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You only get 5 seconds to let the visitor know what value you can provide them. This is typically done with a large page heading and maybe with a small secondary heading. With a co…

I'm surprised no one has mentioned improvely.com by Dan Grossman. I think it makes around $40K to $50K per month. Over the last few years, I've seen it grow from around $10K to $50…

Find other solo founders from forums like http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm/ and start a weekly mastermind

1. Pick up a tiny niche based on (a) target audience already pays for tools online (b) target audience is easy to find online - there exists at least one forum targeting this niche…

You may want to follow how self published author of Wool, Hugh Howey has sold his books on amazon. He broke each novel into a four or five book series and sold each book for a doll…

If your project does not generate any (or enough revenue), then it might make sense to purchase a $20 theme from websites like themeforest.net or wrapbootstrap.com. These look poli…

On Writing by Stephen King (narrated by the author)

Marketing is about figuring out what channel best works for your business and then scaling it up (what Dan said). Unfortunately, you cannot outsource this, until you have figured t…

The math comes out to about $6k per year. I am guessing that is the starting salary for a fresh out of college engineer.

Interesting - Windows Defender is an antivirus product for Windows 8+. However, for Windows 7 and older, it is only an anti-malware product. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_D…

I believe Windows Defender only protects you against malware. You need a separate anti-virus solution along with it.

I've used Nortons, AVG and more recently Avast in the past. Each antivirus seems to work well for a year or two and then gets compromised. Do you have an antivirus recommendation f…

If you are only paying him equity and no salary, he is a co-founder. How much equity he gets depends on what each of you bring to the table and on the negotiations with him. Google…

Firstly, congratulations on finding a large enough industry you are passionate about. Pick a niche in the coaching industry based on the following conditions. 1. The niche must be …

I would sit down with the two guys and ask them the following questions - Who is our target market? Who are we building the chat app for? - How do we get traction in this market? -…

1. Sell to our laziness - does this product save me X hrs of writing the same boring code for each project (e.g. creditcard.js) 2. Can I try it right now? A dev might need authoriz…

BTC-Tech: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies from Princeton University - https://piazza.com/princeton/spring2015/btctech/home

Some ideas below in no particular order. Pick the lowest hanging fruit. - upsell to your customers. Looks like on the average each customer pays $10 per month. Is there anything yo…

Starting April 21, Google will be using "mobile friendliness" as a ranking factor. These messages are to get webmasters ready for that change. I actually appreciate that they are s…

If you can find the contact information for the app owners, you could maybe email them directly and find out what went wrong. There could be some pitfalls that you only get to see …

One way to decide on the free trial duration is by asking yourself - what is the shortest amount of time that my typical customer will find the "aha" moment using my software. This…

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons : Sam Keam - http://samkean.com/thetaleoftheduelingneurosurgeons.html Quite liked the writing style - neuroscience book written in a story for…

1. In case you do not currently have a marketing site that lets people signup for an invitation to the beta, stop all development and create the marketing site right away. Having t…

1. I would suggest you look at options to monetize first. Even if you do not plan to implement it right away, knowing what kind of monetization the project can have will give you g…