is very talented, even though Bleeding heart is a bit repetitive.
I think she's pretty good looking.
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"I love you always forever!" I love that song!!
Wait, oh that's right, Donna Lewis sang that song. Ha!
"I think that people are responding to someone standing up and saying this is what we want to do and let's not be afraid to go for it,'' Pollard said. "I think Iowa State has a very conservative, modest background. We never pound our chest and say `Let's do it.' It's OK to set a goal. You can't do it if you don't say what you want to do. You should be proud of it.''
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She's hot. Not as crazy as Weinhouse is she?
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She's hot. Not as crazy as Weinhouse is she?
Not even close.
well, then I don't know what to tell you?
gorgeous AND a British accent...yup, that works for me
Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Originally Posted by kgreeny
She's hot. Not as crazy as Weinhouse is she?
Nobody is that crazy.
Amy Winehouse is a man!
has anyone heard of M.I.A.
Maya arulparagasam. This chick is hot. And her song paper planes is a great song
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has anyone heard of M.I.A.
Maya arulparagasam. This chick is hot. And her song paper planes is a great song
Not the greatest I've seen. Never heard of her...
A Simon Cowel discovery (Leona Lewis). She was on Idol a few weeks back.
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Sun, Sand and… Measurement
In a few days I'll be Westward-bound; one of several hundred (or is it thousand?) PR and communication professionals converging on San Diego for PRSA's 2009 International Conference (that's me on Coronado Beach a couple years ago). My first experience of PRSA's annual shindig was last year, when I was lucky enough to co-present with Katie Paine on measurement in Detroit.
The entire experience was a blast, and it will also live forever in my memory because that's where I first met the beauteous and brilliant Shannon Paul and Lauren Vargas, caught up with the dynamite Kami Watson Huyse, first encountered Jason Falls, and was dissed (and defended, thank you Kami!) at my first tweetup. Ah, the good old days.
This year I'm lucky enough to have been selected by PRSA as a solo speaker and will be presenting on measurement on November 9 (here's an interview I did to promo it a while back). If you're attending the conference, do come by.
But more than plug my session, I want to pick your brains.
Pinch Me. A "PR Readers' Choice Blog Award"?
The one thing I never expected when I started this blog was for it to be nominated in an awards program. Blogging, in and of itself, is an adventure for me, and while I'm thrilled with the warm reception "Waxing UnLyrical" has received, I'm also humbled by it. After all, I don't blog as regularly as all the gurus tell you you should; so the very fact that anyone reads this blog is quite a thrill.
One of the great advantages about being active on Twitter is the excellent PR and communications practitioners I've met through it. More than that, it exposes me to excellent blogs and posts and is truly a great learning experience.
One of the said practitioners is Arik Hanson, APR; so I'm really flattered that this teeny tiny blog has been nominated in the "most thought-provoking" category (there are four) in the PR Readers' Choice Blog Awards. Several of the blogs I read on a daily basis, and whose authors I admire greatly, made the grade as well, such as Danny Brown, Shannon Paul, Bill Sledzik and Ryan Stephens. If birds of a feather flock together, I'm in great company.
So to whoever nominated me, thank you. While I personally think hell will freeze over before I win, I'd be tickled if you'd scoot over and vote for me. And if you'd rather vote for someone else – that's fine too. Just vote!
Home Is Where The Mouse Is… Maybe
A few days ago, Pew Research's "Daily Number" was 38%: the percentage of Americans who, having lived in more than one place, don't consider their current community home. Given that this is a country of immigrants, that isn't surprising, and a feeling I (a naturalized American of East Indian origin) can relate to.
A couple of days later, we had a friend over for lunch. Canadian-born, he's worked all over the world, including in several African countries, and now calls Liverpool, U.K., home. At one point he asked, "Where do you feel at home?" Initially, my answer was, "In this country, California" – because that's where my husband is from, that was my first experience of the U.S., that's where many of our good friends and family still live.
