JonathanWCurd

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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
It does require a small development cycle ~6 months and more than bootstrapping in terms of resources but I am willing to fund the development costs knowing the potential and having the inside knowledge of the industry and their hunger for
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Would it be unethical to pre-sell the software, sort of like what Oracle did in the beginning. We would be upfront about the estimated delivery date and current status.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
We have approached this as a possibility (and we have interest from multiple players) I just worry that we might alienate other potential customers if they knew their competition was financially involved. Does anyone have experience dealing
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
The b2b product has a more defined route to revenue / profit but its market is capped. I wouldn't complain about >$1 million in profit but my personal goal is to make a bigger impact (doesn't have to be now, but if I wait will I squande
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
We have done past work for some of the players in the industry so we have good connections / a solid network within the industry so I have no doubt we can get the product in the door. The questions is are we limiting ourselves by pursuing a
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Ask HN: Small market product vs Big market product, Which should we attack?
10 points by JonathanWCurd 16y ago|15 comments
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
If they did, that would be due diligence on their part and expected. Best of luck to you either way.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
No for me. If they started charging I think it wouldn't be too long before another free service came in and started to eat their lunch (read freeloaders would defect). Of course even if they lost hundreds of millions of users to some compet
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Ask HN: Any Experience buying / selling a domain at live auction.
2 points by JonathanWCurd 16y ago|0 comments
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Pick smaller more approachable projects / problems and you can.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
I usually go into things having thought them through and after doing research so I am usually pretty confident that I am right. That being said, I am always open to other ideas and listening. If I am proven wrong I am more than willing to a
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Keep us updated. No doubt there are people here who can help spread the word.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Not saying its the route I would take but you could share your story and the site name here and at other social sites like digg, reddit, etc and internet vigilantes might just do their thing to drive them away. I have seen it happen before
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Do you hav any kind of legal registrations, trademark, business filings. If so send the cease and desist but also send a copy to their domain registrar maybe they will shut down the site.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Good point. I was being very narrow sighted on that.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
The only finished projects in my opinion are failed projects. Successful projects are never finished. You need to keep working with them and making them better to improve your offering so that you can retain your users and keep your competi
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
launch.is just follow the blogs about each presenter or click to see the demo pit companies.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Yes to CVv. Only use AVS if your shipping. Authorize only for 1.00 to verify card for subscription billing or authorize the card for full amount if you are batch end of day processing. The authorization holds the money for a period so you c
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Great points. I appreciate your thoughts.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Should we accept users first come first serve or filter them based on a simple survey and who we think would provide the best use cases.
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Ask HN: How long should we run private beta before opening it up to all?
7 points by JonathanWCurd 16y ago|7 comments
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
I would say it really depends on the deal size. You want to reward them for their efforts but not overly reward them. Also if these parties are that interested and your product is that good or has that much potential they will find about yo
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
For my current project I have spoken with at least 50 people. based on the recorded feedback I have. I would estimate about half the people I talk to have something to say either positive, negative, or both. But we haven't done anything in
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
For the B2B project I would estimate between 10-15 clients before we committed ourselves, and once we had that info we surveyed about 25 potential customers (10-15 of which were in the first casual group).
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
Focus on the good. Focus on what went well. Focus on what got done. Right before you end add a quick whats left and follow with a game plan to get it done.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
On the flip side I do know that I currently use the pre-release version of our product and it has solved the problem we were aiming to solve for myself and our other team members. Hopefully this is an indication we are on the right track (f
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
I think it really depends on what you are planning to build. For my last project (B2B) I spoke with lots of potential customers on a casual basis. Once we determined there was indeed market interest, we did more in depth surveying and evalu
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
We usually name our stuff with the following very boring format: [Server Role]-[#][d/t/p] On the plus side its easy to maintain, easy to remember, and easy to explain to new hires.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
I am going to try this out. Looks easy and just what I need to store my favorites.
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by JonathanWCurd 16y ago
I love cooking. I find it relaxing. It also has the added benefit of eating healthier.

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