joelg87

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Overcoming challenges(manojranaweera.com)
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by joelg87 16y ago
Absolutely. I think the word "renewal" is probably better then. I used both in the article, but "renewal" really makes sense.
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Work and rest in a startup(joel.is)
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Orchestra.io - PHP Platform as a service(orchestra.io)
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The JavaScript Comma Operator(javascriptweblog.wordpress.com)
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Treat it as finished(joel.is)
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Acting with incomplete information in a startup(joel.is)
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by joelg87 16y ago
My most recent venture started out as a side project and is now becoming my main focus. It is a simple Twitter App which makes it easy to share more on Twitter whilst annoying your followers less (by helping you to avoid tweeting 5 links in
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by joelg87 16y ago
I honestly was quite surprised, but now I look back on it I realise how obviously hard to pronounce that very odd word is. It is very embarrassing to think I started with that name, but I'm glad I was receptive enough to change it and I tho
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by joelg87 16y ago
I recently launched a startup which I named bfffr, playing on the word "buffer" since it ties closely to what the product does. I also chose that name because dribbble and forrst seem to be doing pretty well even with odd names like that. A
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by joelg87 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347741
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Healthy naivety(joel.is)
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by joelg87 16y ago
"If you're planning to sell a paid SaaS product, this means finding early users, from day one if possible, who will pay." I nearly fell into the trap of not charging from day 1 with my latest startup. I had set myself a deadline (to launch
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by joelg87 16y ago
That's a very interesting question. I think there are only really two options: - Ship what you can - Learn to ship what you can't Perhaps a third - find someone to help you ship what you can't.
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by joelg87 16y ago
That's a very interesting point. I agree it is important to take care that you are expressing things in the way you intend, and also that the important thing is to not let it get to the point where you don't do anything with it, i.e. you do
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by joelg87 16y ago
Yes, that is another great point. I'm also fascinated by that question: how minimal should you make something. I've found, and indeed I mentioned it in the post, that with each new startup, I aim for more minimal. Even with the latest start
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Fear of not shipping(joel.is)
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Creating order from chaos in a startup(joel.is)
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Apple: Their Tablet Computer History(liquidpubs.com)
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by joelg87 16y ago
Sounds like you're certainly more keen on the startup than the consulting. I'm in a similar situation, where I do a little contract web development as well as building up my bootstrapped revenue-generating startup on the side. My plan is to
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by joelg87 16y ago
FWIW, I wouldn't say I've "given up" on OnePage, I have just chosen to focus on Buffer to reach ramen profitability. I still believe it could do very well. I applied to a few accelerator programmes with OnePage and wasn't accepted a few tim
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by joelg87 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback, that's very useful. I think I will try and tweak it so that you're sent to Twitter first before I ask for an email and password. The reason I do that is that you can have multiple accounts, and each Twitter account
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by joelg87 16y ago
Thanks. I really need to improve the sign up process. Can you let me know what went wrong? It'd be very helpful.
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by joelg87 16y ago
Thanks :) That's really great to hear. We want to expand as quickly as we can globally since we think many people will find Buffer very useful, so any help would be hugely appreciated.
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by joelg87 16y ago
Exactly. Minimum viable ;)
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by joelg87 16y ago
Thanks. In around 4-5 weeks of having the landing page and pricing page up without the product existing, I got a total of 120 emails. I sent an email when they gave me theirs explaining a little more about the product and how I needed their
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by joelg87 16y ago
Thanks. It's definitely something I still have to keep reminding myself of.
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by joelg87 16y ago
Thanks. Yep, just a simple Paypal setup. One of the interesting decisions was not to implement Paypal IPN (automatic upgrading when the payment comes through). My reasoning was that it could have been 4 months before I had the first custome
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Idea to paying customers in 7 weeks: how we did it(blog.bufferapp.com)
66 points by joelg87 16y ago|22 comments
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by joelg87 16y ago
Great point about how being ambitious can keep you going through rougher times. I'm also very ambitious, and I definitely agree it has helped in those situations. I guess it is always a balance - I certainly agree that not thinking big enou

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