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by dmd149 15y ago
wow that was incredibly useful. whats funny is I didn't even consider not outsourcing the project. In fact, most of the costs associated with outsourcing was shipping. I wonder if I'd be able to find a local printer that does playing cards.
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by dmd149 15y ago
For me, it is just a matter of getting to be early enough to be a morning person. I tend to wake up when I've been sleeping for about 7 hours. It also helps if you actually get out of bed when you first wake up. I feel groggy if I go back t
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by dmd149 15y ago
Thanks for the comment. What are your criteria for judging the quality of a printer (besides price)?
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My experience outsourcing manufacturing to China (trekdek.wordpress.com)
61 points by dmd149 15y ago|27 comments
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by dmd149 16y ago
nope, I imagine I won't get one.
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by dmd149 16y ago
Well the best possible outcome would be they call me back and pay me 200,000 a year to fix the company culture. I have to give them credit for being honest. I should probably title the post "how to discourage people from working for you." P
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My job interview experience (or how not to interview someone)(trekdek.wordpress.com)
17 points by dmd149 16y ago|7 comments
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Anyone get invited to interview (or rejected) by YC Today?
1 points by dmd149 16y ago|0 comments
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by dmd149 16y ago
It seems as if you have to put idea and execution together to really produce something of value. The real value comes from the looped feedback system from idea to execution to an idea modification to an execution modification ...etc . If yo
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Being around entrepreneurs + Coffee Shop = Flow(trekdek.wordpress.com)
2 points by dmd149 16y ago|0 comments
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by dmd149 16y ago
So I've been reading all of your comments and I'd like to address the issue. 1. Cost was/is a big issue. If it hadn't been, I would have hired someone locally. I picked the best (or what I thought was best) team at the time based on price a
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by dmd149 16y ago
Yea actually the whole project was to put a godaddy landing page in. It worked!
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by dmd149 16y ago
I should clarify: the ones I filtered out immediately because the dialogue would end with a list of a features and a price quote. With the ones I liked, the dialogue was a meaningful back and forth and exchange of ideas. In the end I of cou
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by dmd149 16y ago
Excuse me, "lessons learning"
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by dmd149 16y ago
Thanks for coming to my defense. It's true at this early stage I tend to feel like a worthless turd, however someone has to learn marketing, sales, finances and all the business shenanigans. A programmer could do that too, but since he is o
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by dmd149 16y ago
Hey all! So the outsourcing wasn't going so great as a non-hacker so I found a co-founder to start managing them (the India guys). I'll be uploading a blog post about new things I've learned soon.
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A few things I've learned about outsourcing to India(trekdek.wordpress.com)
33 points by dmd149 16y ago|42 comments
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Micro-Innovation in Egypt (trekdek.wordpress.com)
2 points by dmd149 16y ago|0 comments