michaelflux

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by michaelflux 9y ago
Have you found any change in how people pay the invoices after you started doing the nonstandard days?
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by michaelflux 9y ago
Cheers, thanks for the feedback :)
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by michaelflux 9y ago
Gotcha, thanks for the feedback. :)
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by michaelflux 9y ago
Absolutely. The value is in the service you provide, not in the code. Lets assume a potential competitor takes all your code and makes a carbon copy of what you're offering. - Will any of your customers jump ship? Probably not, there i
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by michaelflux 9y ago
Absolutely would - if you're talking about original content. However if what you're suggesting is 'lets be the 50,000th site to cover the guy who built his own iPhone' - then little point, already follow too many sites t
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by michaelflux 9y ago
Depends on the target demographic. If the product needs to be something a bit more serious, e.g. fintech product, then take an existing term in the industry or something that clearly relates to it, and put some small spin on it, and a .co a
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by michaelflux 9y ago
Hypothetically speaking, if you didn't have to spend money on the accountant, and if your invoice was paid immediately 100% of the time, would that get you closer to be willing to give up up to 10%?
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by michaelflux 9y ago
1) Weird how? Any examples? 2) Have you ever used factoring services before? What was the experience like?
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by michaelflux 9y ago
Have you run into any issues where you would want to work with an otherwise good client, but they would only be able to pay on net 30?
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by michaelflux 9y ago
1) Were there any clashes with their own payment cycles? - e.g you send out the invoice on first of month, expecting immediate payment, but their own cycle pays out all outstanding invoices at the end of the month? 3) With the yearly paymen
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by michaelflux 9y ago
1), 2) - so if they offered to pay same day, how much would you be willing to knock off? 5%, 10%, more? 3) Were invoice related things the primary time drain that took you away from dev work, or was it a combination of everything - marketin
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by michaelflux 9y ago
1) Have you run into any issues with bigger companies with it being due on receipt? - While it's ideal, most companies would have their own fortnightly or monthly payment cycles no? 2) Is the cashflow that much of a factor, or do you u
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by michaelflux 9y ago
- Cookies bar, make it appear above the nav, logo etc - where it appears currently makes it too much a part of the design. - Pleasant colour scheme, before I read anything, already feels calm and cool. - 'Join our Beta' button is
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Ask HN: As a freelancer how concerned are you about how fast you get paid?
4 points by michaelflux 9y ago|26 comments
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by michaelflux 11y ago
About being outmatched in GDP and military - you're joking right? Have a look at the figures over the last few decades for Singapore and Indonesia. Singapore is a tiny spec when it comes to size and population, but economically it&#x2