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How to bootstrap your company to profitability
Original EnglishThat company won first place and $75k during a business plan competition and we hired two full-time guys to build out the software for us.
How much revenue top companies earn per second
Original Englishsells for $500 and I make $10 profit, I'm still making $10 profit on $100 invested capital.
Freelance or job?
Original EnglishThere may be tempting high value projects 3 days old with 80 proposals - chances are that the client has started discussing with somebody else …
How To Buy Your Way Onto The New York Times Bestsellers List
Original EnglishNow, somewhere around 80% of monthly income is royalties and advance payments, and I'm no longer doing active advising.
Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android"
Original EnglishCompare this to something like Magnet, which is great software that I use almost every time I turn on my wife’s MacBook and costs $2.
Ask HN: Are freelancer sites (e.g. Odesk, Elance) useless?
Original EnglishI simply hand out references of 3-4 clients i've worked with.
Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?
Original EnglishI know it's not a lot but I sold a similar business a few years back that regularly made $1200-$1500 a month and the products …
How to charge clients: flat fee vs. hourly rate?
Original EnglishFixed rate quotes are dangerous because they make all the pricing decisions at the point where you know the least about the product.
Teams that cannot install software still need tools
A government-agency employee built a lightweight Gantt tool because installation and procurement restrictions blocked alternatives.
An acceptable delivery format is part of product value.