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Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by markdown »

justinclift wrote: post #112
nitam wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can help us help you by a) becoming available in more countries b) Atlas LLC

With that LLC thought, does that still mean US based? Atlas sounded interesting to me (doing product dev atm), however it's based on incorporating in the US. The US seems like it's gone in a seriously bad direction for non-US citizens (I'm Australian, living in the UK), with no positive end to that in sight. So incorporation in the US isn't really a goer (personally speaking).

Isn't UK incorporating a breeze? I'm sure I heard it can be all done online.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

#132

Post by markdown »

throwaway88775 wrote: post #126
dang wrote: post #113

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We try hard not to do that. But it's tricky because many YC alumni do interesting work and/or are valued HN contributors and we certainly don't want to penalize them either.

> We try hard not to do that. But it's tricky because many YC alumni do interesting work and/or are valued HN contributors and we certainly don't want to penalize them either. This sounds like an admission of guilt to me.

goodbye.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by wheelerwj »

minimaxir wrote: post #6

While going from a blog-to-acquisition in less than a year is an impressive feat, there have been suspicious circumstances around IndieHackers submissions to Hacker News including clickbait titles that are frequently fixed by HN mods, and in one case, explicit voting manipulation with an attempt to bypass the voting ring detector via linking to /newest: http://i.imgur.com/08pAFOw.jpg This acquisition sends a disappoi…

> disappointing message that growth hacking works.

1) its not disappointing that growth hacking works. Growth hacking is supposed to work. Growth hacking is just marketing 2.0.

2) it is disappointing that spam tactics get rewarded. But that has nothing to do with Stripe... mostly.

I also think IndieHackers is lite on legitimate content, but its a great content marketing play by Stripe. Anything to suggest otherwise is just jealousy induced bitterness.

Well done Stripe, congrats Courtland and Courtland's brother.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by charlesdm »

justinclift wrote: post #112
nitam wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can help us help you by a) becoming available in more countries b) Atlas LLC

With that LLC thought, does that still mean US based? Atlas sounded interesting to me (doing product dev atm), however it's based on incorporating in the US. The US seems like it's gone in a seriously bad direction for non-US citizens (I'm Australian, living in the UK), with no positive end to that in sight. So incorporation in the US isn't really a goer (personally speaking).

Unless you understand the tax consequences, incorporating in the US should be avoided at all costs.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

#135

Post by throwaway88744 »

sanswork wrote: post #98
throwaway88743 wrote: post #93

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As long as Stripe knows what they bought. The way I see it, they didn't buy a popular website, but a determined person willing to do anything to get what he wants.

You make it sound like he's murdering people to get ahead not that he is targeting a social network with content that is generally relevant and popular. The anything in this case is focused promotion.

> You make it sound like he's murdering people

You are putting words into my mouth.

He clearly wrote:

> I've made a ton of submissions in the past 8 months and experimented with various combinations of stories/titles that the HN audience might like, without always being successful. (Probably one out of every 4-5 submissions turned into an angry mob haha)

20%-25% of his submissions made readers angry.

Nevertheless he kept going and tried, by his own admission, to micro-optimise his submissions to get visibility.

Maybe my sense of ethics is different than yours, but please don't put words in my mouth.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by [deleted] »

georgiecasey wrote: post #86
chatmasta wrote: post #84

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It's definitely not procrastination posting. I've formed valuable relationships from people who have reached out after a comment I wrote. Aside from that, commenting on HN is a great way to practice my writing skills, which I rarely get to use since my day-to-day work consists largely of programming. The community here is invaluable in that it provides an audience for your writing, so long as you are willing to fit y…

Yeah, i hope it doesn't turn out like wickedfire!

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Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by BillinghamJ »

markdown wrote: post #131
justinclift wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With that LLC thought, does that still mean US based? Atlas sounded interesting to me (doing product dev atm), however it's based on incorporating in the US. The US seems like it's gone in a seriously bad direction for non-US citizens (I'm Australian, living in the UK), with no positive end to that in sight. So incorporation in the US isn't really a goer (personally speaking).

Isn't UK incorporating a breeze? I'm sure I heard it can be all done online.

Yep. For the most basic setup, it takes 5-10 mins and costs around £5

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by mariusandra »

markdown wrote: post #131
justinclift wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With that LLC thought, does that still mean US based? Atlas sounded interesting to me (doing product dev atm), however it's based on incorporating in the US. The US seems like it's gone in a seriously bad direction for non-US citizens (I'm Australian, living in the UK), with no positive end to that in sight. So incorporation in the US isn't really a goer (personally speaking).

Isn't UK incorporating a breeze? I'm sure I heard it can be all done online.

From my experience you can do everything online + post, except for the bank account. However the reality might have changed in the 3 years which have elapsed. There might be some new bank that lets you get away with it online.

However, the UK is moving in a strange direction as well. For a decent EU option, look at Estonia. Get a digital ID card from one of their embassies and you can use that with your computer to open a company and manage everything digitally.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by laverick »

inputcoffee wrote: post #69
pc wrote: post #18

Patrick from Stripe here. I wanted to quickly chime in to emphasize that our goal in acquiring Indie Hackers is to simply ensure that the site becomes as successful as possible. The Stripe upside we're hoping for is that more companies get started and that they're more successful . We already see a very large fraction of new internet companies choose Stripe; we're mainly hoping that Indie Hackers can help us grow the…

Thanks for commenting and responding. Can you say a little more about how you hope to ensure it becomes successful? I mean, what can Stripe do to help the site? You might spend some money on it, but that might have been done more cheaply without acquiring it. Do you plan to add some sort of features? advertise it broadly?

+1 Atlas LLC
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