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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.
Solve a problem people will pay for before expanding the team.
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No-code is the future of programming. That's great news for engineers
Original EnglishWhoops, you better have a billion dollars because we charge you per request or some other insane pricing model.
Show HN: DevRaven – Monitoring for Developers
Original English- I started by writing and testing my check locally, and then copied it over into a “synthetic test”.
Startup Idea: Reverse Amazon
Original EnglishI built something similar to this for a client in 2002, I still have the Java source code.
Open-source client scaffolds and API pricing
Original EnglishAs a result, developers on that platform need to cover the costs for storing that data, whether or not they need it.
Ask HN: My startup has failed. What comes next?
Original EnglishBut, we paid our bills, and paid our staff out of personal savings, and gracefully closed the company.
Our homegrown A/B testing framework
Original EnglishA bit of a pain in the keister for a Saturday morning but the test raised sales by 60% so I'll put it in the …
Did Dropbox and Evernote Heed the Lessons of Flip?
Original EnglishThat is probably a better deal for the founder than getting a $1 billion valuation and just paying out dividends.
Things to consider before launching a startup (or) Sometimes it's not so fun
Original EnglishI started my business with a budget of $60, and spent $56 of that.
Reflections on startup life: Week 76 (Y Combinator Interview)
Original EnglishOn reflection I think the questioning about Delicious that we failed to articulate was not "how are we different" in a feature sense, but 'what …