"Home" Is…
I kept thinking about that question, though. Where does one really feel at home? What is it that defines "home" from "away"? Can one feel at home in several places… or none?
… Where The Heart Is?


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Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH The pharmaceutical industry gets a bad rap for having a corrupting influence on clinical trials, but that perception undermines the many scientific breakthroughs that have come from industry-backed research, according to UC San Francisco's chancellor.
Latest News
April 29, 2013
December 13, 2011
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, former president for product development at Genentech, is featured in a video interview for BioCentury Publications Inc., a major biopharmaceutical news media source, which first aired online on Dec. 11.
June 30, 2011
Erik Lium has been named assistant vice chancellor of UCSF's newly created Office of Innovation, Technology and Alliances to provide the strategic leadership to both support innovation on campus and foster external alliances to advance biomedical research.
May 05, 2011
Yervoy, a new cancer drug that has been approved for the treatment of late-stage melanoma – and that is being used to treat other cancers in ongoing clinical trials – is based on a strategy for boosting the immune response developed and tested by scientists from UCSF and UC Berkeley.
February 24, 2011
The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) at Mission Bay celebrates a decade of driving the bioeconomy and spells out its goal of helping the state foster science and innovation to benefit society.
February 03, 2011
UCSF Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn is not ready to predict how long you will live. But she and her UCSF colleagues are exploring a feature within cells that is a kind of hourglass for aging.
August 09, 2010
Stefan Habelitz, an engineer and materials scientist, is blazing a new research trail by investigating tooth enamel in the UCSF School of Dentistry's Marshall Lab, where researchers fruitfully focus on every facet of teeth, knowing they're nothing to take for granted…
July 27, 2010
UCSF has hired two senior managers to strengthen the University's research enterprise.
July 21, 2010
Larissa Podust, PhD, is working on a new drug for Chagas disease, a neglected scourge.
February 11, 2010
Researchers, who are interested in taking their research from the bench to the bedside, are encouraged to apply for a catalyst award by March 1.


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At the risk of sounding like a press release, John Garcia has managed to carve himself out a unique niche in the music world solely by being among the progenitors of his chosen style. Beginning with Kyuss and continuing through Slo Burn and then with Vista Chino, Garcia is a prominent face on the Mount Rushmore of desert music, whether it be called desert rock or desert metal.
By this point, the saga of Kyuss has been fairly well reported. To tell the story fully would require a documentary film of appreciable length, a flowchart with Cliffs Notes and a very long afternoon. What began simply as the band that invented and molded desert metal became a long and drama-ragged tale of music and litigation.
The upshot is this: out of the ashes of short-lived revival Kyuss Lives! comes Vista Chino, spiritual successor to the original Kyuss and composed of that band's co-founding members Brant Bjork, John Garcia and occasionally the enigmatic Nick Oliveri.
You remember Valora chapter 1? Well, Chapter 2 is fresh out this week!
CC's back, Joe's confused, and we hope you enjoy the new sound!
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3 new myths of used-car buying
The days of finding a 2-year-old car for thousands less than new are gone -- at least for now.
This Deal of the Daycomes fromKelli B. Grantat partner site SmartMoney.
After the engine blew on his 2004 Saturn, Tom Wright figured his next car would, obviously, be used. Given that new cars lose value faster than a 35-year-old utility infielder, why not buy a year-old Toyota RAV4 and save $5,000 right off the bat?
Then he started pricing cars around his hometown of Asheville, N.C. After cash back and a promotional financing offer, the 2010 model was only $1,000 more than the used cars he saw on the market. Sold! "Why buy someone else's problem," he says.
Many car buyers are encountering surprises, both good and bad, as market conditions have turned tried-and-true used-car-buying advice on its head. The tight economy has driven more consumers to used-car lots in search of savings; that increased demand has pushed prices up. The days of finding a 2-year-old car for thousands less than new are gone -- at least for now.
