mqmouse

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by mqmouse 16y ago
Hi, I don't know python at all but I'm assuming you know enough to do a fetch from a URL. If that's the case, why not use YQL? http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/guide/two-minute-tutorial.htm...
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by mqmouse 16y ago
Sure. Send me an email at daniel@mindquilt.com and I'll send you my phone number.
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by mqmouse 16y ago
That sounds like a great deal. Assuming you make the same amount of money and it wasn't an aberration... 2months X 4 weeks X 4K per week = 32K. Minus operating expenses for 2 months (Let's just use 500 per month here) = 31K Minus taxes (as
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by mqmouse 16y ago
Wow. Thanks for reply! I'll work on a new draft now and replace the body later after getting more feedback. Thanks for your two minutes!
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Show HN / Review my startup / MindQuilt : Private Q&A app for knowledge sharing
3 points by mqmouse 16y ago|4 comments
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by mqmouse 16y ago
Ugg, don't do what we did. We basically turned on the PR waaaaaaaaaay to soon. Get out your pen and paper, draw some screenshots, identify who your customers are. The thing here is that it may be more than one group. i.e. do you need to sel
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by mqmouse 16y ago
Just go to Steveblank.com Seriously, figure out if there is a market before doing any work or spending any money. Just because things like istockphoto and cobras exists doesn't mean that there no opportunity. You just have to figure out why
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by mqmouse 16y ago
You said that you have only spent 30 Gbp so far in one of your comments. Spend another 30gbp and buy four steps to the epiphany by Steve Blank. Then I would go out and find some photographers and tell them about the proposition and ask them
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by mqmouse 16y ago
Well I planned on posting a rate my startup question this weekend since we're just starting a hackathon tomorrow to squash some bugs, but the way we think we're going is a online interactive walkthrough of the site when a user first logs
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by mqmouse 16y ago
To the question on hand: I'm from Texas and I have no idea what you are talking about when you say footfalls (insert joke about Texans here) I would consider your target audience. Most likely they are brick and mortars SMBs who's core compe
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by mqmouse 16y ago
If you like SciFi, I really recommend Ian M. Banks and his Culture Series. Here is a link to the "first" in the series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_Phlebas Basically to give you a flavour, imagine a utopian society where energy
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by mqmouse 16y ago
I think your app suffers from the same problem my startup app has, which is the empty canvas problem. So basically your app seems to allude to a lot of power and functionality, which is paradoxically a little intimidating for a new user. Ba
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by mqmouse 16y ago
If you are a company outside of the EU (like the US) make sure you mention that you are VAT exempt so they don't charge you for that.
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by mqmouse 16y ago
Agreed. But note that it's more like a textbook rather than an inspirational read. Don't expect to "finish" over a few bathroom breaks (unlike rework (which is great also (but more "easy"))). If you search for Steve Blanks course notes, you
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by mqmouse 16y ago
I really like Drunk and Retired. It's done by Michael Cote at Redmonk and Charles Lowell at the Frontside. Can get a little offtopic sometimes (like tangents about Austin traffic) but in general really funny. Here's one about sandboxed java
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by mqmouse 16y ago
If you back those out (assuming that they had equal subscription so could be a random variable), what were the next two reasons?
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by mqmouse 16y ago
Also if you explain that you are an American company (if you are), they will waive the VAT which bring down the cost per month to 44 usd or something.
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by mqmouse 16y ago
A fast evolving tax situation. With the new laws regarding pfas, a lot of my friends have been trying to restructure. Ro used to have a great structure called the microenterprise. I don't know what's happened to it.
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by mqmouse 16y ago
As stated in the other comments, there's really not enough information. I would lean towards #2 because of what Mark Suster calls, learn before you earn. #1 you're going to have to figure out a lot of things on your own. Now that's not a ba
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by mqmouse 16y ago
actually, if you know java fairly well, I can introduce you to some EU contacts that could make the move possible for you next month :) If you (or anyone who wants to work in Germany) wish to send over a resume, I'll happily forward it. (no
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by mqmouse 16y ago
Germany. The process is very easy. Just show up, show them your contract or if you do a lot of freelance work, register yourself as a freelancer. The only caveat is you will be required to start German lessons. The wife and kids should be f