siverson

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   by siverson 13y ago

   AWS costs seem reasonable to me and it is definitely the smart way to build a service like this. Saves a ton on time early and services like this can optimize later when they are much larger.
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   by siverson 13y ago

   My message to all startups out there: despite Valley folklore, it is ok to have a marketing budget and spend money to advertise to users - especially initially. Not every successful company or service grows "organically".
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   by siverson 13y ago

   > it's expected to have payroll your largest expense - there was no surprise Only when you are small haven't marketed the service and your subscriber numbers are still small. You could probably support 10x the subscribers with
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   by siverson 14y ago

   Hacker News has failed me... :) It's strange, I feel like I should know this, but there aren't any clear references on the web either (that I have found).
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   Ask HN: How do you compute user lifespan?

   1 points by siverson 14y ago|1 comments