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There are many who peddle stuff which is not their primary source of wealth. Suze Orman became wealthy not by saving for 401k and 'paying herself first' as she preaches. She became…

It depends on what you do at the startup. If you are coding away just like you would at the electronic trading firm, you wouldn't learn much about running your own startup. Are you…

I do not know if wakemate made any improvements lately but after giving it a try several times after I got it, I gave up. It sits in a box alongside old power adapters and other ca…

I find Rand Fishkin incredible in sharing all the details of SeoMoz. It takes guts to do that. Balsamiq, Bingo Card creator and a few others on HN are transparent when it is not a …

Thank you for the awesome and detailed response. Those are pitfalls I can definitely try to avoid for my venture. Lot of what I am learning from entrepreneurship are things I read …

* But we relied too much on others' self-assessments.* Can you explain? Do you mean customer development brings in everyone's biases into the picture and not the truth? What do you…

Right on with your logic though I am not sure if anyone is willing to give up even 12%. 6 to 8% seems to be the high numbers I have seen or heard. I hope your post will show the pe…

Next up on HN: Blog post from housekeeper of Mr. Steve about how exacting he is on some occasions and how kind he is on other. I think Steve Jobs and his contributions to the tech …

This is exactly the reason why I've never been interested in working for a startup. Learning experience? Yeah, I've got that working during the dotcom boom/bust cycle. Your reasoni…

In my view there are multiple things at play. 1. They raised exorbitant amount of money which set quite high expectations from them. 2. The app didn't take off as expected (at leas…

The backend of the operation is a hookup with a manufacturer who will supply them to us. They are not major brand names like Nike or Steve Madden but quite nice. I have the respons…

Hello Hackers, I have an opportunity to market a brand new online shoe site. A few avenues that I am investigating: 1. Blog about fashion/shoes. 2. Stores on shopify, amazon and eb…

YC or techstars see you as a point in time. Fixed and whether you are right for their model or not. However, you are not fixed. you evolve, grow, talk to customers, pivot, refine b…

You said it... responsible for something that someone cares about . Find that out first if it is something someone cares about. If not you could be spinning your wheels for a long …

How did you find a business mentoring program in your city? Are there any resources that you are aware of? I am in the US and would love to be part of such a program.

May be you should have provided context? like 'I've dealt with similar things and if you are interested download the book I wrote?' I am not the one who down modded you but your po…

Are confusing Americans and American politics? I haven't been to many countries but I find Americans the kindest and helpful people around. May be there are some advantages to a 2 …

The biggest problem I face is finding the initial set of users whom you can interact with to identify the product/market fit. Lets say your customers are small businesses. - Do you…

May be a partnership with web hosting companies will drive traffic? Affiliate marketing in those area probably will help.

I agree with you. I totally believe Eric Ries knows what he is talking about, I love his presentation style and he seems like a really genuine guy. I follow him on twitter and find…

I've looked through and tried to follow some tips on psdtuts. Most of them are over my head too (unfortunately). I started looking for courses in community colleges around my area …

Hello HN, I am a hacker who can't design. I can put together css/html but can't create a shiny button if my life depended on it. I am lost when it comes to layers and other photosh…

Who are the Dieter Rams of this generation? Specifically I am interested in learning from the work of exceptional designers (preferably but not limited to web). Personally, I love …

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With all these articles, I got large doses of Groupon S-1 wisdom from HN. I recently had lunch with an ex-colleague who invariably dropped the idea of building a coupon site togeth…