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by sourc3 15y ago
One thing that surprised me in the interview was the fact that Patrick went with a sole-proprietorship model. When I started my B2B service as a side project, I went crazy looking at all the possible angles (a business suing you for a bug c
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by sourc3 15y ago
This is the programmers' version of the celebrity clothing/bags pages with the latest trends : ) At the end of the day, use what makes you happy not because a programmer rock-star is using it. Disclaimer: I love apple products developing on
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by sourc3 15y ago
Having been a student of the guy behind 140 Varick st and re-vitalization of Silicon Alley, I am glad that we start teaching the new generation what it means to be an entrepreneur. Most kids today are going to college for a paper degree tha
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by sourc3 16y ago
I have not yet used it because as others pointed out I rely heavily on SQL Server 2005/8 to use Linq To SQL in my solutions. Even if I can host the application on a linux box, I still need a windows box to put the DB server on. However, I'v
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by sourc3 16y ago
I have used .NET for all my start up endeavors. Like others have suggested, it just works for me since I have background in .NET and windows development. Although I have experimented with Ruby and Python both I never felt like the incurring
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by sourc3 16y ago
Am I the only one who doesn't think programming language when I read natural language? I speak 4 at the moment; I would like to be able to read French since it was the international language up until 200-300 years ago and maybe some Greek t
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by sourc3 16y ago
Welcome Patrick :) I gladly welcome another good competitor in this area. Hopefully together we can drive some innovation in this stagnant field. http://SmartPointment.com http://remindMypatients.net
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by sourc3 16y ago
Yes, as a former owner of Galaxy S, it is pretty much the same phone but I used to love that phone. Now using a myTouch 4G and appreciating the screen quality of the Galaxy.
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by sourc3 16y ago
This is actually very interesting. Because you can just turn this around make sure that the person at home leaves their house at that time because someone is coming :) Out of curiosity are you also working on an appointment specific service
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by sourc3 16y ago
Having a similar product (well somewhat) in the market it is great to see that there is quite a bit of interest in the market. I particularly liked the use of outsourcing part of your post. It is very obvious that the dream of one-man-shop
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by sourc3 16y ago
Who is the target market? I really think this could be useful for not the average user but traveling service professionals. By looking at this data they can figure out where they are most of the time and maybe even create alternate routes o
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by sourc3 16y ago
I am listening to it at the moment and I love it (Audible) 9 chapters in.
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TELL HN: Lessons learned B2B Advertisement
2 points by sourc3 16y ago|0 comments
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by sourc3 16y ago
Honestly, I think that is the best approach. Because the market is so broad, it will be hard to reach out to everyone based on company size. I am currently focusing on 2 segments incidentally one of them is dentists the other is accountants
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by sourc3 16y ago
Yep, totally agreed. I will look into different email newsletters. In the mean time like I replied on another comment, the service is not for a specific vertical. It's more of a shared IT kind of service that targets very small businesses (
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by sourc3 16y ago
The niche are 1-2 people service firms that work with clients on a schedule. So this is more of an infrastructure utility for a specific type of company rather than an entire vertical. For cold calling did you use a firm to do this?
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by sourc3 16y ago
Thanks for the extensive list. Email newsletter is not really working for me since I only have a handful of customers at the moment. I do not want to go ahead and buy a list and spam people either since I find that rather unethical (I hate
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Ask HN: How to promote a B2B StartUp?
5 points by sourc3 16y ago|11 comments
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by sourc3 16y ago
Having programmed in C, C++, C#, Java and JS (if scripting counts) I applaud this. I have tried to get used to Objective-C but after using C# for the past 4 years or so, it just seems uncomfortable with me (probably a personal bias that can
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by sourc3 16y ago
This is a great idea! I really think this has potential, but one thing I'd suggest is to pick a vertical and enhance the system further. Because if all you do is integration between two existing services, barrier of entry is pretty low. I'd
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by sourc3 16y ago
If you are in an environment where there is decaf coffee I suggest mixing half caf/half decaf. You cannot really taste the decaf and get in half the caffeine, although it's not a real fix, it should help a little :)
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by sourc3 16y ago
I agree with the caffeine comment. Believe it or not there is a balance when it comes to coffee. Having a cup of tea/coffee every day is not the same as having a cup every 2 hours. As in everything, it is not strictly an on/off switch. Othe
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by sourc3 16y ago
I really think there is a missing piece of context here. If you are creating the next social application charging for your application would be counterintuitive since you are banking on the number of users. On the other hand if you have an
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by sourc3 16y ago
I pretty much started thinking along the same lines too after I talked to a couple of people. It seems like their pricing structure is exactly the same as PayPal and their API is pretty good. I will most likely go with them in the next coup
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by sourc3 16y ago
I looked at the fee structure, right now it looks like getting the merchant account is the first step. Although I already have a business bank account I have not heard/come across "merchant account"term in any of my contracts. It looks like
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by sourc3 16y ago
I am in the US. What was your experience with PayPal for a recurring payment business model?
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by sourc3 16y ago
I want a simple way to just set up the plans and have my users redirect to the payment provider's site to put in their card info and get charged. I would like to get notified when new subscription starts/plan changes/gets cancelled. I want
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Ask HN: What is your experience with payment providers as a startup?
12 points by sourc3 16y ago|9 comments
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by sourc3 16y ago
I would definitely recommend the following books: - How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate by Andrew Hargadon - Micro ISV by Bob Walsh - Smart and Get Things Done by Joel Spolsky - 4 Hour Workweek by Tim
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by sourc3 16y ago
This is extremely useful feedback. Thanks for taking the time to write the review. On a closer look I truly agree with the comments you have provided and I will try to incorporate them in next weeks release! Thank you :)

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