johnmurch

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by johnmurch 13y ago
Love the idea and will be watching the comments/follow up. I think a lot of developers are in a similar boat. I know https://assemblymade.com has gone at this a bit differently, but still - finding a problem that you can ge
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by johnmurch 13y ago
I don't think there is a "magic number" although I do think having 10 or 20 people giving you your credit card or cash is enough to get started. (e.g. Groupon sold its first deal—two pizzas for the price of one—in October 200
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Take a look at https://www.sideprojectors.com
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Take a look at http://telesc.pe/ - built with meteor, pretty sweet!
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by johnmurch 13y ago
One thing that comes to mind is timeshares. You have a monthly payment and get specific # of weeks to use. I have found that most of them you need to book way in advance and their websites are crap. Building a solution to solve that by usin
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by johnmurch 13y ago
The 2 things that stuck out for me in 2013 is 1) Carving out time and sticking with it - not rescheduling it for someone else, totally agree you need to lock your self down for making it a priority and finishing an idea 2) Which you mention
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by johnmurch 13y ago
In terms of software checkout http://www.leaddyno.com/ and http://www.hasoffers.com/ for affiliate networks (as you mention, cj and clickbank) but also https://www.shareasale.com , http:/&
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Think about your ideal visitor: What would that be? Where do they hangout online, what do they read? It seems to me you want to focus on travelers - Go through Alltop ( http://travel.alltop.com/ ) as they already get traffic.
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB
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by johnmurch 13y ago
It's much like every tech person who has ever been asked to take a look at some gadget/computer to "fix".
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by johnmurch 13y ago
2 things that kill me all the time - Fix Threads as if I forward an email to someone and they respond, it's not part of the original thread - Have the edit subject line NOT require another click
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Pretty cool! I like the concept and think I too don't document my work as often as I should, so a tool like this is super useful. Quick Notes: On boarding - after signing up - I am just shown collections, maybe a page to describe 3 thi
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Checkout http://www.studyshuffle.com/ and http://quizlet.com/
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Rather than a hosted/solution - I would be think a program language specific (node/php/java) solution would be more useful. For example - something like $199 for lifetime use for account/oauth/etc system that you ca
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by johnmurch 13y ago
No matter what you do - be sure to post it up on HN (maybe even blog about it as you go). Would love to see what you end up with :)
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by johnmurch 13y ago
If you are US based I would recommending signing up at http://coinbase.com/ - buying a few bitcions by adding your bank account thru their system (takes a few days). You could use a paper wallet like https://bitc
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Yet another 3 letter GOV killing off an innovated startup. What's next stopping Soylent. Why does Government kill innovation?
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by johnmurch 13y ago
http://dnsimple.com/
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Price is about to hit $1,000/btc - def. NOT early adopters, more starting to go up towards the bell curve.
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Either https://cavirtex.com/home or https://localbitcoins.com/
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by johnmurch 13y ago
http://aws.amazon.com/rds/free/faqs/ http://mongohq.com/
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Doing this now using https://www.postable.com - Good Luck!
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by johnmurch 13y ago
You can build an idea by building an app or a blog post discussing it. It's what you do next that makes the biggest difference. Are you going to continue down that road of a through or let someone else take a hold of it. Really interes
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Love the idea. I have been kicking around a similar service but does it with a robotic hand (e.g. http://www.bondgifts.com/ ) to convert typed notes to hand written notes and mailed. Bond charges $5 and it comes in a nice pr
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Due to Dealership laws this will never truely happen that way it should :( Tesla has been fighting this crap tooth and nail. Maybe one day I can click and confirm a car online and have it delivered to my house at a specific day/time th
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Mentioned on http://tynan.com/cruisework - Why Cruises are a great place for development/focus.
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Use Coinbase - https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/payment_buttons
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Here are some ideas: https://medium.com/design-startups/49acac7c3405 http://blog.anujkumar.com/post/27913522655/please-steal-my-s...
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by johnmurch 13y ago
As you approach your current billable hour I will be curious how high you get and how long each "purchase" takes e.g. I have watched (and bought) it go from $1 to $31 so far - looking forward to seeing it at $150+ and how long it
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by johnmurch 13y ago
Do the pain work for the company. Either build a "import" script from the most common knowledge repos (mediawiki, [confluence| https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence] ). Worst case I wonder if you could

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