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sawyer1708

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About sawyer1708

srandall[at]photographer[dot]net

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    Comment #9268824

    Maybe you could talk to a few of your best customers. This is often an overlooked source.

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    Comment #8251590

    Launch in closed Beta. Be upfront with the customers that you accept in your Beta program. They can be extremely forgiving with bugs as long as you inform them before hand and espe…

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    Comment #7702086

    It is deemed unprofessional to give your notice over email. As Uhhrrr said, do it over the phone (since meeting your boss is not possible) as a matter of courtesy. Also, you seem p…

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    Comment #7094614

    That's great Dan. I have a couple of questions. Do you have an in house affiliate program that you use or a third party one? How did you get affiliates interested (other than exist…

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    Comment #6848444

    Your target audience (Experts, SME, anyone with followers) is too wide a category. Try and start with a specific niche. Visit forums about the niche. Participate there and post you…

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    Comment #6848425

    Clickable - http://www.faqrobo.com/

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    Comment #6775811

    Its kinda hard to figure out how a chat works when you don't have anyone on the other end to chat with. I created a chat on your site, but I'm not gonna be sharing this with my fri…

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    Ask HN: Questions on the HN Spam filter

    A while back I put up an Ask HN, which did not get any replies. The post slipped off the "new" page in a matter of minutes. I figured it was probably a bad time to ask, so I posted…

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    Comment #6692178

    Hi. Just saw this by chance. I'm going to get HN Notify setup so that I do not miss any more receive replies. I cannot quite figure out what the issue is. I am not shadow banned, b…

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    Ask HN: Whats the diff b/w a lifestyle business, a side project, and a startup?

    I asked this a few days back but got no replies. Then I asked it again with no replies. Three times lucky? :) How would you define whether what you are building is a lifestyle busi…

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    Comment #6608156

    I'm using a 3 year old T510. Same Config as yours. Lenovo build quality is simply amazing. I'm really really rough with it and its still in one piece.

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    Comment #6581705

    Speaking as someone who built something and constantly delayed launching due to the same fears, I have to say that I regret not simply launching and doing away with the pre-launch …

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    Comment #6556368

    If you are looking at the other extreme - i.e extremely cheap VPS - check out http://lowendbox.com/ - you can get some pretty decent ones for $10 a year

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    Ask HN: Whats the diff b/w a lifestyle business, a side project, and a startup?

    I asked this a few days back but got no replies. So trying my luck again How would you define whether what you are building is a lifestyle business, side project or a startup? Are …

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    Ask HN: What's the diff b/w a lifestyle business, a side project and a startup?

    How would you define whether what you are building is a lifestyle business, side project or a startup? Are there any other categories that I have not listed? Thanks Sawyer