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gacxllr9

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    Comment #1458534

    I just want to clear this up: I'm not developing a competitor to Amazon - I already have a niche for the reviews, but without the reviews the site loses much of its value.

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    Ask HN: What motivates users to write Amazon reviews?

    I'm in the process of developing a review-driven site, and I'm wondering how so many reviews get written on a site like Amazon when there's no incentive to do so (from what I can t…

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    Ask HN: What makes a great Web app home page?

    Designing the home page has proven to be a challenge in the past week. There is so much information to include that I'm not sure what to do. Obviously, I'll have links to the site'…

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    Comment #1443164

    hey stiggz - thanks for responding. how can I get in touch with you? If you want to just send me an e-mail, send it to nchastain at gmail.com

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    Ask HN: What's it like to be a designer? Would you recommend it as a career?

    I've been interested in startups for a long time, and have taken a few of my ideas through the planning stages, but it's becoming clear to me now that just conceiving a startup and…

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    Comment #1435815

    In a comment that will probably be laughed at, I'll just ask this: what kind of a site can I expect with a $500-$1000 price range? Surely something can be built for that much money…

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    Ask HN: How do you outsource design and development?

    Ideally, I would have someone in my immediate circle of friends who could create this project. Since I don't, I want to make the process of outsourcing development and design as se…

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    Comment #1431508

    I have a very "lean" Web app that I've transformed into a nifty collection of online mock-ups, but I am not nearly good enough at coding to transform those into functional code. Ho…

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    Comment #1415744

    My understanding was that if their domain was registered before your company name was trademarked, they have a right to that domain. I'll check out that link, though.

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    Startups that use "the" or "get" to avoid premium domains

    Facebook was "thefacebook.com" before it was "facebook.com." Groupon was "getgroupon.com" before it was "groupon.com". Likewise, Dropbox was "getdropbox.com" before it was "dropbox…

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    Ask HN: As a bizdev person, how do you get a coder onto your startup team?

    If you're a coder, chances are that you've been approached by three million people who want to get you working on their brilliant idea. A few years ago, I was one of these incredib…

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    Comment #1381471

    I have $1000 that I'm willing to throw into development right now, but I'm not sure how to spend it wisely. It seems like $1000 might not be enough to code a fairly simple applicat…

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    Ask HN: Can young entrepreneurs with no coding experience launch a startup?

    Here's my situation, briefly: A few months ago, I watched customers deal with a widespread problem in what was my industry at that time. I researched the idea fully for a week or s…