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by webstartupper 9y ago
You only get 5 seconds to let the visitor know what value you can provide them. This is typically done with a large page heading and maybe with a small secondary heading. With a conversational landing page, you are making the visitor click
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Show HN: View and Download Top million domains (based on Common Crawl data)(domcop.com)
1 points by webstartupper 9y ago|0 comments
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by webstartupper 9y ago
I'm surprised no one has mentioned improvely.com by Dan Grossman. I think it makes around $40K to $50K per month. Over the last few years, I've seen it grow from around $10K to $50K. That slow steady SaaS growth is pretty inspirin
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by webstartupper 10y ago
Find other solo founders from forums like http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm/ and start a weekly mastermind
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by webstartupper 11y ago
1. Pick up a tiny niche based on (a) target audience already pays for tools online (b) target audience is easy to find online - there exists at least one forum targeting this niche (c) niche is so small that it is not profitable for most co
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by webstartupper 11y ago
You may want to follow how self published author of Wool, Hugh Howey has sold his books on amazon. He broke each novel into a four or five book series and sold each book for a dollar. He also made sure to schedule the releases every two to
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by webstartupper 11y ago
If your project does not generate any (or enough revenue), then it might make sense to purchase a $20 theme from websites like themeforest.net or wrapbootstrap.com. These look polished enough that your customers won't know that you pur
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by webstartupper 11y ago
On Writing by Stephen King (narrated by the author)
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by webstartupper 11y ago
Marketing is about figuring out what channel best works for your business and then scaling it up (what Dan said). Unfortunately, you cannot outsource this, until you have figured the channels out and chosen a few to focus on. Once done, you
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by webstartupper 11y ago
The math comes out to about $6k per year. I am guessing that is the starting salary for a fresh out of college engineer.
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by webstartupper 11y ago
Interesting - Windows Defender is an antivirus product for Windows 8+. However, for Windows 7 and older, it is only an anti-malware product. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Defender
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by webstartupper 11y ago
I believe Windows Defender only protects you against malware. You need a separate anti-virus solution along with it.
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Ask HN: Recommend a good antivirus for Windows
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by webstartupper 11y ago
If you are only paying him equity and no salary, he is a co-founder. How much equity he gets depends on what each of you bring to the table and on the negotiations with him. Google "founder equity calculator" to get a good idea of
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by webstartupper 11y ago
Firstly, congratulations on finding a large enough industry you are passionate about. Pick a niche in the coaching industry based on the following conditions. 1. The niche must be small enough such that there is no current market leader (or
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by webstartupper 11y ago
I would sit down with the two guys and ask them the following questions - Who is our target market? Who are we building the chat app for? - How do we get traction in this market? - Who are our competitors? What is our differentiator /
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by webstartupper 11y ago
1. Sell to our laziness - does this product save me X hrs of writing the same boring code for each project (e.g. creditcard.js) 2. Can I try it right now? A dev might need authorization from a manager to buy something, so a free trial will
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by webstartupper 11y ago
BTC-Tech: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies from Princeton University - https://piazza.com/princeton/spring2015/btctech/home
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by webstartupper 11y ago
Some ideas below in no particular order. Pick the lowest hanging fruit. - upsell to your customers. Looks like on the average each customer pays $10 per month. Is there anything you can do to give more value to the customers and charge more
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by webstartupper 12y ago
Starting April 21, Google will be using "mobile friendliness" as a ranking factor. These messages are to get webmasters ready for that change. I actually appreciate that they are sending these messages out, instead of just making
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by webstartupper 12y ago
If you can find the contact information for the app owners, you could maybe email them directly and find out what went wrong. There could be some pitfalls that you only get to see once you execute the idea.
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by webstartupper 12y ago
One way to decide on the free trial duration is by asking yourself - what is the shortest amount of time that my typical customer will find the "aha" moment using my software. This could be as little as one day and as much as 90&#
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by webstartupper 12y ago
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons : Sam Keam - http://samkean.com/thetaleoftheduelingneurosurgeons.html Quite liked the writing style - neuroscience book written in a story format Other good books in similar genre An An
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by webstartupper 12y ago
1. In case you do not currently have a marketing site that lets people signup for an invitation to the beta, stop all development and create the marketing site right away. Having this done before you code lets you gauge whether your value p
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by webstartupper 12y ago
1. I would suggest you look at options to monetize first. Even if you do not plan to implement it right away, knowing what kind of monetization the project can have will give you good idea of how, where and what is the cost to market. 2. If
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by webstartupper 12y ago
Step 1: Define your customer segment. Who is hiveflux for? bootstrapped, startups, remote teams, specific industry? If you are not sure yet, look at who your competition is targeting. Niche it down. You can always expand horizontally later.
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by webstartupper 12y ago
If you are offering a trial, let it be the best experience for your potential customers. A simple way of ensuring they do not abuse the free trial is to take credit card upfront (or setup a paypal subscription to start charging them 14 days
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by webstartupper 12y ago
That's exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for - the kinds that helps in finding direction for the app. I'd love to chat with you about making this work for both Stripe and PayPal (as well as about how you use the metrics in
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by webstartupper 12y ago
By staying within the PayPal rate limits :) We are definitely going to face technical challenges scaling up, but at the moment the rate limits do not seem to be an issue. If you'd like to chat more on the technical aspect of the app, j
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by webstartupper 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback. The comments make sense.

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