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Welcome to HN, Markus. Please consider sticking around -- many folks here could learn a lot from you. (We have very different businesses but I've been quietly
by patio11 13y ago
Welcome to HN, Markus. Please consider sticking around -- many folks here could learn a lot from you. (We have very different businesses but I've been quietly Internet-stalking a lot of your work for years.)
- drb311 13y agoSeconded. (And Patio11, I've been stalking you...) Another highlight, showing how POF early on was all about surprising and obvious innovations (presumably at the expense of polish, as noted elsewhere in the thread). If you're bootstrapping, polish is not your friend. Risky innovations are. http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/10-years-since-pof-blew-up/ http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/10-years-since-... I particularly love that the blog is still using the default Wordpress theme from years ago. :)
- simonebrunozzi 13y agoI've been "stalking" patio11. :)
- collin128 13y agoThe motion carries. Markus will spend more time on HN :) Marcus, you shared a great talk a few months ago at Launch Academy and it really helped me get through a difficult period in starting my company, thank you. I had just bootstrapped my company for 20 months (read: hadn't had a paycheque in 20 months), now we're month 24 and things are rolling quite nicely (read: paid myself in April!!!!).
- soci 13y agoBeing in your same bootstrapped situation for 18months... I'm curious about what's your company about/name.
- marktangotango 13y agoDefinitely a fan, met my wife on pof, have a 1 yr old and one on the way! Cheers!