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Ask HN: Mindfulness for Hackers
Original Englishour main living from the schools program, but at this point it's purely a service project and the charges are mostly to offset costs. …
Ask HN: Steal my Ideas (or help me)
Original EnglishI like this product because the software is directly responsible for revenue (or making stuff golf courses want).
Ask HN: How do I sell my expensive niche software w/ no sales background?
Original EnglishI've been paid 10-20k dollars on 3 separate occasions to develop a web application for this niche, I have another customer who will be paying …
Ask HN: Review my startup - Lean Designs Website Builder
Original EnglishI also run a service that gets 100% of its business as a result of people converting from free trials to paid users, and the …
Whoa... Groupon Generated $760M in Revenue in 2010
Original EnglishBut to my mind, these factors indicate Groupon should likely call the $760M revenue figure gross, not net.
Ask HN: How to get out of making CRUD apps?
Original EnglishI’ve tried startups - but majority of them, until a pretty late stage are mostly smoke & mirrors, where you do everything to acquire customers …
Goodbye, section 2.8 and hello to Cloudflare’s new terms of service
Original EnglishAnd I'm sure that at 200TB/mo, I wouldn't be paying Fastly's list price, but at least I have an upper bound on the pricing.
Fastest self-hostable open-source workflow engine
Original EnglishFor the last six years, I've run a business that does around $5M of annual revenue using this approach, with 4 FTE people (including me).
Facebook Sells Your Friends
Original EnglishI'd pay $10/month for a facebook that cares about me as a customer.