WillPontificate

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by WillPontificate 7y ago
I bootstrapped a digital publishing business to over $200K per year. Started 8 years ago, developed and published our first website for under $250 (I code, which helps). Learned SEO via trial & error, benefiting from the post-Penguin an
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The Gervais Principle VI: Children of an Absent God(ribbonfarm.com)
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
I love it. The simplicity of Bill Gate's resume. "I build the biggest software company of its time" <Drops the mike.> I mean seriously, what more do you need? A list of coding languages that includes both Java and Javas
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
I favor brutalism. A 1998 style design completely contained in inline code in the header. Using base fonts and features that are supported by all browsers. It has a unique capability: it loads quickly.
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
Morally, I agree with you. From a practical perspective, however, that would cede what little voice the American companies have in the process to the Chinese government who would replace them with local lapdogs controlled by political allie
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
Business strategy question. It seems like there will always be a conflict between the US view of censorship (bad!) and the reality of trying to operate in China's huge market (comply or be booted, basically).... Is that good cause to c
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
Mathematically this probably could never be justified as a permanent hire. Not enough steady demand.
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
That's kind of the barrier to entry, no?
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Expert Networks: A Secret World of $500 per Hour Consultations(highestpayinggigs.com)
55 points by WillPontificate 7y ago|35 comments
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
Bingo... a stable business you enjoy pursued for sustainable reasons. I'd add a slight financial component to the list of reasons (hiding in my basement for $50K/year isn't appealing) but that seems consistent with the strate
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
Yes and no. I agree with everything except #5. My marriage & kids are irreplaceable. So if you have everything else, which is a more rational bet: - Investing in a low probability, massive payoff - Investing in a lower (yet still high)
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
Then that's the right strategy for you. You're intentionally loading all your bets towards a single massive payday. For someone on Main Street, however, the odds of any payoff are probably more important than the size of the poten
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by WillPontificate 7y ago
Exactly. Mathematically we're living in different universes. Moves that are rational for someone who has a few billion dollars under management don't work for the rest of us, because we're unable to diversify risk to the same
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Case Study: Fixing a Broken Website Acquisition(sideprojectplaybook.com)
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