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Bootstrapped startup problem: credit card company abuse
Original EnglishI paid the $27k balance in full two days before the March 20 rate change and even had a negative $200 due because of a …
Show HN: Server Check.in - inexpensive website uptime monitoring
Original EnglishMy early testing data tells me that, for my target audience (as you say, probably not larger businesses at this point), 15 minutes is a …
Show HN: Pressfarm – Find journalists to write about your startup
Original EnglishI think this is a great idea in principle, but having run a service like this I can tell you that literally 1% of customers …
Ask HN: Where would you feel proud to work?
Original EnglishNow I run a non-profit that is focused on helping people.
Ask HN: I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own?
Original EnglishThe new startup/project I quit my job for was something that I had been working on part-time for 3 years before that.
Ask HN: Any solopreneurs here?
Original EnglishThis is my full-time business, and I've been building it since half-way into my freshman year of college 8 years ago.
Fastmail: Increased storage quotas and other service level changes
Original EnglishI have used Rackspace Mail for 7 years and have been happy with it for both my clients and my family.
Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
Original EnglishI was going to print my own but the cost would have been the same as Vistaprint if not more expensive (cost of perforated business …
Where did your middle-class customers go?
Original EnglishWhen I started my startup I went from 91K to ~20K, I've never eaten so healthy in my life.