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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Looks like a cool idea. If you can solve the chicken and the egg problem by filling it with some useful snippets before launching you'll be able to pick up a user base quickly. Edit: Another startup from Brisbane, nice! I live not far from
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Regarding the presents; Ah the Christmas theme. Just one of the small things that escape you when you're very busy. Have updated that now. I'm still not quite happy with the design of the TMR page. The whole thing n
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Having 8 million people use your app I find pretty amazing, let alone classing >100M as super successful. I build SaaS web apps so for me, having > 100 paying customers I'd consider a project to be pretty successful. The first comme
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
that's odd, I'd thought I put it in there. I've updated it now in the profile. Thanks very much!
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
I remember seeing your original blog post when the iPad commercial featured a piano and heard about the extra traction you received from that. One thing I've learnt over and over with launching new apps is there are always unexpected hurdle
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Congratulations!
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Move to Kansas :( (Queenslander)
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
I'd be very greatful if you could send one my way. Thanks !
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Why is a manhole cover round? It's an oldie that tests logical thinking, I believe Microsoft used to use it back in the day :)
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Working weekends for your own startup is definitely different than weekends for 'the man'. When I was writing the software for my first startup I never really felt any resentment for working on weekends as it was a project I really enjoyed;
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Write them all down, organise them on a basis of : * Which do I need to fix a problem in my life * which will be the easiest to sell if it was finished * which is the easiest + least time consuming to create. Begin working on the one that r
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
A poor coder blames his tools (or language). You can make a masterpiece in any programming language. For that matter though I love PHP, been using it for over 10 years. I've used other languages extensively too but for my own projects it us
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
I'd say your bigger problem with the signups is the contrast on the email capture field and its placement. Size 10 font, below the massive heading? Don't do that - http://i.imgur.com/eEC0Awg.jpg Also, bad title on this post as others ment
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
If he could somehow work out the algorithm that the serial numbers follow. The software or server only knows that a serial number is correct by either : 1) It matches an algorithm Ie, if your algorithm was 'all even numbers' are correct ser
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
I second this, you need metric!
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Seems that someone has nuked your site?
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
I'm an Australian based startup founder, I even bank with ANZ and this is the first I've heard of this program...
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Not knowing the industry your SaaS is targeting perhaps you could take the route that the original founders of Reddit did and lie to the first few businesses that come onboard. http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/22/reddit-fake-users/ Get all
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Depends if you get rejected. Some of the apps we ship have been bounced back by apple 5+ times for very minor reasons taking up to 8 weeks to get approval in one very worst case. Though the average is usually 2 weeks.
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Don't feel too down. The first time I wrote a major software business project for myself I saved up $50k (To cover rent, living and utilities), resigned from work and spent a year developing it. I ran out of money and it never sold very wel
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
(Australian here) I built http://www.trackmyride.com.au from scratch by myself. The system took about 10 months to build working on it daily after I saved up the initial capital. It has been tough work but recently with a change of market
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Added both of mine in; One we've launched already (but still recently) and the next one is almost finished development.
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
As a long time lurker I was in a prime position to answer that, so I made an account and did. Setting up USD processing as a non US citizen is a big PITA
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by rex_gsd 14y ago
Approaching this issue as an Australian startup the easiest solution I found was to use Chargebee and Worldpay. Great support from the team at Chargebee too.