With that in mind, here are the biggest used-car buying myths, now busted (post continues after video):
- Myth: Buying used is safer, now that Cash for Clunkers has cleared out the jalopies.
- Truth: Lemons are still out there -- and they're even more expensive.
The Cash for Clunkers program did take a lot of the lower-end vehicles off the market, but thanks to the recession, drivers have been less able to afford proper maintenance for their cars. That's led to more lemons on the market, including some with problems even a savvy buyer armed with a vehicle history report might miss. "We're not seeing good cars traded in," says LeeAnn Shattuck, a co-owner of negotiation and buying service Women's Automotive Solutions. "A lot of the used cars on the market have been neglected."
Worse, the prices of even crummy cars are up. Shattuck recently spent three months hunting for a basic 2005 Ford Focus for a client, what she says should be a $5,000 car -- and was, two years ago. But even the "burned out, smoked out" Focuses showing up at auction sold for at least $6,000. When she found one in decent condition, it had 103,000 miles and cost $6,700.
Don't bet on a recently turned-over leased car, either. Most cars require their first major overhaul at 36,000 miles -- a marker that often coincides with the end of a three-year lease. Often financing companies or dealerships will cut costs on that maintenance, says Phil Reed, the consumer advice editor for Edmunds.com. So in addition to a maintenance examination by an impartial mechanic, find out if the regularly scheduled maintenance has been done and, if not, negotiate a lower price.
- Myth: It's cheaper to buy the same car used somewhere else than to buy out your lease.
- Truth: Former lessees can save up to 15% over a comparable used car.
Financing companies have typically kept monthly lease payments low by inflating the value of a car when it's turned in -- known as the residual value. But slowing sales of once-leased cars have forced dealers to be more realistic about those residuals, says Sergio Stiberman, chief executive of LeaseTrader.com. At the same time, used-car prices have climbed overall.
But because dealerships set the buy-out value at the time of the lease, drivers may now be able to buy the car they're leasing for 12% to 15% less than its current market value. For example, a customer could take over the lease on a 2008 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro for $0 down and $399 per month for the next nine months, with the option to buy for $18,470, according to LeaseTrader.com. That's $5,594 off the current market price -- even after the remaining lease payments.
- Myth: Last year's model is 20% to 30% cheaper.
- Truth: A used 2009 model may cost 10% more than a new 2010.
If your used-car plans involve a vehicle that's just one or two years old, "definitely consider buying new," says Reed. It might be cheaper.
How'd that happen? For starters, large trucks, SUVs and Japanese brands like Honda and Toyota have been able to hold their value lately, which means recent model years won't be cheap.
Another big factor: financing rates. "The automakers are very interested in continuing to sell new vehicles," Reed says. While dealers are offering financing rates of 3.9% and lower for new models (even for buyers with less-than-stellar credit), the average rate on a 48-month used-car loan is 6.04%, according to Bankrate.com.
That means that sometimes it's better to buy new. While a new 2010 Audi Premium Plus sedan, for example, costs $45,900, or $1,630 more than the used 2009 model, according to Edmunds.com, the monthly payments on the new car would be $67 cheaper. Over a 60-month loan period and based on current rates, buying that new Audi would save $4,020. In many cases, similar math holds true for models one to three years away from new. In the past, even a year-old car would have been a better deal.
The 'real deals' come with miles
Daniel Gray of Belle Mead, N.J., spent months looking for a used car in good condition for his son. The biggest challenge: finding a vehicle that Gray, who crafts video reviews of new models at MPG-o-Matic, found acceptable for the family's $5,000 budget.
"Just about everything in that price range had more than 100,000 miles on it," he says. A few years ago, cars at that price point with fewer miles were easier to find. Buying new wasn't an option because of higher insurance costs, so Gray kept looking, eventually settling on a 1998 Jeep Wrangler in excellent condition in spite of the 130,000 miles its previous owner had racked up.
