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AWS costs seem reasonable to me and it is definitely the smart way to build a service like this. Saves a ton on time early and services like this can optimize later when they are m…

My message to all startups out there: despite Valley folklore, it is ok to have a marketing budget and spend money to advertise to users - especially initially. Not every successfu…

> it's expected to have payroll your largest expense - there was no surprise Only when you are small haven't marketed the service and your subscriber numbers are still small. You c…

Hacker News has failed me... :) It's strange, I feel like I should know this, but there aren't any clear references on the web either (that I have found).

How do you compute user lifespan? Seems like a simple question, but I've seen it done so many different ways and I'm now in the unique position of having a lot of great data (I thi…