awicklander

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by awicklander 13y ago
It's because most people don't have a point of reference for web development costs, and their experience with web products is with applications that have been around for a couple years with millions (or tens or hundreds of millions) of doll
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by awicklander 14y ago
The thing that makes me most sad about this is that you're beating yourself up for losing investor's money. Let me tell you - the investors are entering the arrangement knowing that they have a 90% chance of failure. That's why they want de
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by awicklander 14y ago
Same thing in fewer words: 'Do yoga.'
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by awicklander 14y ago
Google decides to charge money for providing a valuable service. Crazy!
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Lessons from being in business for 6 years(projectidealism.brytter.com)
1 points by awicklander 14y ago|0 comments
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You can meet all the requirements and still fail(projectidealism.brytter.com)
2 points by awicklander 14y ago|0 comments
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by awicklander 14y ago
Name idea: Unbeholden
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Not all users are your customer(projectidealism.brytter.com)
2 points by awicklander 14y ago|0 comments
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by awicklander 14y ago
Not really. Most of them understand that in order for them to get their deposits they need to provide their bank account info.
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by awicklander 14y ago
Yeah, right now we essentially say 'hey, go get a stripe account, then come back and give us your api keys'. We give them some video tutorials along the way to explain what an API key is, how it works, and how to set up the integration. It
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by awicklander 14y ago
It's almost impossible to overstate the disruption Stripe is causing, and this is taking it to a whole other level. We have an app ( http://tulasoftware.com ) that yoga studios use to run their business and we're able to compete with some v
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by awicklander 14y ago
I have a product ( http://tulasoftware.com ) that yoga studio owners use to manage their studios. (Students, class credits, purchases, etc.) We have a $59/mo plan and a $79/mo plan. The higher one allows them store and charge credit cards.
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by awicklander 14y ago
Or you could get a feedblitz account and actually use a product that will support it's users.
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by awicklander 14y ago
But doesn't a 'hardware failure' imply failure to a specific piece of equipment/hardware? A cascading issue with actual data isn't a hardware failure, it's a software failure.
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by awicklander 14y ago
This is terrible advice. When you decide to create something, the first thing....it's probably going to be crap. It's only by creating, and shipping, over and over again that you begin to learn how to create products. Often times, in fac
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by awicklander 14y ago
This is false. Non-developers pay a recurring fee for software all the time.
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by awicklander 14y ago
I don't know why everyone keeps referring to sparrow as 'indie' developers. They took funding. When you take funding you're no longer independent. http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/09/sparrow-mac-mail-app/
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by awicklander 14y ago
The free market is a bitch.
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by awicklander 14y ago
Or you could get on Engine Yard and stop caring what Heroku does. That's worked wonders for my business.
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by awicklander 14y ago
Or you could get on EngineYard and stop caring what Heroku does. That's worked wonders for my business.
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My web app redesign that led to a 400% increase in conversions(projectidealism.brytter.com)
2 points by awicklander 15y ago|0 comments
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Web 3.0(projectidealism.brytter.com)
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Pando Daily's Hack Job Covering the Chicago Startup Scene(projectidealism.brytter.com)
4 points by awicklander 15y ago|0 comments
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by awicklander 15y ago
The announcement is on the platform :) http://blog.brytter.com is on Brytter.
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Show HN: I just launched a new blogging platform(blog.brytter.com)
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Are you a real CEO?(randmediagroup.com)
1 points by awicklander 15y ago|0 comments
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The technology is the easy part(projectidealism.com)
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by awicklander 15y ago
Rachel is not a Groupon employee. I share of office with her in Chicago. She's a wordpress developer, founder of PluggedIn consulting ( http://pluggedinconsulting.com ) and a great person.
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Chicago Yoga Studio: "Why I won't do a Groupon"(blog.tulayoga.net)
63 points by awicklander 15y ago|62 comments
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37signals is a platform(signalkit.com)
2 points by awicklander 15y ago|0 comments

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