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Show HN: I unlocked reaching 10.000 real potential customers as low cost as $50
Original EnglishI unlocked reaching 10.000+ real potential customers as low cost as $50 with 90% successful targeting.
Show HN: NCompass Technologies – yet another AI Inference API, but hear us out
Original EnglishWhen using other APIs, we found that they weren’t reliable enough to be able to use open source models in production environments.
Ask HN: What has been your biggest mistake?
Original EnglishI spent 2 years at a relatively low-growth startup because I thought that its profits meant it was successful, when I could've learned much more …
Ask HN: Is making clones bad?
Original EnglishSo, I started looking at other bug tracking software sites and found some that I'd never heard of, but that looked promising.
Ask HN: You're a recent grad that's working full time on your startup. How?
Original EnglishWhen I started Directed Edge 6 years later, I did something similar, but had more saved.
Ask HN: What do you do for online privacy?
Original EnglishI use paid GSuite (or whatever it's called now) for the email of my company.
Ask HN: How to save/invest/deal with money?
Original EnglishMy general rule is that I need to have at least 50% savings each month from combined investments and income.
Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
Original EnglishWe tried (and failed) to raise last year, so still entirely bootstrapped.
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%.