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by redguava 13y ago
Don't underestimate the costs of running any SaaS application. You'll still have decent expenses for: - Fees to receive payments - Hosting - Support services (github, zendesk, etc.) - Your own salary I'll bet that not much o
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by redguava 13y ago
Any SaaS company that is making $500k/mo was earning 5k/mo at some point. Just because they've decided to share their story so far, doesn't mean they think they've hit the jackpot already and are finished.
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by redguava 13y ago
Taking VC means you need to look for an out. In my mind that's the biggest difference. They don't want to invest in a company to take a portion of profit, they want you to sell your company or go public so they can cash out.
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by redguava 13y ago
Why try to build two apps at once? One is hard enough.
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by redguava 13y ago
I disagree with having developers do tech support. In fact I think it's insulting to those that are great at tech support. Tech support is a skill in itself, not just a place to let developers play. If you really care about support,
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by redguava 13y ago
Fantastic openness. Thanks.
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by redguava 13y ago
Integrity is a handy thing in business. Just hide the "X amount shown" until it's greater than 10. Don't put a false number there.
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by redguava 13y ago
When someone asks what your competitive advantage is... and your answer is "all our marketing has been aviation themed"... you're in trouble. You need to find a real competitive advantage if this is going to succeed.
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by redguava 13y ago
I don't understand how you can be in it for the long run if you've taken funding. That means you need to be working towards some sort of exit. VC isn't just there to make your business awesome, they want their money back (in multiples of
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by redguava 13y ago
I was able to get active customers immediately (not many, but a few). This was due to the work I did pre-launch to gather interest. I also had a private beta before launch and the beta users converted across. I don't think this question is
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by redguava 14y ago
Great advice. I always fall for the trap of expecting the last 20% to take 20% of the time. Not sure why I don't learn my lesson.
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by redguava 14y ago
It turns out that understanding how to make a website handle an influx of visitors is also important.
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by redguava 14y ago
I believe the larger dynos are mostly to better handle using Unicorn as the webserver. Unicorn allows multiple workers to run per dyno, and has it's own smart routing, so it compensates well for Heroku's routing system. The downside to Un
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by redguava 14y ago
I am not sure if it's everywhere in the world, but in Australia a "Doodle" can often be slang for a penis. With this in mind, I am not sure DoodleCam is a great name unless that's what you were going for. I was kind of expecting your servi
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by redguava 14y ago
It sounds like a perception thing. If the book was $79, or you could buy the book and the spreadsheet for $119... would you still have a problem? Evaluate it on it's own merits.
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Starting and Sustaining(startingandsustaining.com)
57 points by redguava 14y ago|25 comments
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by redguava 14y ago
Whilst not controversial, I think a point that needs to be made. A lot of people have their sole focus/goal on raising money. They then raise money and their next sole focus/goal is raising more money. I think more people need to realise
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by redguava 14y ago
There's a lot a people around, I wouldn't settle for anyone that doesn't meet both criteria.
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by redguava 14y ago
10% week over week is very different to 10% on your biggest week ever.
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by redguava 14y ago
I wouldn't rule out remote work. You just need a business/team that works together and values learning.
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by redguava 14y ago
Think of it like this, if a food restaurant has a vegetarian burger on the menu. After a while they find that as they grow they can't keep producing the burger that way anymore. So they decide to use a beef product in the burger, but they
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by redguava 14y ago
This isn't true. Their main "how it works" page claimed intelligent routing with no mention of which stack. This has been changed since the uproar. There are other places the same. This is only part of the whole story as well.
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by redguava 14y ago
They blatantly lied about how a core part of their service worked for years. It was raised to them previously and they didn't change the docs nor the way their system worked. This negatively affected a lot of their customers in many ways (
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by redguava 14y ago
I'd look for companies that are not funded in that case.
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by redguava 14y ago
I wish I could vote this up many more times. It's exactly what I want to find out about.
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by redguava 14y ago
Thanks! Always wondered about that.
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by redguava 14y ago
@bitcartel (not sure why I couldn't reply to your comment)... I believe from my discussions with Heroku that the "random selection algorithm" is also not true.
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by redguava 14y ago
"Dude, this is a service used by developers and devops. You aren't meant to trust what they say." that is ridiculous. I use their service and I have trusted what they have said. They are the experts on their own service, why shouldn't I?
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by redguava 14y ago
In answer to "who cares if the explanation comes today or tomorrow", I care if the explanation comes today or tomorrow. I use Heroku and have hit scaling issues in the last few weeks very similar to this. More information on what is going
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by redguava 14y ago
I don't understand why people think this is a great response. They know how their routing works, just say so. It can't be that hard to give a basic overview of it before they release a more comprehensive post. As for the comment "Improvin

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