Another driver, Eric Wentworth of Tiburon, Calif., found an innovative solution to the high-mile inflation dilemma by scouring listings for older models on sale in upscale neighborhoods. His reasoning: Wealthy people are still able to maintain their cars well in the recession. Wentworth recently purchased a 1989 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL sedan with only 40,000 miles on it for $4,200, about $1,000 cheaper than its current market value and still close to "new car smell" condition.
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Salmon tacos w/Rice and beans YUM
Salmon tacos w/Rice and beans YUM
Taco cart on 32nd and Maple near downtown LA. $1 each. Off the heezy !
I like how there is a little one for the kids
Maniacal Laugh, Maniacal Laugh, Maniacal Laugh
Will definitely have to try Lilly's next time i'm there. Haven't found to much authentic mexican food there. Used to go to Ruby's cafe for Huevos Rancheros but they closed down. Rock N Taco closed down also.
Put me down for westsider with an unconditional love for titos.
2 tacos (extra cheese), 1 enchilada, large guac/medium salsa
Put me in the Tito's lover category and I did grow up in west LA. I remember many years back having a stopover at LAX and having a friend bring me some tacos and all beef burritos before my next flight and dude showed up with something like 2 full boxes. Best flight ever and I even shared with my seatmates.
Me gusta al pastor la mejor....o las carnitas....o el pollo.
At home, I love to simmer up a couple pounds of ground chicken breast in Herdez salsa verde, a little garlic, and a shatload of citrus. Top each taco with various hot sauces, cilantro and onions, and more citrus.
"...it becomes important to add the right people...and staying with the theme that we're not going for the sex, we're going for the meat.
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My key takeaway from reading the Guide was to take criticism in a positive way and address it immediately as an action item by the following week.
p.s. I also found a broken link at the end of Incorporate Your Startup section of Founders Guide, sent a message through Contact Page
Upcoming assignments look like a clear plan for the next months to bring my startup to success, however, will require extra effort on my side to fit existing product rollout plan into the FI schedule.
What I find missing is a Personal Development track to help better understand internal strength and weakness, leadership potential, prepare mentally for the fun but stressful journey of entrepreneurship.
I never used before, but I'm familiar with HTML and JavaScript a little. As an exercise to learn syntax of Textile, I created this simple feature comparison table:
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I am a , and , but I still need improvement in , and .
Hi Fellow Yellows!
We had an interesting start yesterday. It didn't go exactly as planned initially,
but I'm happy we ended up in this team together. I look forward to working with you over the next couple of weeks.
You can read my professional story on LinkedIn, if interested. In short my key professional achievements include founding 2 large digital advertising companies in Russia and #1 CRM software provider, setting up and running Adobe Russia
and spending 2-year of retirement vacation at Microsoft, where I got "Best consumer subsidiary of the year" award, "Best marketing" award, 1 sexual harassment case and lots of fun.
I also founded an early-stage VC fund (Vestor.In) and sit on the board of a few startups.
My top personal strength are:
My personal weaknesses are:
Here's a short (30 sec) video about my Minutta app, prepared by my kids yesterday. Exclusively for Yellows :-)
http://vimeo.com/91387647 (this is not a formal video, please do not share for now)
Looking forward to learn more about you all.
Pavel Cherkashin
Chief Trouble Maker
Minutta.com – share your video story
E-mail: email@example.com
Mob RU: +7 985 222 6141
Mob US: +1 773 997 0621
I am motivated to do this World a better place. For my kids. For my country. For my internal beliefs. I change the world by inventing new things. I see future a little further than most of the people would see. Because I know how to dream. That's my key competitive advantage. When it comes to making these new things happen I can work very hard, but what is even more important, I can make other people believe in what I do, get excited about it and become interested to join. I know this because I've done this before. This is an addiction that can never leave me. No matter, where I am and how much resources I have.
I know a lot about building successful technology business in Russia, but some of the latest political developments in my country forced me to move out. US is a great place to live in and the best place to start a technology business, but it is a different environment. Culture, competition, language, business practices. Even ethics.
