FROM BUILDERS, FOR DOERSVOL. 03 / QUALITY-FIRST DISCOVERY

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After VWO’s acquisition, its founder reflected on workflow problems, customer feedback, and keeping growth within the means of the business.

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Solve a problem people will pay for before expanding the team.

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Ask HN: What is a non-developer to do?

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With no tech expertise and 2 years business experience I do not see myself critically contributing to any serious startup.

Y52532010-08
Hard lessons

Ask HN: anyone leave a high paying job to work at a startup?

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When I left my job a few months ago, my total income from my employer to that point this year was over 400k.

Y52572010-09
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Ask HN: How to build a light weight personal blog?

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I use Netlify (paying customer) for all my sites now and my SSG of choice is Hugo because it is a single binary that cranks …

Y521152022-01
Hard lessons

Servers Deleted

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I didn't mean I have spent that money, just that my planned hardware buildout will cost somewhere around $10k to start.

Y52272010-07
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Ask HN: How to safely switch to programming?

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I've always worked no more than 40 hours a week, received decent benefits, good salary, paid bank holidays, competent co-workers, etc.

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Postmates launches Amazon Prime-style subscription service

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We have regularly reduced our pricing because we have made our platform more efficient.

Y52352016-04
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Approve or Reject: Can You Moderate Five New York Times Comments?

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I've subscribed to the NYT paper edition for several years, which means I've paid at least $1000, nevermind the ad revenue they get form my …

Y52642016-09
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Ask HN: What's up with all these services charging $10/$15 a month?

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the same time you'd be charging half of this original poster's pain threshold number --- which is referring not to crazy encrypted backup solutions but …

Y521202010-08
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Sellfy found way how to sell files

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My break even point between the services is 16.7 sales per month.

Y52332012-03

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