Alex Loukissas

Makers, I'm curious how you guys got started in startups, I'm a high school student and I would love to get more involved. Many thanks!

Lots of us makers invest in ads to drive traffic to our products so I was wondering how many of us actually watch ads ourselves. After you vote, tell us your rationale in the comments. Recommend your fave blockers, too if you use them.

What criteria do you use to qualify the choices at hand? Some common ones are "be a two-syllable word" and "hard to mistype". But there are other, less obvious ones. For example, I've found sometimes that somewhat controversial and/or non-intuitive names end up being more sticky than something that's easy to get at first but less memorable in the end. Also, what sample size have you found sufficient to go with the winner?