I joined Founders Institute to learn more and adopt to this ecosystem. I will consider my time and money investment a success if I hire best advisory board for Minutta, launch killer product and start active user acquisition before August 1 2014.
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|Alexander Garcia-Tobar
|Alexander has unique combination of expertise in building large business in mobile and video that is desired for Minutta
|Mark Pincus
|Mark might be the only person on Earth to coach us on what to do with our 30M user audience on social networks
|Ziv Gillat
|Ziv could help us better understand our business development strategy in photo industry
I just turned 41 on April 4 1973. Could you think of a better age to change your life dramatically? Especially if you have a good chance of going to prison at your home country for being in opposition to the government.
On the other hand, I've been to Microsoft and Adobe. I know how it feels to sit in a sweet jelly swamp and get your monthly portion of sweets falling from skies for making sure nothing ever changes within a mile around your work desk. No, thank you.
I have enough money to support my family and not care about monthly sweets. I want to spend the next 40 years doing things that will make my kids feel proud of me.
I'm not looking for co-founders pro-actively, as I already have kick-ass technical and product development team. However, I'm always open for new connections and information exchange with people in the industry, which I specified in my profile.
On April 15 2014, I had a sleepless night. Just before the previous Assignment was due, I found myself watching the sun raising outside while still polishing with formatting of my report. I told myself that next time I would not let it get to that late moment and prepare my Assignment Report in advance as much as possible.
Here is what I have learned working on my previous assignment report:
Anna Smith is a 35 year old woman who works 30 hours a week at a desk job, but spends most of her energy on her family – a husband and a 4 year old daughter, Emily.
Anna likes reading magazines, crocheting, using Pinterest, and being a good mom, which includes volunteering at her daughter's preschool, but is concerned about her relationship with her husband's family, who come from a different culture, and losing touch with her dispersed relatives and friends.
To feel closer to her friends, she shares 2-3 photos on Facebook every few days and spends time looking at other people's posts.
According to latest research by Flurry, moms are the most mobile addicted user (10x more than average!)
First, I prepared Market Research for Minutta based on the provided template. The result of this work is saved here: http://bit.ly/1nhD24G
Key findings from this exercise were:
Daughter of my friend, who just graduated from San Jose University with degree in marketing and customer research – Anna Fedosseeva – was very kind to help me with this assignment. She is an interesting candidate for the marketing intern position and working together on this project was a chance to evaluate her skills and get to know each other better.
Here are the questions that we have prepared together: http://bit.ly/1jvwhGV
The questionnaire evolved a little during the process. In most cases, we would ask people questions from all three projects, when we saw that they were open to communicate. However, the resulting sheet would only include the results on the project that would be most close to interest of the person.
We kept track of all the interviews in the same document as the questions at: http://bit.ly/1jvwhGV
I wanted to make interviews with people that would be as close as possible to Anna Smith, our target user profile (http://bit.ly/1iA4d7v). I used the following sources for interview leads:
I had enough time to interview all 15 people on all 3 projects, but would only document the one, where I found it more insightful.
All of the interviews about using video showed very similar patterns:
Conclusion: Video is very complicated for a consumer. It may provide great space for disruptive innovations, though the infrastructure for video may not be ready yet. Should look into GIFs and slideshows as an short-term alternative with similar social and wow effect, but lower demand for resources.
Photo sharing patterns differ significantly depending on age/gender groups:
Conclusion: it will be very difficult to differentiate and convince people to install the app with pure photo sharing features
Mobile greetings were the most controversial discussion topic. There was no clear pattern of age / gender / number of kids or other social or demographic characteristics. Some of the people would say they "never send greetings", some would say this is "absolutely critical". The second category would include a 50-year old full-time mom and 30-year old male investment banker.
