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by porter 12y ago
I think it depends on the job. Believe it or not, there are a lot of small and medium sized businesses that prefer this over someone coming out of a university with an actual degree. You are self-motivated, curious, and would come with a ch
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by porter 12y ago
How do you stop a competitor from making a fake offer just to get a look into how you do things?
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by porter 12y ago
I took a bunch of CS classes a few years ago so I could build a software product. Now it's built and launched with paying customers and I have a real developer who has taken over coding. However, I've noticed that my own programmi
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by porter 12y ago
Is this legal?
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by porter 12y ago
I honestly don't know why this isn't already built into HN.
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by porter 12y ago
To quote Paul Graham on why we need rich people (like Larry Page): "You need rich people in your society not so much because in spending their money they create jobs, but because of what they have to do to get rich. I'm not talkin
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by porter 12y ago
If it's so bad, why aren't people moving out of the valley?
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by porter 12y ago
It's like trying to figure out a new mission after you've already taken over the world. What the heck comes after that?
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by porter 12y ago
Pretty awesome watching these guys grow. I also love how they question the norm in the VC/startup world of being poor until you hit a real homerun. You only get one life. Don't let a VC dictate how you live it just so they can hit
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by porter 12y ago
I'm curious, have you ever thought about why building a startup with more revenues and more "impact" seems to matter more than building smaller companies? I know this is a bit philosophical, but I'd be interested in hear
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by porter 12y ago
What advice do you have for founders working on non world-changing ideas, but rather ideas more like your first 3 small ideas?
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by porter 12y ago
Do you think you had to go through those first few small wins in order to finally take a swing at a homerun? What changed when you did treehouse vs those other smaller businesses? Was it the fact that you didn't need to worry about mon
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by porter 12y ago
"Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffet
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by porter 12y ago
Can you define what "matters"? What exactly are people finding more meaningful about programming as opposed to English?
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by porter 12y ago
"85% of the value is from cash flows very far into the future. One of the thing we always overvalue in silicon valley is growth rates, and we undervalue durability.” Startups != growth.
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by porter 12y ago
This looks like baremetrics and bestunning.net combined. Sort of nice to have those two things integrated for what looks to be about half the price. Not sure it'll last though after baremetrics secured an investment from stripe itself.
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by porter 12y ago
Start getting paid upfront.
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by porter 12y ago
Once you have an audience that knows, likes, and trusts you, and a product they want, then most of the "bucks" made are pretty easy at the margin.
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by porter 12y ago
29doors.com - they will setup a semi-custom WordPress site for under $500 that you'll own. Mention this comment and you'll get a discount.
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by porter 12y ago
So you got about 1,200 sales out of a list of 3,000 subscribers? Would you mind sharing your exact conversion rate (total # of sales/total # of subscribers) that made you $60k in revenue from this book?
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by porter 12y ago
Cool, I appreciate the transparency. What sort of conversion rate do you get on a course launch?
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by porter 12y ago
At first I thought it was just a prettier, easier to use version of Excel. Then you showed me the filtering and I had an "Aha" moment. Excel is quick and easy, but it's hard to ask questions about your data. Databases make it
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by porter 12y ago
First of all, what an awesome comment. Thanks so much for all this insight Nathan. Out of your 420,000 or so visitors over the last year, how many converted into your email list? Also, when you launch a product to your email list, what sort
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by porter 12y ago
I guess all the people downvoting this are from other incubators. Not sure why this is being downvoted.
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by porter 12y ago
Ycombinator leading the way once again. Looking forward to this!
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by porter 12y ago
What would you use for a physical goods company?
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by porter 12y ago
I quit a good banking job after making it through the recession and several rounds of layoffs. My friends thought I was nuts. I had friends take me out to lunch and tell me most people were looking for jobs, not quitting them. But I didn&#x
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by porter 12y ago
I used to encourage everyone I know to quit their job and start a company. Now, after having done just that, I no longer recommend this path. Not because I regret doing it. In fact, I think it was one of the best decisions I've ever ma
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by porter 12y ago
YC leading the pack of incubator followers yet again. Excited to watch this!
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by porter 12y ago
If you can show me how your kool-aid will help me or why your kool-aid matters to anybody, then yes, I'd be happy to buy your kool-aid. Welcome to capitalism.

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