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Uber loses court appeal against drivers' rights
Original EnglishFor #2 and to avoid IR35 there are a whole lot of considerations such as what costs we incur, whether or not we use our …
On "Owning" Software
Original Englishwe use subscriptions to pay for ongoing support staff (which customers _want_) because we can't fund support from sales (that's not sustainable.) Support-pay-as-you-go is not …
Mozilla’s reliance on Google is increasing: 90% of 2012 revenue
Original EnglishNot sure what's the state now but a few years ago the CEO was being paid ~400K/yr to run Mozilla Corp.
Ask HN: He stole my laptop, and sent me this, what would you do?
Original EnglishHowever, the point of insurance isn't to come out with a profit in strict dollar terms, at least not for the customer.
Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
Original EnglishIt's a side project, so the definition of "profitable" is a bit different, but it's paying for itself and then some -- servers, Basecamp, LLC …
Free tools we used to build our startup
Original EnglishTheir support seems pretty responsive and I've only noticed 1 period of downtime within the last 6 months or so which completely made it impossible …
Finding Product Market Fit
Original Englishthe career wisdom of alums 5-10 years out and sharing it with undergrads so that they didn't have to make the same mistakes that everyone …
The Decline And Fall Of Flowtab, A Startup Story
Original EnglishHowever, a POS reseller really can't justify the cost in selling only Flowtab (like you could with a POS) because it was an ancillary product …
Charging for migration: let customers inspect the result first
A WordPress-to-Hugo tool previews a small conversion for free and charges once for the complete migration.
Reduce purchase uncertainty with a real sample of the deliverable.