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Re: Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?

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Post by petercooper »

lethologica wrote: post #231
dglass wrote: post #27

I run https://bannerjs.com which is a configurable banner announcement service for websites that currently brings in $220 MRR. I also run https://www.junior-to-senior.com which is a career advice newsletter for programmers that currently brings in $0 MRR, mainly because I'm focusing on content and growing the audience right now and haven't looked into sponsorships or paid subscriptions yet. I'd like to get it to a po…

I've always been interested din how people monetize email lists. What's your plan? I see from the site at the moment it's just a sign up box. IS that what you intend on it being forever, or do you eventually plan to have other content like a blog on the site to pull organic traffic?

I started a company that publishes email newsletters, we now have about 10, and there are several of us in the company. We make 95% of our money through sponsorship/advertising in the newsletters.

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Post by travisr »

deanmoriarty wrote: post #221
bosephjangles wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which index funds do you like? I've been going back and forth between considering one or more index funds or just getting a target date fund and leaving it alone altogether.

I basically replicate a target date fund manually, using the standard Vanguard funds like VTI, VXUS, BND, ... That way, I can tune allocations if needed and I can take advantage of tax loss harvesting opportunities, so I get some extra benefits.

And target dates usually have a higher expense ratio than funds like VTI. So you keep more of your investment income by doing it manually.

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Post by jakenberg »

fred_is_fred wrote: post #205
jakenberg wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And that rarely holds up in court, especially in California. Some common sense comes into play e.g. if you're building a direct competitor or using their IP, then of course that's going to be an issue.

It may not hold up in court, but your employer has more lawyers and more money than you and it simply may not be worth fighting.

That goes both ways. They know they'll lose. I've been in this exact situation with an estranged CEO. They send their cease & desist and hope you take it down, but won't go further than that. Sure, you might have a psycho on your hands ready to lose all his time and money, but at that point, you shouldn't have ever taken the job, so moot point.

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Post by nihlaak »

pavelmark wrote: post #63

Honestly it's not sexy but https://incomedata.org and https://nsndb.com . Simple data backed sites. They end up being pretty fun to make and useful for specific people.

This is really fun. I just spent ten minutes looking through zip codes I've lived in and the "interesting" ones you linked.

Do you make money from it? I don't see any ads or information on payment.

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Post by melenaos »

godDLL wrote: post #297
melenaos wrote: post #14

Asked by your local Tax office.

Are you concerned about something specifically, or is this just another Reddit-like comment to be ignored, and that shouldn't have been made in the first place?

Are you trying to teach me manners?
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