We managed to identify certain patterns though:
Conclusion: Mobile greetings look like an interesting idea to investigate deeper. It is compelling enough and covers a market that was ruined by some bad decisions by competition some time ago. If we return credibility to the market, we can get a leaders position.
Based on the customer interviews, we made the following assumptions for each of the projects:
I made a decision to verify my Project 3 and its most critical assumptions with an online survey. My idea was to find dependencies between social / demographic characteristics of the audience and their greeting behavior, in particular, their attitude towards animated personal photo greetings.
To verify the assumptions, I conducted two online surveys:
Surveys included the most important question about visual format of possible greeting. We provided three options for review (the star of the experiment – Anna Fedosseeva): static picture, gif animation and personalized greeting on top of the picture.
The data still requires more in-depth analysis, but here are some of the initial data points:
My mailing list consists of 83 subscribers now. Latest mailing is available here: http://bit.ly/1gQM0hP
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Here's my current list of potential advisors. This is still probably the weakest part of my whole business equation, I plan to spend most of my upcoming week working on this.
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|Aaron Patzer, CEO
|Leonardo Software
|Initial contact established
|Travis Giggy, CTO
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|email@example.com, www.linkedin.com/in/travisgiggy
|He's in the mobile space and understands customer acquisition. He's been super helpful. Companies: SnapFish, SmileBox, Instagram, Paperless Post.
|John Beeder, President – COO
|American Greetings
|email@example.com, www.linkedin.com/pub/john-beeder/2/b37/48
|Established initial contact through LinkedIn, got positive response
|Martin Gedalin, Partner
|Lumia Capital
|email@example.com, www.linkedin.com/in/marting
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|Igor Shoifot, Director
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|email@example.com, www.linkedin.com/in/shoifot
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|Alex & Ivan Karpenko, Software Engineer / Product Designer
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|Their company Midnox developed video editing app luma.io and was acquired by Instagram in 2012. Low level, but may be helpful with product design
|Kevin Systrom, CEO
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|Sergey Parilov, Senior Programmer
|firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sergey-parilov/7/b06/746
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|Rus Yusupov, Cofounder
|email@example.com, www.linkedin.com/pub/rus-yusupov/4/340/522
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I have sent out e-mails and / or LinkedIn invites to all of the people on the list. My primary questions were about launch strategy and priorities for Minutta on the road to become a global company.
Example of the e-mail to Aaron Patzer:
Aaron, hi!
I'm the Russian guy with 30M users on the social app now re-launching as mobile app worldwide. Thank you for helpful criticism and feedback during mentor session at the FI.
Adeo mentioned that you were the best expert in launching a product I could find in this hemisphere, so I decided to reach out.
We are now preparing to launch our mobile app. It will allow people to send photo slideshows to any phone number or e-mail to relatives to eliminate tedious phone calls and updates. We fine-tune our iOS version with 100+ beta testers through TestFlight. If our real-life engagement ratio is going to be anything close to what we see with beta-testers, we will have a 100M+ users app and >$1B valuation in a year from now.
But we have to do the launch right. Our plan is to go in 2 steps:
Would you be able to give me a quick feedback, please:
Looking forward to hearing from you
P.s. BTW, I think Leonardo is an awesome idea. If you ever need image search technology for it (I'm investor in a successful startup in the space) or any connections in Russia or Ukraine (developers, access to large partners, audience or startups) – I will be happy to help.
As we've learned during the latest mentor session, Minutta global success will not come from best monetization model. It may only come from the fact that 100M users worldwide will adopt the concept of mobile greetings and will become the users of the app.
Attracting such a large audience is only possible through viral growth and distribution. This means that every user of the app should be an advocate, bringing certain number of new users. Will it be 3 new users? 5? 10? Or maybe 1.2…
This is the riskiest assumption for us. And this is what we need to test during our MVP launch.
