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Ask HN: Have you rejected an offer to work on a project because of self-doubt?
Original EnglishThis is my situation at the moment: my niche is very profitable but likely on its way out in a year or two.
Ask HN: What to do with 3K visitors a month?
Original EnglishThe site costs peanuts to run so I'm happy to serve the 35 million API calls for free and fund the project 100% via adsense.
What VCs look for in startup pitches
Original EnglishTo take this to $1 million a year we need a) a customer acquisition specialist, b) two engineers to firm up the feature set, and …
CTO / cofounder exit deal after 1.5y at 600k revenue without SHA
Original EnglishWe don’t have significant IP yet because I spent most of my time writing proposals that generated revenue and developing prototypes for sectors that ultimately …
Ask HN: sideproject, generating revenue & profit what's next?
Original EnglishI realize 15 is not a lot, but total time I spent on those sales was maybe 10 minutes and $0 each.
Show HN: Database Labs – Postgres as a Service
Original EnglishBeyond that, while I like Heroku's simplicity and tooling, Heroku is frankly insanely expensive for what you get at all but the lowest pricing tiers.
Startup Idea: Reverse Amazon
Original EnglishI built something similar to this for a client in 2002, I still have the Java source code.
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 …
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.