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Free "Startup Wisdom" ebook from the MicroConf speakers(microconf.com)
33 points by rubeng 15y ago|16 comments
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Six Startup Marketing Lessons in Six Photos(softwarebyrob.com)
2 points by rubeng 15y ago|0 comments
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by rubeng 16y ago
Thanks; this is one of the challenges I run into with marketing and trying to find traffic sources. I've had good success with word of mouth, integrations and giving away free templates for users feeling the type of pain my product solves.
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by rubeng 16y ago
Thanks! Everything from scratch; no UI/design framework used.
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by rubeng 16y ago
>> Do you want to know if the majority of HN is starving wanna-bes? Ask. I assumed this was the point of the question because it focuses on net profit but you're right, there's not much to add to the answer that could be helpful to
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by rubeng 16y ago
Definitely more than 50k/year net and growing at a nice pace. I'm a single founder, worked on my SaaS product nights and weekends, and been live almost a year and a half. Also, just quit my day job a couple of weeks ago so I can do what I l
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by rubeng 16y ago
I work for a PEO -- Professional Employer Organization -- and that's essentially what we do. Clients that come onboard with a co-employment contract for their employees. We pay their employees, our clients pay us and we become the employer
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by rubeng 16y ago
Videos are great as a supplement but they should be kept to 1 minute. Mine is 1:30 and it's still longer than I'd like.
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by rubeng 16y ago
He is an angel and entrepreneur. A pretty good one from the looks of it. Not only that, but he openly shares information, has plenty of data to back it up, and is an effective marketer.
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by rubeng 16y ago
I'm the founder of Bidsketch and the author of one of the referenced articles. An often overlooked (and super important) effect of offering a free plan is that it will decrease the number of paid users signing up to your service initially.
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Launch a Product While Working Full Time(extendslogic.com)
7 points by rubeng 16y ago|0 comments
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by rubeng 16y ago
Even though I went to the conference these notes are extremely useful. My notes suck in comparison so I'm sure I'll be able to retain much more reading these over. There were some truly excellent talks and I'm looking forward to watching th
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It’s not an iPad app, it’s an EVERYTHING app(justinvincent.com)
1 points by rubeng 16y ago|0 comments
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by rubeng 16y ago
We just went and interviewed the guys above or asked thme for guest posts. You have to think how to serve their interests (traffic / exposure / relationships with a potentially cool company). That totally makes sense. But if this is early
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by rubeng 16y ago
I love getting this type of insight from someone that was there during such an important time for Mint. A couple of questions: Authority. We got thought leaders in personal finance to back us. Can you give one or two examples of how you g
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Your Market is Smaller Than You Think(softwarebyrob.com)
67 points by rubeng 16y ago|15 comments
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by rubeng 16y ago
I would love to see some more insight into this subject from what you guys at FreshBooks have learned about it.
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by rubeng 16y ago
You need to advertise. This is simply not true. You need to be found but that doesn't mean spending money on advertising. I hit this mark without spending a dime on advertising. A large amount of my traffic comes from owning the most impo
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by rubeng 16y ago
This is going to be extremely useful for me. I know the basics (churn, CMMR, etc.) but I'm missing some of the others. I'm not quite sure I understand why CPA is so simple. Right now I'm not spending a dime on advertising so I'm not spendin
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by rubeng 16y ago
Thanks Neil! Email has been sent.
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by rubeng 16y ago
Good going; taking action while working a day job is extremely hard, so nice job doing what most people only talk about. My product: Bidsketch http://www.bidsketch.com
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by rubeng 16y ago
Not a problem. It would've been a fun thing to do and something I may think about doing in the future, I just think it's a bit much for me to take on right now considering I have a day job, currently have a product to enhance, and will be l
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by rubeng 16y ago
I already bought my ticket so I obviously don't qualify but I'll tell you how I turned from someone that couldn't afford it into a paying future attendee. I decided that I'd have sponsors for a project that would get me there. I actually ha
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by rubeng 16y ago
I'm paying the $25 and it's well worth it -- even if it was just about showing support for what he's doing, which it's not. Many of the ideas and info that I've been exposed to I would've never discovered by reading books or blogs. It's lit
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by rubeng 16y ago
Sounds interesting but creating a product takes a lot more time than just writing the code. I'd be interested in hearing how much time you put into creating a product that provided you with a 20k to 50k exit. (Code and marketing time) It se
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by rubeng 16y ago
I agree up to a point. There's more to think about here than just finding the right market -- though that's a must. The problem is that doing this while working full time is freaking hard. Doing an entire year of development after hours is
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by rubeng 16y ago
I don't really agree with this. I successfully did better in less time working full time and having it address a personal problem had nothing to do with my drive to see it through. I just think that at some level you have to be passionate a
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by rubeng 16y ago
It's certainly possible; I've done better than that in less time. It took me about 4 months to get to beta. Six months before I launched and had recurring revenue. I worked nights and weekends to get it done but I also outsourced some of th
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Don't Be Afraid to Ask(bidsketch.com)
1 points by rubeng 16y ago|0 comments
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Five Minutes to a 10x Increase in Conversions(extendslogic.com)
1 points by rubeng 16y ago|0 comments

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