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by porter 12y ago
Gumroad is great for getting started. The only annoying thing I don't like about gumroad is that they don't give you many options for removing the header image or default call to action text on payment pages. Otherwise, it's
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by porter 12y ago
Let's be clear: this is about bringing mass-market products to market, not niche products like most people on HN are building. This article considers a niche product to be a failure.
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by porter 12y ago
Create a presentation on what non-technical founders need to know about programming, before they start a start up. Promote this webinar via facebook ads and make it 30 minutes long and packed full of super useful stuff. Then at the end poin
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by porter 12y ago
Link to the full financial dashboard here: https://buffer.baremetrics.io/dashboard
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by porter 12y ago
On advice he gives to young entrepreneurs: "You are focused too much on changing the world; you should focus more on making money." Without profit, no business is sustainable, he said.
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Billionaire Shad Khan's Advice to Young Entrepreneurs(bizjournals.com)
2 points by porter 12y ago|1 comments
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by porter 12y ago
More on the discount rate here: http://www.propertymetrics.com/blog/2013/09/27/npv-discount-...
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by porter 13y ago
Can you really run a caloric deficit indefinitely? Surely that can't be the answer.
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by porter 13y ago
I see what you did there.
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by porter 13y ago
Should be first minute advice.
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by porter 13y ago
messaging has network effects no?
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by porter 13y ago
Ha, nope. I still remember my number too. Crazy.
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by porter 13y ago
Wow, this is pure gold! Thanks for posting.
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by porter 13y ago
What does google actually use python for? Certainly not everything...
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by porter 13y ago
This does not seem to take into account the fact that the bottom quartile start with horses and outhouses and end up with motorized vehicles and indoor plumbing.
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New Book by Ben Horowitz: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers (amazon.com)
3 points by porter 13y ago|0 comments
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by porter 13y ago
What about South?
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by porter 13y ago
This is a slick interface and the perfect way to learn how to code.
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by porter 13y ago
If there is no revenue then you can also take a top-down approach by looking at the number of potential customers in your market you expect to capture. Then base the valuation off of that expected future revenue scenario. VC funding just he
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by porter 13y ago
The reason why you carry cash is because you sometimes find yourself in situations where a credit card won't work - tipping the valet, vending machines, car washes, etc. In what cases will bitcoin be better for small transactions onlin
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by porter 13y ago
Because people who take these risks change the world. Failure just goes with the territory sometimes. Without entrepreneurs, you'd have life filled with many more daily aches and pains. We need to celebrate these folks. They are the re
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by porter 13y ago
This looks like one of those game changers that everyone says will never work. But then somehow they figure it out and change the world. VCs should be all over this.
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by porter 13y ago
Yes
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by porter 13y ago
First beer I ever brewed was actually a porter!
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by porter 13y ago
This would be cool if I brewed every month. That would be a lot of work though and I can see the kits piling up until I cancel your service. Maybe mix it up and for people like me have the option of getting a hand picked craft beer pack on
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by porter 13y ago
Is it just me or are all those annotated links super confusing? I tried clicking on their jobs page link, but it just gave me this slow loading pop up thing with zero helpful or related info. Cool idea on the $1k though.
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by porter 13y ago
That's what I did and I am so glad I did. Now I have paying customers and growing revenues. If I can do it so can you!
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by porter 13y ago
First of all, it's so great that you have a desire to get better. That alone puts you ahead of most people. So, how do you actually get better? Take an inventory of your weaknesses. Now eliminate them, one by one. Next, start building
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by porter 13y ago
This has always been a problem for me. I can't even use gotomeeting on my ubuntu machine, which is my primary OS. Great to see someone working this out.
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by porter 13y ago
Browser tabs?

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