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by md1515 15y ago
This is kind of a shameless plug (although I don't much benefit from it). A good friend of mine runs Staff Connect (www.staffconnect.com). The site is made for large organizations that send people to multiple locations (promotional / modeli
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by md1515 15y ago
I think you can do both if you make the sacrifice to do so. Take night classes.
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by md1515 15y ago
Hey guys, thanks a lot for the information. I also got an email regarding this startup and the comments about the landing page were the same - and quite frankly I agree. Ironically, in the time between posting this and the first post, I was
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Review "my" profitable startup
7 points by md1515 15y ago|6 comments
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by md1515 15y ago
Here is my take on the situation. At the end of the day everyone wants to be happy. Some people are lucky enough to be happy without money. Others are happy after they get the money, but that is only because of the freedom granted to those
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by md1515 15y ago
I think it is a great idea. Your homepage looks a bit bland, but your description of the content in the above post is quite good. Not sure how you will monetize and I would encourage you to NOT monetize (for a while). Instead, perhaps you c
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by md1515 15y ago
The buyout depends on the method in which you make your money. If you make money on advertising you have to make sure your users are as engaged as they have been since your launch (this often doesn't happen if it is a short game or you don'
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by md1515 15y ago
You always want to get a MVP set up and if your idea is too amazing to wait, then go for it. I'm reminded of James Altucher who outsourced the designing and creation of Stockpickr.com for the MVP to show to investors. He hadn't even paid fo
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by md1515 15y ago
That's not a bad idea. Like Martey said, there are probably many similar things. My advice would be to focus on technology (like you are doing) as much as possible. That is your niche and that might be why you are successful. (Speaking of s
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by md1515 15y ago
Not a bad idea and UI/UX. I'm checking it out now. Good luck with it. I was just running through the matches and there are like >10 girls (which is fine for a young startup). Nonetheless, don't just have a message that says you're out o
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by md1515 15y ago
With 4 people there is absolutely no reason to get 3000 sqft especially for $6500 per month. I would suggest either staying put or finding something much cheaper you can all live in and work in. You are tiny and you have to act as if the mo
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by md1515 15y ago
Ways to escape technological addiction... hmm That is something I've had to deal with myself. First of all, I like working out and playing soccer so I try to do as much of that as possible. At least a few hours a day or so. Otherwise, find
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by md1515 15y ago
Right now CDs are not a great option. Very low yielding. I would suggest spending a few hours every week studying the stock market so that you can at least understand things that are going on, fluctuations that take place etc. I also recomm
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by md1515 15y ago
Well it isn't worthless and if you are $35K in the hole, you should just try to release some MVP and see what feedback you get. You do not want to waste too much time if it will not work, but be sure before closing shop. Most startups do no
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by md1515 15y ago
Just started reading after seeing this thread. Great stuff - I'm laughing my butt off. Keep it up
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by md1515 15y ago
I think there are a lot of good points in the thread. I understand your risk that makes it seemingly impossible to leave your job. I would agree that without many paid customers it is not worth it to do so. Try to spend the first few hours
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by md1515 15y ago
Personal problems meant it was much more practical to make my own way than to have anyone else help me. :\
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by md1515 15y ago
Definitely ask to see the figures. If they truly are profitable and have closed a series A - TAKE IT. Usually startups that are successful have a tough vetting process. If they want to hire you, they want to hire you. Do not get greedy, but
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by md1515 15y ago
James Altucher has a great writing style. www.jamesaltucher.com
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What drives me? Fear. I fear I am unable to work for others with extremely limited freedoms.
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A Helping Hand for Startups(economist.com)
3 points by md1515 15y ago|0 comments
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by md1515 15y ago
A few (rather obvious) tips. - SEO - make sure your site can be found by certain keywords. A lot of traffic can be driven from Google. Maybe focus on "quotes of wisdom" or something. Recently there was a website on HN discussing how to mone
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by md1515 15y ago
Well I micromanage in the sense that a button location will be changed if I have a purpose. A font will be changed if I have a purpose. A function will be perfected if it serves a purpose. Like I said, everything I ask will serve a purpose
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by md1515 15y ago
This is fantastic. I think you should follow natbro's lead on a few things - allow disquss commenting and show excerpts of the book. Also I have a series to add: Harry Turtledove's "Darkness" series. It is like 5 books, if I remember correc
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by md1515 15y ago
Yeah, you have to discuss your issues with the additions. If they are non-technical then you can make up some story about the world exploding if they go through with it... ...I'm a non-technical co-founder and I DO micromanage, but I keep a
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by md1515 15y ago
Yeah, well the other idea might be to just sit back and accept the $30K per year. Within a year you will have a return on your investment so long as that third party continues to advertise. Bulls make money, bears make money, but pigs get s
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by md1515 15y ago
I wake up, sometimes get my laptop and read something while I am in bed. Sometimes I get up to read. I check my FB, email, and then HN, BBC, Economist etc. which takes about an hour or so normally. I eat some cereal while doing that - must
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by md1515 15y ago
I would agree with you. First of all, proximity does matter. I'm working via Skype with my co-founder and technology makes this a pretty painless process, but there is nothing like good old-fashioned face-to-face interaction. Second, you're
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by md1515 15y ago
I have to agree with revorad - $30 CPM is quite good. I assume that comes from the niche market plus the location - what percentage of hits are coming from Sweden/Scandinavia? I would suggest trying to make some affiliate partnerships with
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by md1515 15y ago
Sometimes I think about having a terrible boss working in some huge company where I am told what to do and go into work 8-5 every day. ...then I realize I need to get my butt in gear and make the startup work, because I can't handle that!

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