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by dualogy 10y ago

oblio 10y ago
> I have so many things I would comment on this but this being HN, I know better.. I think it would actually help everyone if you were to comment. As a guess: you wanted to be negative because it sounds like a sales pitch ("get rich quick")? In that case, I kind of agree with you, but people seem to like the article, regardless :)
- jv22222 10y ago
  Well, it's more like "don't get rich, slow". But interested to understand why it feels that way. I personally HATE internet marketery stuff.
  - kordless 10y ago
    Marketing is about pointing out the end result before the action. In your case, you point out a friend made "millions" and then speak for his weakly biased advice to "do SaaS" as if that's going to net someone the end result of millions. The reason it "feels" that way is because it is that way on your site, even if you rationalize it otherwise.
    - jv22222 10y ago
      At no point does the OP say a friend made millions. There was the mention of an unrelated mobile app guru who had made millions from mobile apps. But that was simply to point out the irony, that even THAT guy, thoguht it was better to build a SaaS app than a mobile app.
jv22222 10y ago
Author here, have at it :)
- jimbokun 10y ago
  Ok, what was your initial business? Your current business sounds like "selling equipment to pan handlers coming to the gold rush." So is there real good to be found, outside of selling to the people looking for gold?
  - jv22222 10y ago
    I might be being a bit dumb, but I'm not sure what you mean by any of this... :( Does it help if I show some of my links of the things I've done? http://techzinglive.com http://techzinglive.com - Podcast Host https://modernteacher.com https://modernteacher.com - CTO With regard to what nugget offers? Is that what you mean? I hope that is answered here: https://nugget.one/why https://nugget.one/why If not please post again with a little more clarification. Thanks for answering :)
    - jimbokun 10y ago
      Yes, I didn't see those in the article. :) Sorry if the gold rush analogy was cryptic. Another analogy: before the dot com bust, a lot of revenue came just from startups buying ads on each other's sites with VC money. When that dried up, turned out a lot of those start ups weren't actually viable. So with your business catering to other SAAS businesses, made me wonder about the viability of single person SAAS businesses catering to other kinds of people.
    - amargado 10y ago
      Of course you are not dumb, just disingenous
  - salesguy222 10y ago
    while virtually all business can be summed up as "I am selling you a tool so that you can attempt to use it to make money/achieve happiness quickly", I think the author has done a good job of being forthcoming in his data and what value he could offer a potential customer

by dualogy 10y ago

oblio 10y ago

> I have so many things I would comment on this but this being HN, I know better.. I think it would actually help everyone if you were to comment. As a guess: you wanted to be negative because it sounds like a sales pitch ("get rich quick")? In that case, I kind of agree with you, but people seem to like the article, regardless :)

jv22222 10y ago
Well, it's more like "don't get rich, slow". But interested to understand why it feels that way. I personally HATE internet marketery stuff.
- kordless 10y ago
  Marketing is about pointing out the end result before the action. In your case, you point out a friend made "millions" and then speak for his weakly biased advice to "do SaaS" as if that's going to net someone the end result of millions. The reason it "feels" that way is because it is that way on your site, even if you rationalize it otherwise.
  - jv22222 10y ago
    At no point does the OP say a friend made millions. There was the mention of an unrelated mobile app guru who had made millions from mobile apps. But that was simply to point out the irony, that even THAT guy, thoguht it was better to build a SaaS app than a mobile app.

jv22222 10y ago

Author here, have at it :)

jimbokun 10y ago
Ok, what was your initial business? Your current business sounds like "selling equipment to pan handlers coming to the gold rush." So is there real good to be found, outside of selling to the people looking for gold?
- jv22222 10y ago
  I might be being a bit dumb, but I'm not sure what you mean by any of this... :( Does it help if I show some of my links of the things I've done? http://techzinglive.com http://techzinglive.com - Podcast Host https://modernteacher.com https://modernteacher.com - CTO With regard to what nugget offers? Is that what you mean? I hope that is answered here: https://nugget.one/why https://nugget.one/why If not please post again with a little more clarification. Thanks for answering :)
  - jimbokun 10y ago
    Yes, I didn't see those in the article. :) Sorry if the gold rush analogy was cryptic. Another analogy: before the dot com bust, a lot of revenue came just from startups buying ads on each other's sites with VC money. When that dried up, turned out a lot of those start ups weren't actually viable. So with your business catering to other SAAS businesses, made me wonder about the viability of single person SAAS businesses catering to other kinds of people.
  - amargado 10y ago
    Of course you are not dumb, just disingenous
- salesguy222 10y ago
  while virtually all business can be summed up as "I am selling you a tool so that you can attempt to use it to make money/achieve happiness quickly", I think the author has done a good job of being forthcoming in his data and what value he could offer a potential customer