webstartupper

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by webstartupper 16y ago
I estimated the potential market based on how many people clicked on my ad. There weren't many. Thanks for the comments. Now I understand why the web has turned white and blue everywhere. :)
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by webstartupper 16y ago
"If you don't care enough about GIS to blog and speak about it, close up shop." I really like this line. Should apply it before I pick another venture.
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by webstartupper 16y ago
Thats True. I am a big fan of Steve Blank's book. However, often in the past I would analyze, research, analyze and then ... nothing. I figured this time I would just get something up there - and then figure out what I'm building along the
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by webstartupper 16y ago
No. This does not use OGR as the backend. The idea was to have something out there and then build based on customer feedback.
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by webstartupper 16y ago
You are right about the issue with the Beta. That never did cross my mind. I guess "Beta" is the new disclaimer and I got sucked right into it. I have been thinking about individual users - but the 30 day 'all you can convert' plan might wo
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by webstartupper 16y ago
Thanks. That makes sense and was a very interesting way of putting it.
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by webstartupper 16y ago
Since I have the domain and hosting for a year, I will keep it running. However, if it does not seem worthwhile I would probably not invest any more time in it - eventually it will die (or fade away into the oblivion). So the way the pricin
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by webstartupper 16y ago
I got the initial idea from a customer I was doing some geocoding work for. The initial market research was figuring out if people were searching for such conversions (keyword tool), checking out current competition, reading forums and post
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by webstartupper 16y ago
Unfortunately I don't have any potential customers in my network. If I did I would have picked their brain till they pretty much told me what to do :) This idea was kind of a shot in the dark to start with - so I knew this was a possibility
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by webstartupper 16y ago
I believe google adwords is the easiest direct way to find out if people are searching for something and are willing to pay for it. I did this by ensuring that the ads stated that the conversion was a paid service. Unfortunately while there
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by webstartupper 16y ago
clickable http://www.gisconverter.com/
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Ask HN: Pivot Or Kill it?
20 points by webstartupper 16y ago|46 comments
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Ask HN: Feedback on my idea : web startup validation service
3 points by webstartupper 16y ago|0 comments