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Why Early Stage Startups Should Not Exhibit at Conferences
Original EnglishWe spent about $1.5k (total) on the booth plus the productivity cost.
New Federal Law: Zero Taxes on Gains on Small Business Investments
Original EnglishIn a new entity, which costs $250 and 1h to set up yourself online, invest $100 to buy your founders shares.
The ABCs of virtual private servers, Part 1: Why go virtual?
Original EnglishI see a lot of dual qpi xeons with only 6 ram slots between them, though.) I paid $1800 or so for the lot.
Unix and Beyond: An Interview with Ken Thompson
Original Englishthe world's personal information for profit) and selling phone service(s) to customers, but maybe that's just my perspective - I've been using the telephone and …
In praise of continuous deployment: The WordPress.com story
Original EnglishDeploying quickly gave us an incredible speed advantage that allowed us to change and respond to problems and new opportunities.
Show HN: Automated lead gen generator for SaaS
Original EnglishSo I built a tool to help SaaS founders identify unhappy customers from their competitors to pitch their SaaS.
Show HN: Twitter graph monitoring over time, SocialGrapple
Original EnglishI have looked at using gnip (Twitter's official bulk data reseller) but the pricing structure is way out of my league (starting at $500/mo).
Ask HN: How to get clients for a new, small software agency?
Original EnglishI have found that the softer sell is easier than "Are you looking for <team>?" because that puts people on the spot.
Ask HN: Bootsrappers who were Software Engineers. How was your journey?
Original EnglishOnce this truth that our focus is business not software, THEN we started making enough money to get paid salaries.