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Hmm... I wonder if pg is going to start getting emails/calls after the next YC cycle asking how to remedy the the Bs in unsuccessful applications. Or maybe he

• patio11 18y ago
  Here's some unsolicited advice for anybody: a) build the product b) charge money for it c) get to ramen profitable. Then you can try asking for investment again. If they say yes this time, great. If not, you are in a pretty good situation for continuing development and proceeding down the boring path of taking money from people. Go far enough down that path and you'll have to beat off investors with a stick. [Edit to add: It is really scandalously cheap to get something on the Internet these days if you have a programmer on board. People used to cite "thousands" of dollars a lot, and thousands is a darn low number compared with "real" businesses. If someone was asking me for advice I'd say its much easier to do if you have "hundreds" but I have empirical experience that it is possible with "tens".]
  • LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
    I started this last week. Good domain, 5 years: $50 Reasonably powerful VPS, per month: $20 The rest is pretty much brain-sweat at this point.