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Ask HN: Has anyone used affiliate programs for marketing?
Original EnglishI am planning to offer 50% of our sales because we don't have any operating costs, but in most cases the payout is around 30%.
Ask HN: what do you know about virtual assistants?
Original EnglishI hired on a as a remote sales assistant after working with her for 1 year. …
Launch HN: Twenty.com (YC S23) – Open-source CRM
Original EnglishWe use it for inventory, logistics, accounting, customer support, managing our partners (dealers), managing our suppliers... as well as sales.
Blipr: The Story of an iPhone App
Original EnglishReview articles on Macworld and TUAW helped boost sales temporarily (2-3 days) but the only sustained sales were a result of having our best seller, …
Ask HN: When are you allowed to quit a startup?
Original Englishthe company stock and built a fresh new prototype of our platform in 6 weeks - complete with integrated analytics, customer management and support (using …
Twilio Recipes Open source PHP for common PBX features
Original EnglishTwilio will succeed simply because they've reduced it to being ridiculously easy.
My business worked... until I found out it was illegal
Original English-I have saved about $5K for startup funds
Ask HN: How long until you became "ramen profitable"?
Original EnglishI started being consistently ramen profitable about 28 months after starting.
Ask HN: Obsessive Asian Parents
Original EnglishI used that difference to do my first startup, and I am happy to say that we're 4 full-time employees at ramen-profitability 2 months after …