majesticbeans

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   by majesticbeans 12y ago

   What would I offer someone like him, if I deem him capable of helping me grow this? A % ?
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   by majesticbeans 13y ago

   I'm new to all this stuff. What's the difference between hosting on a VM and hosting on a VPS?
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   PaaS for a LAMP service?

   2 points by majesticbeans 13y ago|3 comments
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   by majesticbeans 13y ago

   And apparently a basic plan starts at $9 just for the datastore + 9.99 for ClearDB? Meaning that it will cost me 18.99 a month from the get go? Is that how it works? I know this sounds silly, but where would I even start if I wanted to move
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   by majesticbeans 13y ago

   Heroku looks awesome. All I need atm is Linux, and a MySQL datastore. Does Heroku do that?
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   by majesticbeans 13y ago

   I was originally tempted to incorporate for liability protection as well, also provided that I may be stepping on the toes of someone big companies who might cause me trouble. (they've caused trouble in the past to startups that my law
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   To accept payments from other companies, must I be incorporated?

   3 points by majesticbeans 13y ago|10 comments
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   by majesticbeans 13y ago

   Blog posts. Hm. Should I write about my market research? Interesting people I've met (Without naming names) who've taught me something about the field I'm working in? Features for the website and how/why they do what the
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   by majesticbeans 13y ago

   email sent.
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    I don't see an email?
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    I really need an advisor. Although I "have" one, it takes him many, many days to reply to my questions. So much for being put in touch with him by one of leaders in tech. startups....
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    By marketing, do we mean advertising?
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    What to do while waiting on my incorporation?

    1 points by majesticbeans 13y ago|10 comments
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    Hi again. So, say I have a mailing list of about 500 people, and I want to know if they will pay for what I currently have has my MVP. How do I do that? Do I just open them up to registration and see what happens? Should I test on a subset
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    Sheisse. Thanks.
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    Why Twitter over FB ads, or search engine ads?
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    Thanks!
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    Thanks for that. My service up until this point has been basically a giant research project from Day 1. Before I built anything, I met with firms that work in the segment I was researching both large and small. Then I built from there. Than
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    Getting users for the first time, ever.

    15 points by majesticbeans 13y ago|14 comments
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    Totally taking your advice on that. I just assumed that to be the status quo, but I can't believe I never realized that it really cuts into the sense of continuity I want my business to have.
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    I figured. You'd be surprised how your reply still provided me great stuff to work with. It's what I was aiming for, actually. It's a business. Not sure if I need a beta 2, how can I tell? My market is small, but I'm doi
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    In limbo after beta testing

    3 points by majesticbeans 13y ago|5 comments
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    I agree that success and failure are both inevitable and part of a symbiotic process of progress, but as far as the individual entrepreneur is concerned, failure doesn't need to be an option. I've met way too many entrepreneurs in
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    by majesticbeans 13y ago

    It's about time someone decided to debunk this awful bromide. Everyone who will fail (and succeed) conjures some personal lesson that is ill-derived, and eventually gets passed on as ambient, philosophical noise that people mistake for