Here's what I've got as my definition for the MVP project scope. Copy of it is available at: http://bit.ly/minutta_mvp
Product Scope: iOS app to send photo slideshow (without greeting card covers) via e-mail, sms, in-app notification. Landing page to view slideshows on any device. Sharing tools and widget for Facebook and Pinterest (?)
Geography: Second-tier market with large share of English-speakers, high iOS and smartphone penetration (>60% smartphones, >25% iOS). Candidates: (1) Australia (2) Czech Republic (3) Canada
Target Customer: Young parents (moms)
Size of the Audience: 1,000 – 10,000 installs
Sources of the Audience: paid advertising ($2/install), direct mailing, social recruiting, limited PR
Key Assumptions to Verify:
What is Considered a Success: Use case confirmed with the test audience, engagement and viral assumptions verified
Next Steps: If MVP is not successful – re-do and start over. If successful – replicate on Android, launch in US and globally with heavy PR support.
We are now preparing to launch our mobile app. It will allow people to send photo slideshows to any phone number or e-mail to relatives to eliminate tedious phone calls and updates. We fine-tune our iOS version with 100+ beta testers through TestFlight. If our real-life engagement ratio is going to be anything close to what we see with beta-testers, we will have a 100M+ users app and >$1B valuation in a year from now.
But we have to do the launch right. Our plan is to go in 2 steps:
I have identified the following key roles for the launch of Minutta in US:
President & CEO – is the most critical role, currently taken by myself.
Job Description and requirements are specified in the Offer Letter, provided by Minutta Inc. to myself (http://bit.ly/1nDixye)
Compensation will include $60k/year after funding is received, in addition to founder shares already provided.
Product Director – responsible for the success of the product itself (mobile application) as well as accompanying services and facilities (website). Here are the requirements for the role (it is currently filled by Vlad Ignatenko)
Compensation will include $10k cash bonus on successful launch as well as 3% equity vested over the period of 3 years.
As Product Director, you will be in charge for product line contribution as a business unit. This extends from increasing the profitability of existing products to developing new products for the company. You will build products from existing ideas, and help to develop new ideas based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and prospects. You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. You must enjoy spending time in the market to understand their problems, and find innovative solutions for the broader market.
You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company. You will work with an engineering counterpart to define product release requirements. You will work with marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer. You will also serve as the internal and external evangelist for your product offering, occasionally working with the sales channel and key customers.
Creative Director – this is the most critical missing vacancy at the moment. Below is detailed description for the requirements and skills required for this position.
Compensation: Equity or Salary with Stock Option
Minutta is re-inventing greeting process on mobile. This means that old-fashioned greeting cards are passing away, while people are looking for new concepts to greet each other from their mobile phones. More than just sending an instant message. These new ways should be visual, engaging, dynamic and should include user pictures, telling the life story, because this what makes them personal and engaging.
Creative Director is the key decision-maker and inventor of mobile greetings. He/she will be responsible for formulating the concept, visualizing them, selecting best designs from partners and contractors, communicating with the technical and business teams defining the product functionality and content policy.
Digital creative professional with background in Interactive Design, Game Design and Licensed Graphics Design, knowing how mobile applications work, but also understanding what makes design outstanding and heartwarming for people.
Candidate also has to be a good manager and have some entrepreneurial spirit, demonstrating passion to solve one of the biggest pain for consumers in the social media age. There should always be a way to get around "boring".
The only missing position for now is the one for Creative Director.
Interesting fact: I have 450 people with "Creative Director" title as my 1st level connections on LinkedIn. Should be enough to pick from. Picking creative talent is much more difficult though than in marketing or technology.
Here are the examples of good candidates for this role:
Philana Surkis, Senior Graphic Designer at Linden Lab
Lisa DiPaula, Art Director at 12 Gigs
Kevin Hosmann, Director, User Experience at Rosetta
Liza Walsh, Director of UX Visual Design at Bitcoin
Ross Viator, Associate Creative Director, Copywriter at Edelman
Jason Wilson, Lead Product Designer at Pinterest
Lynn Bryant, Art Director at Conversant, Inc.
