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How We Became Profitable in 3 Years
Original EnglishI've spent 4 years in the restaurant business.
Ask HN: How are you monetizing your site?
Original EnglishI can never get them to cover anything but basic operating costs, and even then they will barely cover the costs to keep a server …
PG on Java - comments from 2001
Original Englishthe "convention over configuration" ethos from Ruby/Rails (my Java code generally has zero XML files), but the niche features each language was selling wasn't enough …
Ask HN:Need Sales Help?
Original EnglishThe startup is moving forward as planned, but we are still 4-6 weeks away from MVP -- and they’ve just reduced my hours at the …
Ask HN: What are you working on right now and why is it cool?
Original EnglishThese people did not keep tenants for profit but for company and maintenance of their properties ("better than it being empty and gathering dust") so …
Alternative to Paypal "Buy buttons" for European-based companies?
Original EnglishOne of our customers had paid someone else via paypal, and that other person turned out to be a scammer.
Ask HN: Solo startups? What have you built all on your own?
Original EnglishI've run into many limitations that have prevented me from offering products, service plans and sales strategies that would've been profitable but required more employees.
User-Generated Pricing
Original EnglishInstead of running A/B tests and or different sales I'm trying to speed up the process and see how it pans out.
Ask HN: How much runway did you have when you started your startup?
Original EnglishBut we made a good profit even after paying off debts.