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Part of the job of being freelance is expectation management - most clients want everything on a plate but you have to make them prioritize if they're on a budget... what is necess…

I'm the writer of the article, I'll answer any questions you may have on here!

Always have a back-up plan so I'd clear out your debts first.

Yeh, of course! I'll give you a rough idea if you let me know your location in the email too :)

This was aimed at the idea validation stage. You shouldn't have built anything at this point as you're too busy talking to customers face-to-face, trying to hone the idea down.

CEO of a LLC is legal if you're in sole control of the company but yeh, owner/founder is fine too. I used to call myself Founder when the company was just me.

Fair play, my bad. I was a bit bemused that tschellenbach just dissed my startup's name in a dickish way without being critical. Apologises.

Yes I agree with this. I think if you're going to offer equity too, offer equity that vests over a longer period of time (3-4 years) might help keep them connected and give them a …

We'll pivot into that if everything fails and my mother doesn't complain.

Haha, eastwards rather than westwards.

Yes, I'd agree with this. The agency comment was more aimed at the medium- to large-sized agencies rather than small, young ones (I kinda see them more as freelancers when it's an …

A lot of brand names have vague or no references to what they do – Apple, Nike, Google, Heroku – we had a few other initial names that were like "Craft" and "Tailor" but didn't rea…

The name origin comes from information superhi...ghway. I was watching this Youtube video at the time and thought it was cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8cnP-RtRHU In anothe…

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If you wanna send me your CV (rik@superhi.com), I can give you a rough idea of what salary you should be expecting.

"Roundup of startup advice based on one person's journey" wasn't a catchy enough title. I should have linked to http://autopsy.io/ - a good place to read about why startups failed …

Thank you! Yeh, we've been consistently asking customers what works for them over the two or so years we've been running. We found that a lot of people get stuck very quickly with …

Yep, totally agree. Didn't want to get too in-depth with that, otherwise the article would have been a lot, lot longer.

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Thank you :)

Sometimes you just gotta give it a go. I'm not saying quit your job and do it full time, but if someone is going to steal your idea, then they're going to steal your idea tomorrow …

If I was to set you homework, it'd be to talk to 10 founders on your idea. See if they think it'd be useful. Talk to founders in SV and other cities (and other countries). Do the r…

Depends! CEO is fine, business development is good too.

Looking at your profile, as a technical person you'll be a lot more in-demand than someone non-technical. Go to meetups and talk about your ideas online, people will naturally come…