Is it really important to distinguish your web application with another font - looks like he spent $500 on Web fonts, which is a lot for a startup ?
Running Costs of a SaaS app
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#22:waves: Hi, I'm the founder of Cushion. I'd be happy to answer any questions about our running costs or transparency. (Thanks for posting, @Sujan!)
So I am wondering about heroku: you say that it's quite expensive, but $25/mo doesn't seem that much. How many users can one $25/mo server actually power?
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Read the whole article... they have started to use it and will migrate more of the app there... " We use Let’s Encrypt for the SSL certificates for both the marketing website and in.vc. Eventually, we’ll migrate our other SSL certificates to Let’s Encrypt. It’s free and easy. "
Read entire article... multiple times. kind of arrogant of you to assume otherwise. no mention on the post what so ever about let's encrypt.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Read the whole article... they have started to use it and will migrate more of the app there... " We use Let’s Encrypt for the SSL certificates for both the marketing website and in.vc. Eventually, we’ll migrate our other SSL certificates to Let’s Encrypt. It’s free and easy. "
Read entire article... multiple times. kind of arrogant of you to assume otherwise. no mention on the post what so ever about let's encrypt.
The issue is a responsive design that hides most of the content on the phone.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Read the whole article... they have started to use it and will migrate more of the app there... " We use Let’s Encrypt for the SSL certificates for both the marketing website and in.vc. Eventually, we’ll migrate our other SSL certificates to Let’s Encrypt. It’s free and easy. "
Read entire article... multiple times. kind of arrogant of you to assume otherwise. no mention on the post what so ever about let's encrypt.
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Do you regret spending $2000+ on a domain name?
Ha! Not at all. It was a big expense, but I think it’s worth it for how we use it. The domain is "in.vc" and it’s used when sending an invoice link to clients. Instead of sending a super long link and possibly confusing clients with our app name, they see a short, generic link. I wish we had cushion.com, but last I checked, it sold for $120k in 2012, so that's off the table. :)
Is Cushion trademarked?
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#27Is it really important to distinguish your web application with another font - looks like he spent $500 on Web fonts, which is a lot for a startup ?
A one-time fee of $500 is worth around two to three hours of good design/branding labor. I think having a distinctive, high-quality font is absolutely worth that investment, especially when you consider that the target audience of the SaaS includes designers.
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I myself am curious as to why you're not using let's encrypt.
Read the whole article... they have started to use it and will migrate more of the app there... " We use Let’s Encrypt for the SSL certificates for both the marketing website and in.vc. Eventually, we’ll migrate our other SSL certificates to Let’s Encrypt. It’s free and easy. "
Ahh my mistake, as another use pointed out some of the content is omitted on mobile devices.
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#30Is it really important to distinguish your web application with another font - looks like he spent $500 on Web fonts, which is a lot for a startup ?
It’s less about distinguishing the app with another font and more about designing the app with what I had in mind—the system fonts and more affordable fonts didn’t feel right to me.
Even though I consider myself more of a developer, I went to school for design and it’s a big part of my work, so the look and feel is just as important to me as whether the app works or not. Sure, we could’ve saved $500, but I wouldn’t enjoy using the app as much, or working on it.
I also got to support two type foundries that I really respect. (JAF & Dalton Maag)