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throwawayAf7jD
9y ago
Primarily organic SEO. I did SEO/PPC consulting from 2006 to 2014 so I used that knowledge to help climb to the top. I won't lie, I engaged in some semi-risky grey hat techniques like buying links (only contextually relevant ones.
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throwawayAf7jD
9y ago
> well over 300 engineers for a relatively simple Saas This would be a huge red flag to me. As a solo-founder I would assume that I'm overlooking something or incorrectly defining "simple". If it is really simple and they
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throwawayAf7jD
9y ago
Exactly. DO launched with great pricing, SSDs, and an attractive UI. If they launched with only one of those three we wouldn't be talking about them today.
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throwawayAf7jD
9y ago
This is a good point, however, from a customer's perspective the cost of the problem solved includes what they're already paying for the service.
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throwawayAf7jD
9y ago
Throwaway here. I did this with my startup. There were two major players in the industry and I undercut the cheapest one by 35%. Both are hemorrhaging long time customers to my service in droves. Though the key difference is that the produc