throes_death

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   by throes_death 6y ago

   Thank you. The advice about explaining your need to scale is great. I've made them aware that we currently don't service accounts of their scale but we can scale up. If talks proceed I'll be sure to expand on this. Thanks ver
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   Ask HN: Small, solo and bootstrapped. What if you land a massive client?

   4 points by throes_death 6y ago|4 comments
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   by throes_death 7y ago

   Thanks for your advice. Your suggestion re: success businesses with manual, redundant workflows is great food for thought!
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   by throes_death 7y ago

   Thank you. I felt a little dark when I knew things were going to end badly, but surprisingly I don't feel bad now that things are over. I feel slightly excited and interested in what the next opportunity might be, but as I said origina
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   by throes_death 7y ago

   Thanks. I do need to forget about things but I also feel I need to feel as if I've earnt a paycheck. Does that make sense? I have not "won any bread" for the last 4 years and even some casual hours doing unskilled labor, I th
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   by throes_death 7y ago

   Thank you. I think just spending a few weeks doing some maintenance jobs around the house and yard is what I need.
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   by throes_death 7y ago

   Thanks! I might take this advice. I can certainly spend a week or two doing general maintenance in the yard and around the house.
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   by throes_death 7y ago

   Thanks, but not really practical for us (2 kids in school and partner with great career and tenure). We do live frugally however which is how I was able to start the business in the first place. We traveled a lot when we were younger but no
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   by throes_death 7y ago

   Wow, I've just woken up to a bunch of new comments. Thanks everyone!
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    Thanks. TBH I think the niche was to small, the problem was too hard, the solution was too complex, the audience was too hard to connect with. The niche can be served but I'm not sure it can be served and make a living from it. There a
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    Ask HN: Starting over after business failure

    157 points by throes_death 7y ago|61 comments
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    If be interested to know a bit more about how you are overcoming the field of dreams problem.
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    I think Kent Beck said it best: Make it work. Make it right. Make it fast.
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    It seems very common, and I see it with businesses whose customers would be unlikely to care about such musings. Why do saas owners, startups etc. talk about their own "entrepreneurial journeys" and entrepreneurship in general rat
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    Ask HN: Why do so many online businesses talk about entrepreneurship?

    1 points by throes_death 7y ago|1 comments
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    I've had a simple tool (or set of tools) for decades that've made a habit of exercising. Mountain bikes. They truly are the killer app.
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    Ask HN: What are the alternatives to content marketing for SEO?

    1 points by throes_death 7y ago|0 comments
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    Devils advocate here. Hi! Is it necessary to excel to be successful and/or happy?
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    But why do you stress the "public" bit?
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    Thank goodness I just use skype and email to communicate with my dealer. Oh, hang on, they're applications too :S
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    I think you're getting "office" confused with "warehouse" and "laboratory".
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    If anything greater than 2-3 months is long term and challenging your motivation and discipline then programming might not be the right path for you.
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    and cook the soup in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Soup
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    No. Not everyone eats three times a day.
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    The only thing more dangerous than a Cassowary are the tourists that stop in the middle of the highway to photograph them. They're pretty elusive in the wild and spotting them on the edge of the bush as you drive by is the most likely
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    by throes_death 7y ago

    Every minute I spent thinking about insightful quotes from modern day gurus was a minute wasted
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    by throes_death 8y ago

    Slightly OT, but I think it's time to move on from using "retard" as a derogatory term, in the same way we've all moved on from "gay" and "spastic". It's just offensive.
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    by throes_death 8y ago

    Or if you end up with them as your brain surgeon.
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    by throes_death 8y ago

    How many other degrees do you have?
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    by throes_death 8y ago

    > his inability for empathy and emotional understanding was the crux of the problem oh the irony!