Angélique Pendley, Global Interactive Creative Director, Digital Experience at Benefit Cosmetics
Key Performance Indicators
|Number of Candidates
|> 20
|Number of Telephone Interviews
|> 5
|Number of Test Projects Completed
|> 3
|Number of Shortlisted Candidates
|> 2
This week we had very productive and constructive review session. Here's my formal resolution (http://bit.ly/1nDhIpe).
In addition to that I got some interesting feedback from peer colleagues below.
So are you launching in Australia, Czech and Canada first? Maybe put "Initial Target Geography." I thought you were doing US but I think I'm reading right. That will come after you prove key assumptions. Good idea. That way you don't burn you launch in the US without working out the bugs first. I like it.
Key Assumptions are good. If those 3 things happen then you're on your way. Can you incentive that behavior at first. Share your first Minutta and win chance for 1 and 10 odds of winning free gift card to Amazon. (Maybe you shouldn't because this might skew the data on the key assumptions)
This is brilliant: Measure engagement and viral growth (when I send a slideshow to you, you can watch it in browser, but to download photos we will ask you to install the app) – same mechanic gave us millions of users in Russia
Putting number on key performance indicator is a great idea. Going to steal that… Thanks
So you only need the one creative director. No one else on the look out for? What if it scales fast then what will your next most important hire be?
Sources of the Audience: I would also add Mom Bloggers. They are an influential group, at least in the U.S.
"Morbid sense of beauty" – this is so Russian. :)
MVP sounds great to me. Should we test your monetization idea as well? Add a button to let them buy custom printing good? It can lead to any coming soon landing page so you can check early conversion rate for early adopter market.
Very nice. How do you relaunch differently if the MVP is not successful? Would you learn enough from the secondary market having the unsuccessful launch to proceed with a revised strategy to launch in the US instead of delaying it?
And another one:
Hi Pavel,
I just got back from my son's 5th grade promotion ceremony and had some ideas about Minutta. You may already be doing this, but just thought I'd mention it.
Graduation, Prom, Holidays, Trips, New Baby, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Baby's First Steps, etc. What if you had specific soundtracks to go with each one? I'm imagining graduation with "Pomp & Circumstance" New baby is "What a Wonderful World" etc. Perhaps you create themes that folks can choose from. You'd be like the super easy Smilebox.
As you mentioned for me, content is King (and Queen). :) How about a PR strategy to incetivize the top 100 mom bloggers to make Minuttas and share on their blog and social media. What if you had Minutta contests? Funniest. Most Hartwarming, etc.
What if great Minuttas could be shared with the public? I know one of your assumptions is that people don't want to share these moments, but I actually question that one. That may be an Eastern European thing. In the US, I think the tendency is to share (and overshare). I think this would increase the virality.
Just some thoughts.
Aaron also provided interesting insight:
Hi Pavel,
First off, you have a pretty good launch strategy already. I like the Australia / New Zealand launch angel for something like this to refine viral loops, retention, and pricing strategy.
As for launching in the US, your acquisition strategy has to be the product itself. As an example, you probably should have followed this email to me up with a photo slideshow of me at Founder Institute. Taking that idea further, take a bunch of photos at an event / conference where there are plenty of influencers, and follow up with an (unsolicited) email with some flattering photos of them in slideshow format. See what kind of pickup you get. I assume that when viewing your slideshow on the mobile web you've made it really easy to share on social media?
2m users in 2 months would be solid enough to get attention. More important than that (because there are so many photo apps) would be solid retention numbers, and even better would be solid conversion numbers: week 1 cohort converts a 0.3%, week 2 at 0.45%, week 3 at 0.50% etc. so see how far that curve goes.
Good luck,
Up to now I only managed to put down the list of the candidates and reach out to them through LinkedIn. Not much response so far, hope to catch up before the end of the week.
My latest mailing is here (http://eepurl.com/VKRmr)


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