calbear98

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by calbear98 13y ago
Short answer: Ruby/Python for B2C startup, Java for B2B / large company. This is easy to quantify just by looking at the jobs posted on AngelList.
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by calbear98 13y ago
Use trycelery.com and you can start taking pre-orders immediately, and see how much they are willing to pay. http://customerdevlabs.com/makemoney
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by calbear98 14y ago
Signed up. Good luck! I don't really have or listen to vinyl, but I'm a music lover and also love album art.
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by calbear98 14y ago
It's not specifically for sole founders, but I'm on nReduce and it's a good way to get feedback from fellow entrepreneurs.
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by calbear98 14y ago
This is a specific niche, so have you thought about ads in industry specific places? Like Infoworld, sites like that. P.S. Thanks for posting about your experience.
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by calbear98 14y ago
I'm no expert on sales/marketing/distribution either, but... given that you run a paid service, each customer has a tangible lifetime value. So you can offer a referral commission to existing users every time they get a new customer to sign
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by calbear98 14y ago
Gamification, badges, recognition, social profiles. Offer some sense of gratification when they complete a transaction and give something away. Integrate with Facebook, both for inviting more users and for posting on their timeline when the
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by calbear98 14y ago
Market research: someone who can interview potential users/customers, get statistics on the market, create/run/evaluate surveys. UI/UX: someone who can evaluate the user experience and design. Security +1 for code reviews +1 for press +1 fo
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by calbear98 14y ago
What area is your idea in? You don't have to give exact specifics, but you can and should say what space it is in. When looking for a co-founder you want someone who shares your passion and vision about the product. Also, in your research h
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by calbear98 14y ago
Salesforce.com. Twitter uses Scala.
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by calbear98 14y ago
Applied with whathavei. whathavei is your personal inventory and social shopping list in the cloud - track and share all the products you have, want, and like. It's in private beta testing right now, feel free to signup: http://www.whathav
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by calbear98 14y ago
$1500 per person, you won't find your own place for that price in SF.
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by calbear98 14y ago
Kixeye http://allthingsd.com/files/2012/05/KIXEYE-RULE-THE-INTERWEB... http://cdn1.uptownalmanac.com/cdn/farfuture/TLjMiGusFNsz18B-... Good? Debatable. Memorable? No doubt.
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by calbear98 14y ago
Yes, absolutely. I had an experience where the design was dictated by an architect who cared more about the theoretical and having UML diagrams looking nice than about actual business requirements and having the code be lean, clean, simple
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by calbear98 14y ago
I hate to recommend doing something you don't really like, but in this case it might be worth it to make your life easier. smegel is right, all recruiters and most hiring managers will filter resumes based on easily quantifiable criteria, a
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by calbear98 14y ago
Take a look at Clerky. https://www.clerky.com/ From their web site: Clerky helps startups get the legal stuff done fast. Incorporation, convertible notes, employee documents, NDAs - everything the typical startup needs. Use Clerky to get
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by calbear98 14y ago
I've been working for a long time, so having savings already was the first step. Like codegeek said, family situation and health insurance are important, luckily everyone is in support of me doing my startup. A consideration that was one of
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by calbear98 14y ago
You should try to go with the place you'll be happier working at. If you try to pick a job based just on career path, advancement, money, you'll probably regret it. Obviously if you can get both, the better. You want to be at a place where
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by calbear98 14y ago
Do what makes you happy. If you enjoy what you do and the company is good, you can excel and make an impact. Having good people to work with is so important so weigh that heavily. A couple of my previous jobs/companies were very similar to
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by calbear98 14y ago
I'm working on whathavei, a personal inventory and social shopping app for people to track and share information about all the products they own. I definitely want to incorporate information about what people paid for and where they bought
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by calbear98 14y ago
For used car prices, check out Carsabi. They got acquired already, but the site is still up. http://carsabi.com/
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by calbear98 14y ago
Read this before deciding http://www.ewherry.com/2012/06/the-recruiter-honeypot/
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by calbear98 14y ago
A good recruiter might be even harder to find than a good developer. You probably need a recruiter if you really need to scale or are in a desperate time crunch.
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by calbear98 14y ago
Build something. I can never really learn just by reading docs, books, etc. If you want to learn XYZ programming language, write an app in that language. In order to get that app built, you'll need to learn whatever is necessary to use the
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by calbear98 14y ago
The most important thing is that you separate the different layers of the app so that you can refactor later. Using Spring is a good way to keep that separation. The frontend layer needs to be agnostic of how the middle layer is implemented
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by calbear98 14y ago
You can go with GetSatisfaction, Salesforce Ideas, or a similar app. The most important thing is to let your customers know that their opinion is heard, even if you don't implement what they want. If other customers want the same thing, it