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Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by rewind » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 6:02 PM UTC

percept wrote: post #26

jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #15

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500% agree here. You should write something about this. (My newest crusade is to get anyone with any experience to start writing).

Yes, please: more constructive posts on HN and less argument for sport. I can't speak for anyone else but I come to HN to be informed and inspired. There's so much potential here that is lost on pointless debates. Aren't we all in the same boat here, trying to reach a distant goal?

Debates are rarely pointless when all parties are willing participants.

Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by jacquesm » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 6:03 PM UTC

bond wrote: post #29

jacquesm wrote: post #18

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15K of revenue on your first day is absolutely amazing, what site was that?

He said: I've run e-commerce ops with $15k+ in revenue from "month one".

At first it said 'day one'.

Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by icey » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 6:17 PM UTC

placer14 wrote: post #20

jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #15

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500% agree here. You should write something about this. (My newest crusade is to get anyone with any experience to start writing).

Does there exist a library of the "best" startup focused articles written across the net? Kind of a Digg-fashion voting system?

http://techstartu.ps is starting to gain some traction and is significantly more focused on startups than HN is.

Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 6:19 PM UTC

auston wrote: post #14

jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #4

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If you know me, I could really care less about the traffic one article brings. Here's what I do care about: the comment I would have gotten - "Give us examples please" So I gave everyone examples of what we did.

I do know you - you're the type of person that calls people who try to do you favors & curse them out for not being able to get your startup on techcrunch.

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Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by jacquesm » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 6:21 PM UTC

icey wrote: post #33

placer14 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does there exist a library of the "best" startup focused articles written across the net? Kind of a Digg-fashion voting system?

http://techstartu.ps is starting to gain some traction and is significantly more focused on startups than HN is.

3 comments in 24 hours ?

The articles are ok though (but quite a few got posted here as well).

But the discussion is just about non-existent. I've gotten a bit wary of HN split-offs, they tend to be very short-lived.

I don't know what the main reason for that is, possibly it is simply that HN is 'good enough' and that a splinter of it does not carry enough volume for long term sustainability.

Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by icey » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 6:26 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #35

icey wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://techstartu.ps is starting to gain some traction and is significantly more focused on startups than HN is.

3 comments in 24 hours ? The articles are ok though (but quite a few got posted here as well). But the discussion is just about non-existent. I've gotten a bit wary of HN split-offs, they tend to be very short-lived. I don't know what the main reason for that is, possibly it is simply that HN is 'good enough' and that a splinter of it does not carry enough volume for long term sustainability.

I see your point, but the request was for "a library of the 'best' startup focused articles written across the net", not commentary on those articles.

The comments will come with time; right now there aren't many contributors, but the site has been around long enough and been updated frequently enough that I believe it will stick around. HN was kind of slow moving when it started, too (although not that slow, to be honest).

Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by atldev » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 6:36 PM UTC

Good stuff. We're at step #3, and we're trying to strike the right balance between gathering customer feedback (which brings waves of great ideas) and making sure we're delivering only what we need to learn quickly. Step #4 might be the hardest so far.

On that note, anyone interested in helping us with StartMetrics (http://startmetrics.com)?

It's a service that tracks lean startup metrics for SaaS products. We're currently inviting folks to sign-up for the beta test when it's available. We'll also be sending a few customer development surveys.

Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by metachris » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 6:39 PM UTC

What's missing between is "Get an idea about the competition in this market".

Some choose to completely ignore competition; I personally find it important to have a bit of an overview.

Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by binomial » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 7:29 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #35

icey wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://techstartu.ps is starting to gain some traction and is significantly more focused on startups than HN is.

3 comments in 24 hours ? The articles are ok though (but quite a few got posted here as well). But the discussion is just about non-existent. I've gotten a bit wary of HN split-offs, they tend to be very short-lived. I don't know what the main reason for that is, possibly it is simply that HN is 'good enough' and that a splinter of it does not carry enough volume for long term sustainability.

I agree, there aren't enough people on techstartu.ps, but there were even fewer earlier and it seems to be picking up. I'd guess that this one is here to stay, especially since it's run by DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg.

Re: How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps

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Post by osopoderoso » Fri, Sep 17, 2010, 8:03 PM UTC

I only read the comments. Usually the number seven is the magic number of steps. There are many ideas and few paying customers for then. So there must be some magic. How to transform sand into gold in five glorious steps, with an introduction by Harry Pottter.