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ntmartin

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    Comment #3797017

    1. How long have you been bootstrapping your startup? 2 months 2. Roughly how much of personal money have you invested in your startup? £50-100 3. Are you profitable, if not then a…

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    Comment #3793218

    Completely agree.

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    Comment #3792616

    "Actually only 528 so far at this time." Sorry the total is 4,384. For some reason the site only shows you the latest number after signing. (Edit: Correcting previous assertion.)

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    Comment #3792473

    Perhaps for those industries patents are a better fit and more standard practice. My personal opinion based on observations of patents in software is that they inhibit innovation. …

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    Comment #3773282

    Good piece. I've talked with numerous people looking to start a startup with the assumption that implementation is just a case of hiring a few devs or outsourcing to n freelancers.…

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    Comment #3773247

    Good advice. This is usually something I try to do, but invariably some context switch happens and...hey cows! It is nice to give back if possible though.

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    Comment #3773242

    Congrats on getting accepted and thanks for being so candid about your application. I have a couple of questions however: Did you face any problems having disclosed you scrapped a …

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    Comment #3562461

    Many thanks!

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    Comment #3557725

    Personally I find that kind of experience intrusive. I do like the idea though, but what happens after? Do I get to keep the app? Do I get upgrades to an app? I take it the users w…

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    Comment #3557356

    This is great, do you plan on open sourcing the code? I would be very interested in understanding how you implmented things.

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    Comment #3509112

    +1 the header is gone via Opera Mini and their proxy. Leaving O2 after this, definitely not cool.

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    Comment #3065549

    I've had similar symptoms, and finally got around to getting an eye test. Bottom line I need glasses too. I started getting very bad headaches in my late 20's, I'm early 30's now. …

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    Comment #2983627

    Hi, nice app. Just to be a pedant, there is a syntax error in lesson 5. if 2 + 3 = 5: print "OK!" Should be: if 2 + 3 == 5: print "OK!"

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    Comment #2402703

    Good post Joel. It's really hard to have that mindset, but I think you're right. Promote and gain traction, then refine.