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by agota 7y ago
I think the issue is that someone who is predisposed to schizophrenia might not be aware that this is the case. Also, we already know that drug use can have permanent effects that presumably would not have manifested if the person had not t
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by agota 7y ago
That's a good idea, if you want to build a social network, it probably makes sense to build an audience first.
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by agota 7y ago
I think there is a problem with the current thinking on MVPs where you quickly hack together a product, launch it, and drop it if it doesn't gain traction immediately. This approach is probably especially damaging if the product is a s
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by agota 7y ago
I'd like to point out that OP is from Russia. I wonder if he still lives in Russia? In 2018, the minimum wage in Russia was 11163 rubles per month, which is $174.6 per month. So, it would take a person working for a minimum wage 10.8 m
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by agota 7y ago
Do you question your decision not to sell in order to protect customer data? I also find this aspect of selling a company worrisome, but then doesn't everyone dream of an exit?
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by agota 7y ago
Do you mind me asking how you got your first clients? P.S. I clicked on the link, the website doesn't load, at least for me.
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by agota 7y ago
Okay, so I quickly skimmed the paper in question, and I'm very skeptical of it. They are using talent as a variable in their model, but what do they mean by "talent"? "talent Ti (intelligence, skills, ability, etc.)&quo
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by agota 7y ago
Who you are is a result of genetics and environment which can be referred to as "luck" since presumably you didn't choose to be born to your parents. So, while I think that personal responsibility is a valuable perspective, I
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by agota 7y ago
I think it's a mistake to assume that just because something is a skill it's not influenced by "luck". For example, from what I understand, in the big five model of personality, conscientiousness is over 40% heritable. A
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by agota 7y ago
"4 hours work week" mindset and a craftsman mindset are not at odds with each other. If you can build a business that you can maintain in four hours a week while generating enough profit to pay the bills, why not? That would free
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by agota 7y ago
I don't see why you think the "4 hours a week guy" doesn't have a chance at success. Presumably, his definition of success is building a business that can be run in 4 hours a week while making enough money to fund his de
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by agota 7y ago
I love this The Onion video that is a news report on the CIA's most successful project ever, Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqggW08BWO0
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by agota 7y ago
Good point, I didn't think about B2C vs B2B difference, I was thinking about B2C SaaS.
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by agota 7y ago
It's true that it's harder to sell people on a monthly subscription, but once you do, the revenue is much more predictable. From the entrepreneurs perspective, SaaS is a much more appealing business model, though of course custome
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by agota 7y ago
It was interesting, thank you for mentioning it!
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by agota 7y ago
I found the story and the discussion interesting. I only started actively using HN recently so I haven't seen it four months ago.
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by agota 7y ago
I don't know anything about video editing, but if they are at $5k/MRR, doesn't that serve as a proof of concept? Clearly there are people who are willing to pay for what Veed is offering.
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by agota 7y ago
Wouldn't it be extremely difficult to build a sustainable business on random one-off payments from casual users?
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by agota 7y ago
I remember someone mentioning that one of the dark secrets of the SaaS world is reliance on people procrastinating on cancelling the subscription, forgetting to cancel it, etc. I think if I had a SaaS company, I'd try to avoid doing th
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by agota 7y ago
I'd question whether a person who values work/life balance, family, empathetic management, etc. would do well on Wall Street. It might be that people who do best in these kinds of occupations are cutthroat sociopaths obsessed with
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by agota 7y ago
I'd suspect that purely financially motivated folks are better at making money, though.
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by agota 7y ago
His blog seems really interesting, thank you for mentioning it!
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by agota 7y ago
That was my takeaway from the article - web apps over native apps.
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by agota 7y ago
I once worked a few shifts in an extremely posh hotel. One day, we had a lot of leftover desserts, like several trays of untouched fancy desserts. I was instructed to throw them all in the bin. I asked the manager if I could instead take th
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by agota 7y ago
I also noticed that.
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by agota 7y ago
Thank you for mentioning the book, it sounds interesting!
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by agota 7y ago
What was the book?
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by agota 7y ago
Thank you for sharing!
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by agota 7y ago
I think you are overestimating the percentage of the general population that understand that traditional martial arts are BS (with obvious exceptions such as Muay Thai). A regular person with no previous martial arts training is easy prey f
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by agota 7y ago
Sounds like a plan!

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