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by jayliew 15y ago
I like the idea, a pretty radical one too! :) All the best!! Do share the results with the community
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by jayliew 15y ago
Currently a bit overwhelmed, but not as overwhelmed as I thought I would be. Hit me up in a month or two, I'd be happy to help if my work load permits then. I'll call anybody with my cell that doesn't cost me any more than what I'm already
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by jayliew 15y ago
Honestly, I'm just applying stuff as preached by Customer Development & Lean Startup. I highly recommend those. Ash Maurya's Running Lean has some good conversation "templates" too. What I bring to the table here is not anything new tha
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by jayliew 15y ago
Thanks Tristan! Let me know if you know of anyone who could use from free cold calls :D
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by jayliew 15y ago
Related: If you're a single founder (I am too), I'll help you make 10 cold sales calls to get feedback. No strings attached! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2943170
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by jayliew 15y ago
Forgot to add: What I get out of this: I get to cust-dev & hustle for you - that is my prize. If you want to pay me, I won't say no to money :) That's it. I'm not looking for a job. Or new ideas. Everything is private & confidential
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Offer HN: FREE: I'll make your first 10 cold calls
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Building the Global Startup // John O'Farrell(john.a16z.com)
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Preparing To Fire an Executive(bhorowitz.com)
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Irving Kahn, 105-Year-Old Investment Banker: Economic Downturn Just a Blip(thedailybeast.com)
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Godfounder: Blog of tactics to increase virality/usage/stickyness/etc(blog.thegodfounder.com)
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by jayliew 15y ago
I'm surprised nobody has asked this, but do you know why your company failed? 1.5 years in development is too long to be in a silo without getting feedback from prospective customers; read about Customer Development (Steve Blank's "4 step
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by jayliew 15y ago
glad you enjoyed it; if you were there last year I probably met you then. I'm in Silicon Valley too, hit me up if you happen to be near Hacker Dojo!
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by jayliew 15y ago
If "coordinating" == "gaming", then no , SDHN is not coordinating voting. Thanks for your concern.
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‪Start Now. No funding needed.‬‏(youtube.com)
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It said I write like Cory Doctorow too. Hey ...
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by jayliew 15y ago
Thanks Mike! I appreciate the input :)
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In this particular example, what resource would you trust to use? Which specific vendor? Here's a prototype of what I'm building, would love your thoguhts: http://www.killerbees.co
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by jayliew 15y ago
Ah, so you would nudge them towards current solutions, e.g. Best Buy, local mom and pop brick and mortar repair stores, etc. Would you be concerned that they would get ripped off?
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by jayliew 15y ago
Hey Mike, question for you related to my project. Curious, but do you (or do you know of techies like you), who sometimes feel obligated to help when friends/family come to you for desktop tech support, even when you can't quite afford the
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by jayliew 15y ago
The upside of starting from rock bottom is there is only one way to go. UP!
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I know you mean well, but I have to disagree with your approach. Telling him to "stop" and "drop the attitude" is like telling an drug addict to "stop being such an addict". It does not work. It is a form of a "should statement" (a cognit
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by jayliew 15y ago
Along the same lines, mental health professionals usually draw a hard line between thoughts & feelings. Specifically, thought X cause feeling Y. Part of solving feeling Y is to correct thought X (which could be a "twisted thought" [1],
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by jayliew 15y ago
Motivation to do X often comes after you start doing X. Purposeful / meaningful activity is a great way to combat depression. Just my opinion, I'm not a subject matter expert.
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by jayliew 15y ago
For people doing consumer internet startups, learning how the average normal person thinks, what makes them tick, is something I'd pay for. All of you reading this here are by definition, not normal ;)
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The CEO’s CEO(bhorowitz.com)
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Chris just described me. Figuratively speaking. If you're bootstrapping a startup solo, you will realize it's a super lonely road and you just can't get enough of these "pick me ups". It's motivational and inspirational to me, and people li
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by jayliew 15y ago
I grew up poor, extended family scraped some money together (plus me working) to put me through college, worked at a software company for 6 years, saved up, and now I'm burning my savings every day bootstrapping. Here at Hacker Dojo, every
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Ask HN: How many non-developers (business) ppl teaching themselves how to code?
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by jayliew 16y ago
At Hacker Dojo, I'm running a very small in-person solo-founder's support group. Yes, it's like an A.A. meeting, but for solo-founders. Going at it alone is well, lonely, as anyone who's done it can attest. But solo founders can support eac

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