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by ohsnap 13y ago
Yes, high compared to the industry. However if you have no track record and no domain experience you probably won't get into the bigger accelerators. I'd suggest apply and consider their offer. At worst, going through their acce
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by ohsnap 13y ago
Bitcoins are very volatile and high risk. If you can tolerate an investment that can possibly go to zero then it might not be a bad time. But do seriously consider if you can maintain your sanity with owning a volatile asset!
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by ohsnap 13y ago
They can, but once you have access to the image you can just copy it from the browser and email it to anyone... not much different from sharing a url. So it's not a huge security benefit, especially for the costs involved (as some of
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by ohsnap 13y ago
Easier said than done but: Fire the client, cut your losses and move on. Be direct - tell him/her that the project wasn't managed right, their expectations are out of line and there is no end in sight. Don't try to convince
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by ohsnap 13y ago
In my experience - visible refund policies,SSL badges and a phone number are the best things that help concerned customers. I'd suggest something very simple and to the point. e.g 'Concerned about purchasing online? Call us at x
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by ohsnap 13y ago
Sure, startups will pay for consulting. Most valuable thing at a startup is time. If you can convince a company that you can validate their current approach faster than they can by themselves it's a great value proposition.
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by ohsnap 13y ago
To do a clean sweep you really need a 'order of magnitude' type of justification ... some benefit that completely justifies the risk and time of changing platforms. Postgres does a lot of things better than Mysql, but unless you h
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by ohsnap 13y ago
If you liked the stranger give his book the myth of sisyphus a try. You'd probably enjoy that. There are no elegant arguments. Eventually you'll find a book, an idea, or an experience that speaks to you ... and that will make you
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by ohsnap 13y ago
I use angular/bootstrap/parse.com. use yeoman angular to get everything in place. I'll then use a s3 bucket as a website when I want to 'go live'. The backend as a service can be a huge time saver for quick proj
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by ohsnap 13y ago
I am reading this from the perspective of an early stage startup: Biggest need for a start up is (typically) proving their business model and understanding how far it can go in terms of market size. Speak to that directly. Explain how yo
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by ohsnap 13y ago
Slightly off - I have paid that range for mobile mockups and feel it's good value. Hard to design good mobile mockups. Good design really seems to help when showing to people mobile ideas. Would not pay that amount for web design tho
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by ohsnap 13y ago
nice write up. have you tried this in production environment? How does it feel with real world usage?