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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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Canada demands 5% of revenue from Netflix, Spotify, and other streamers
Original EnglishThe cost isn't the point - I stopped because of the action, not the result.
Show HN: I coded my own JSON translation tool to easily localize my side project
Original EnglishI've built a fairly sophisticated web-based translation tool for an agency's client who demanded it.
Ask HN: How do I start being a consultant?
Original EnglishI spent 1 month telling everyone and anyone that I was doing free SEO consulting in exchange for a great testimonial (read: Yelp review).
Ask HN: Why are compensation tiers secret?
Original EnglishA sales person at an enterprise software company might make 165k base and then make another 165k in commission and bonus
Highest funded US Startups from 2006 to 2008
Original EnglishTheir fixed costs are high, but usually VCs invest to pay those fixed costs, after the startup has already started getting traction.
Please review the new tarsnap website
Original EnglishAvoid listing the pricing in the front page, but make sure it is accessible from a nice viewable button.
Thank you HN: 3 years of bootstrapping
Original EnglishBecause of these three axioms, which were not part of the business plan originally, the last 3 years have been painful, but the pain has …
Apply HN: WedWell - Vendors bid for your wedding
Original EnglishIt's all super grass roots right now; face to face meetings, wedding events, also we're incentivizing new clients with $100 back and $100 for anyone …
Bootstrapping by freelancing
Original EnglishI'm not quite opportunity cost profitable, but I'm moving in that direction at a fairly high velocity.