SabrinaDent

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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
I always make the client prove the business case before I work with them. I have zero interest in building toiletware. That said, I had a conversation today with a client who has a fun, cool idea that it is going to be very hard to build re
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
This is a detail but both of your testimonials are from people in the same state. That's better than none but the fact they are both from the same place makes me suspect one is your wife and the other is your accountant. Solicit real user f
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
Actually, doesn't YC suggest you not incorporate when you partner or launch so that if you apply for and get into YC, they can help you form with their preferred structure? Someone is going to have to show me an assesment of the true liab
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
I'm a web designer by trade. While I think I have a good innate layout and design sense that I've been working since the days of print, I certainly do not believe it can't be learned. If your goal is to produce product, though, you have to
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
Are these typically equity relationships, and if so, how much? While you have good links on how it can work when they are, they don't need to be. Good people are generally nice and want to help. The tech community can be very tight like t
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
If you;d like to contrast the MailChimp "shiny on the outside, shitty on the inside" experience with a direct competitor, log into Campaign Monitor. It is comparative bliss. I am also a fan of the outside, as it happens - its a nice site:
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
However, I have never seen non-EU based companies do this. Why is that? iStock charges VAT based on billing residency. So does Big Fish Games. That's just where I've spent money today, so yeah, it's common.
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
Try Plendi.com - snapshot receipts with your iPhone, it goes up and is entered by an actual person. Then you throw out the reciept - it's fabulous. You or your accountant just downloads them to do expenses at the end of the year. It integ
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
You need to radically re-pitch this. What is the benefit to me? Why would I take the time to do this and why would I give you my email address? You need to make this about me, not you. "Nominate the smartest person you know and help us fi
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
We have a three person startup with one programmer, one design and marketing person, and one "other." The "other" person on the team had the original idea, pays the dev bills, and is our primary non-technical tester. We value all three part
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
I am so delighted you like this idea! With the caveat that all business models are pie in the pixel sky until they aren't, the idea we've been building toward is this: Membership is free. A number of themes are free. Other themes are not fr
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
Thanks! "Viable business" is good to hear. Will for sure take the big signup button advice when we're ready for public beta :)
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
I'm smoking Lights instead of Reds.
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by SabrinaDent 15y ago
Clickable links: http://www.lifesnapper.com/ Demo timeline: http://www.lifesnapper.com/CaraFitz LifeSnapper's timeline: http://www.lifesnapper.com/LifeSnapper
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Show HN: LifeSnapper.com (Alpha)
9 points by SabrinaDent 15y ago|6 comments
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
Jacking the point-of-sale terminals was inspired - very elegant problem solving.
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
Selling WP Themes and the GPL: http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=vie... All PHP files (with WP code) must be distributed with a GPL license. Images, stylesheets, and JavaScripts do not need to be and can be sold com
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
Theory: The key sign that business/life coaches just want your money is that they call themselves business or life coaches.
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Ask a Flowchart: Which Social Search Site Should I Use?(wired.com)
1 points by SabrinaDent 16y ago|0 comments
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
I think that's idealisitic. I design websites for startups and small businesses, pretty much all of whom are broke. I also spend a lot of time helping them with their online marketing because very few 3rd parties can provide those services
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
I realized I only enjoy software if I'm building what I want to build or something that interests me. You know what? It's called work because it isn't fun. Most people do a day job to pay the bills. It's part of being a grown-up and it co
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
PHP pinups of elephants on scantily clad women is not a great way to promote this. Really do not want.
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
I didn't know of Luke or even of him but I am sorry to hear that your community has lost such a towering figure. I am particularly sorry for his wife; to lose your husband and three of your six children would be unimaginably horrifying and
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
This is a great list but it strikes me as just a list of The Realities. The harsh bit is that you will work 80 hours a week for weeks and months for no money, that you will prioritise your coding and design time over friends and family an
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
It sounds like you're making decisions without data. You don't seem to have a solid job description, reporting chain or salary ballpark. Were it me, I would ask for those things so you could get a clear picture of what you're actually decid
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
I would also add that an off the shelf cart system will come with a fully fledge back end. This is nice because you can make use of reusable product options, discounting, automated email receipts, etc. But it's even nicer because you can
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
Generally on HN I think the working definition of a "successful" startup is "you're making buckets of money, you have instant geek cred, TechCrunch is your bitch and Google is on the phone." The number of glamorous startups that attain this
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
You need to open an Etsy shop ASAP. You are providing the perfect answer to the very timely question "What do I get my boyfriend/husband/dad for Christmas?"
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
1/ Yes. But I'd prefer you make it easy to integrate with my existing systems. As a stop gap, a web form would be fine; I can probably post to it from my system for volume transactions, or just fill it out for occasional correspondence. I a
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by SabrinaDent 16y ago
My boss has the tremendous habit (when he is actually in the dealership), of coming into the office and looking straight at my screen, with the now dreaded words, "Is that work?", usually followed by "Come on [throwaway_burn]! Focus! Get s

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