Rentmonitor – Simple rent collection tool. A Techstars company. Cozy – A more serious rent management tool. Has raised $1.5m. RentPost – Another rent management tool that also includes work order management. Splitwise – Great tool for splitting bills.
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I just found out Eminem’s song publisher is suing Facebook and it’s ad agency, saying that in their recent ad, they stole his beats from “Under the Influence.” Then, the ad agency is saying Dr. Dre took the beat from Michael Jordan’s “Give It To Me.” Listening to all three, you’ll find the similarities uncanny. Question is, isn’t everything a remix? Check out the video below titled “Everything is a Remix: Part 1″. The other …
It seems today that many people don’t trust the government, and for a good reason I guess. However, I’d like to propose that we do trust the government. Why? Because by not trusting the government and telling others not to, you’re making matters worse. The government, while it has many flaws, is set up so that problems can be fixed. But many of the problems we see today aren’t simply a problem with the government, …
Practicing mindfulness is not necessarily about putting aside time to meditate. It’s about learning to switch on-and-off your ability to live in the moment. Even if you have 1000 things to do at work, if you’ve set aside one hour to enjoy dinner with your friend, can you forget about work and engage fully with your present company? That’s what mindfulness is all about. Also, read this: Buddha had it right: relax your mind and …
What’s a good Click Thru Rate (CTR) for Facebook ads? A CTR is calculated by dividing the number of times your ad has been shown to people (impressions), by the number of times people clicked on the ad. Optimal CTR: 0.11%-0.16% Above Avg CTR: 0.07%-0.09% Average CTR: 0.04%-0.05% Below Avg CTR: 0.02%-0.03% Poor CTR: 0.01% Ad placements in Newsfeed get 1-7% CTR. Source: Andrew McDermott on Quora What’s the average cost-per-click (CPC) for Facebook ads? …
I’m currently learning to test Facebook ads. I had a few ads run week, but they had horrible click thru rates (CTR), time to get aggressive with testing. Before I start just setting up ads like I did last week, this week I’m first documenting a logical process for doing this. So here we go: 1. Decide on a destination. In my case, I want to first start running ads that get a decent CTR, …
Here’s 7 productivity tips I like from the Buffer blog. Read the original article if you want to know more about any of these. For me, just simply glancing through the 7 key points is enough to inspire me. Help someone today – it will make you happier and more productive. Develop a daily routine. Deal with something only once. Take a nap. Keep a journal with you at all times. Learn to use the …
A recent study that analyzed 80,000 profiles on Stack Overflow found that older developers are more proficient than younger developers even in newer programming languages. They analyzed the reputation of answers on the Q&A site in different languages, and programmers apparently continued to have answers with better reputations, up until at least 50 years of age. You have to take into account that perhaps as you grow older, you feel less of a need to …
There are few defining moments in your life; I had one in college. It was in the Spring of 2007, I was the elected Social Activities Committee Chair at CMC, and was thinking back at party themes from my freshman year. I remembered the Pirate vs Ninja party vividly. It was at night, and there was one inflatable pirate ship. About a third of the people were dressed as pirates and the everyone else was …
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I’m woken up at 4:20am by my roommate Ben. I was supposed to wake up at 4am, but I completely slept through the four alarms I’d set. I stumble out of bed, grab a bag I packed the night before and somehow made it into the car. It wasn’t until later when I finally sobered up that I realized I shouldn’t have been playing beer pong until 2am the night before. Seemingly, most of our …
Every once i while, there’s a Quora answer that just blows your mind. This is one of them, I had to share: SOURCE: Investing: I have $5. What is the best way to invest and grow my money? I remember reading Tina Sellig’s (executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program) book- What I wish I knew when I was 20. (I don’t know Tina, though I wish I did, and I love her book.) She gave her students …
So what does a typical week look like for me? There is no such thing as a typical week for me. Monday – WORK! 9am-7pm Work @coloft: Work w designer, set up classes. 7pm-9:30pm Social Analytics & ROI workshop w Trina Albus Tuesday – CRUSHIN’ IT. 10am-7pm Work @coloft: Meetings and stuff. 7pm-10pm Web Dev 101: HTML/CSS and the Front End Wednesday – TAKING CARE OF WERK & LIFE. 8:30am-9am Morning bike-ride on the beach …
Saudade is a Portugese word that describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It’s how I feel for sometimes week after returning from Coachella. My favorite thing about Coachella is being surrounded by almost a hundred thousand people living in the moment. I think that’s why I like camping, because these are the thousand of people who can truly be in that state for three days …
How’s everyone’s life going? Mine’s been great! I haven’t written a blog post since March 20th, so I thought I’d share some updates on my life. I broke up with my recent girlfriend who I lived with for 8 months and dated for 7 (yes, I started dating a roommate). We both agreed to split ways without drama, and we’re still on great terms and talk often. I learned a lot dating a raw vegan …
Average cost of pay-per-click ads over time (source: Hochman Consultants) Global Average Cost per Click data by Industry (source: SEOmoz) Finance – $3.09 Jobs & Education – $1.80 Business & Industrial – $1.67 Computers & Electronics – $1.39 Internet & Telecom – $1.11 Beauty & Fitness — $1.11 Autos & Vehicles – $0.97 Home & Garden — $0.76 Travel — $0.29 Shopping – $0.25 Cost of Other Online Ads (source: Digiday) Yahoo …
Don’t know what A/B testing is? It’s when companies test a hypothesis, for example, by randomly displaying two versions of a home page and testing to which results in a higher sign-up rate, or a conversion rate. To understand how A/B testing works, take a look at this article, a single case study of how Bettingexpert.com increased their conversion rate 31.54% by making a small change in their Call to Action. The video embedded in …
I already wrote about MediaCamp (currently accepting applications), which was launched by Warner Bros/Turner (read more). I sat down with the team yesterday to ask them a few questions. What they’re trying to do is connecting with startups who are looking to do business with big media companies. Their mentors (as of now) are all internal people, and the goal of the accelerator is to both help startups understand big media companies, but also to …
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