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What does François Hollande’s election as president mean for French start-ups?(kernelmag.com)
2 points by sgdesign 14y ago|0 comments
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by sgdesign 14y ago
As long as we're shooting down strawmen, why don't I write a similar article entitled "technology will not fix your broken business", where I explain why upgrading your app to the latest version of Rails is not enough to make it an overnigh
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Thanks, glad you like it!
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Thanks! I personally reserve words like "beautiful" for things like sunsets or mountains, but in any case I'm glad you find the design aesthetically pleasing :)
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Sketch 2 First Impressions(sachagreif.com)
1 points by sgdesign 14y ago|0 comments
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by sgdesign 15y ago
When I launched my first website about 15 years ago (a Fallout walkthrough site, if you must know), I used to discover new referrals and links every time I checked my analytics. These days, even though my blog gets the same traffic in one d
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Another suggestion: my own site, Folyo http://folyo.me/ A lot of companies have already used it to hire great freelance designers. It works especially well when you don't have the time to contact 10 or 20 designers yourself.
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Congrats! Since the article indirectly mentions me, I wanted to say I also published a similar post about selling my own eBook yesterday: http://sachagreif.com/lessons-learned-from-an-ebook-launch/
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Here is the initial launch thread by the way: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3731047
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by sgdesign 15y ago
I've got to say I'm amazed at the number of templates you have. It must've taken quite a lot of total designer hours to create all these. Any plans to code them and let people generate mini-sites from them? I could see that doing pretty wel
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Proving Amy Hoy Wrong: The $0.99 Challenge(sachagreif.com)
3 points by sgdesign 15y ago|1 comments
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Like many said, this is apples and oranges. First of all I had a very different product. My 40 pages eBook took me about 30 hours of work, including the promo site, whereas Jarrod's eBook is 130 pages long and has been in the works for quit
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Come on, that was only a catchy title. Of course I know that there's no such thing as a "perfect price"!
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by sgdesign 15y ago
What could Facebook (or Facebook's lawyers) possibly have to gain from this? I also think once they realize their mistake they'll drop the whole thing. Maybe they sent you the C&D just as a shot in the dark, because they don't know who
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by sgdesign 15y ago
I'm trying to help with this as well :) http://folyo.me
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by sgdesign 15y ago
On the contrary, it can be a lot more gratifying for a designer to be deeply involved in a product's design and make a long-term vision come to life. Gmail is not a good example since it's a fairly mature product, but I'm pretty sure a desi
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Because Hipmunk has been successful by mainly innovating on UI and UX in a very competitive category with strong established players. Although they also have some cool technology powering all this.
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Even startups with a sizable budget can have a hard time finding designers. It's not just a question of money, but also knowing where to look and what kind of profile to look for. Of course, the same is true for developers, but I feel that
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Here's the TL/DR: If you want to increase your chances of finding a designer for your startup, you should * Hang out on designer sites like http://dribbble.com or http://behance.com , not just Hacker News. * Stop looking for someone that
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Why Can't Startups Find Designers?(thenextweb.com)
65 points by sgdesign 15y ago|65 comments
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Every Part of the Buffalo(sachagreif.com)
1 points by sgdesign 15y ago|0 comments
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Selling Digital Goods Online: 5 Services Compared(smashingmagazine.com)
5 points by sgdesign 15y ago|0 comments
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by sgdesign 15y ago
This looks like a cool technology, so sorry to be somewhat off-topic. But unless there's something I'm not getting, isn't this a really bad name? Basically one letter change away from reading like "Fornicate"…
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Here's the HN thread from last week talking about the eBook mentioned in this article: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3731047
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback, I've toned it down.
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by sgdesign 15y ago
That's a clear case of survivor bias. The only people we hear about are the ones who self-promote, so we naturally assume that everybody self-promotes. The truth is that there's a ton of people out there putting out great work without makin
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Right, but I'm not sure if the distinction is always that clear. Having a negative opinion about him because "he hasn't done anything" can also easily color your perception of Svbtle itself ( insert link to Wikipedia page about some psychol
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by sgdesign 15y ago
You're right, I didn't really intend this as a "shot" at Gruber, nor do I have any particular interest in defending him. All I'm saying is that I count "being a pundit" in the "things Gruber has done" column along with Markdown, and respect
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by sgdesign 15y ago
Why should we assume that Curtis has any insight or particular value building a blogging platform I think Svbtle can be judged on its own merits. Did it have particular value for you or not? That's the key question. My point was more that
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by sgdesign 15y ago
That's a really, really good point. Once I switch myself to "telling" mode, I find myself maniacally refreshing HN, replying to every tweet, obsessing over traffic stats and referrers, and doing countless other unproductive things. I usuall

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