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Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by whatusername »

aik wrote: post #77
NathanKP wrote: post #56

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Not exactly what I was expecting, but interesting nonetheless. Do you feel that the hacker business approach articles featured here helped your bakery succeed, or did they just give you impetus you needed to get started launching your own business? Just wondering. Edit: Why not build a web app for your bakery? Allow customers to order via the web. If you provide some sort of customization so that customers can reques…

That's a great idea. I just discovered an innovative little app from Domino's Pizza here in Sydney: Firstly I was able to order the entire pizza online in a very intuitive interface (with a few issues), and then pay for it online. Once paid, a ticking clock appeared that showed the exact time that they received the order, started on the pizza, baked it, and when it was complete and ready for pickup. While waiting, in…

Have you seen this? http://lifehacker.com/388708/track-your-dominos-pizza-order-... Not sure if it works for Aus Dominos - but it might.

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by csomar »

heresy wrote: post #67
csomar wrote: post #41

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That's something I learnt while working and it really helped me a lot (and will in my professional life). However, I don't have my own computer (shared one, except this netbook); so I need a better setup for my development. I try to prioritize the items I need. An external hard-drive comes first, because I should have a backup strategy. The monitor is more important, because I need better display... Certainly, I'll o…

If you can learn the power of compound interest at your age, you're going to retire very comfortably.

I read some of the Wikipedia article about it. However, the bank won't give you 20% yearly, yet barely enough to cover the inflation. Nor the stock market and real estate do, so I wonder how compound interest would help and in any way?

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by ArturSoler »

listic wrote: post #79
petercooper wrote: post #74

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31ms from Thailand to SF? That's mindblowing. Speedtest gives me slightly higher to my local POP :-) I get 3.3/0.5 and 183ms to that San Fran point and I have an above average connection here in the UK. Very impressive.

I think there should be some error involved here. My calculations show that it is not physically possible: minimum theoretical latency = d/c = 42.5 ms (EDIT: thanks for correction, ArturSoler!) c = 300000 km/s, speed of light, http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&#3... d = 12761 km, distance between San Francisco, CA and Bangkok, Thailand http://www.travelmath.com/flight-distance/from/San+Francisco..…

I think your calculation is not correct.

Your calculation is (300000 km/s)/(12761 km) = (23.5 (1/s))

Note the result is s^-1, not ms.

1/23.5 is 0.0425s, or 42.5ms, so that latency is not possible.

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by nlco »

csomar wrote: post #82
heresy wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can learn the power of compound interest at your age, you're going to retire very comfortably.

I read some of the Wikipedia article about it. However, the bank won't give you 20% yearly, yet barely enough to cover the inflation. Nor the stock market and real estate do, so I wonder how compound interest would help and in any way?

It would manifest itself if you invest in your own company.

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by barrydahlberg »

needmoney wrote: post #25
bmelton wrote: post #18

Congratulations -- but uhm... shouldn't you check back in with Patrick and make sure his needs are met? I mean, he's Customer #1, and it sounds like your reaction to that was to abandon him. I might be misreading, or Patrick may have backfilled you, but the 1 thing I know about business to be more true than most things, is you take care of your early customers, specifically if they were good to you.

You're right. But Patrick indicated to me that he was happy for me and that he would understand if I couldn't go on. I'll be totally honest, I should've kept in better sync with him and I felt terrible that my 2nd project fell behind schedule, but I really found myself totally engulfed in putting out fires in my personal business. Nothing went according to plan. I didn't abandon his project though, I finished it and…

Nothing went according to plan...

Sounds like a typical startup plan to me!

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by sirn »

listic wrote: post #79
petercooper wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

31ms from Thailand to SF? That's mindblowing. Speedtest gives me slightly higher to my local POP :-) I get 3.3/0.5 and 183ms to that San Fran point and I have an above average connection here in the UK. Very impressive.

I think there should be some error involved here. My calculations show that it is not physically possible: minimum theoretical latency = d/c = 42.5 ms (EDIT: thanks for correction, ArturSoler!) c = 300000 km/s, speed of light, http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&#3... d = 12761 km, distance between San Francisco, CA and Bangkok, Thailand http://www.travelmath.com/flight-distance/from/San+Francisco..…

Ping starting to get weird just recently (not sure when, but very recent), before this it was ranged between 160ms and 260ms. Download speed stay the at ~3Mbps as before, though. (Both from Speedtest.net and from SCP to my Linode.)

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by brc »

messel wrote: post #50
jseliger wrote: post #28

A quick question: do you have a site for your work? I ask because I've been using a pretty bogus, standard theme for my hosted Wordpress blog ( http://blog.seliger.com ) and could probably swing $400 for a real theme.

Business number 2 for needmoney, building the Theme Factory. I can't decide if I want to customize themes or hire a designer. I've tweaked my own theme a dozen times this year.

My rule is : if you think you might need a designer, you need a designer.

My life (and work) has been infinitely better since I let go and paid good money to good designers to do good work. Find one, build a relationship and trust and then trust their judgement.

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by barnaby »

barnaby wrote: post #34
Jasitis wrote: post #17

how do i start doing this

Guys don't downvote somebody on their FIRST POST on HN. This guy may legitimately want to know how to do this, that's one hell of a good reason to be on HN. Jastis, to answer your question, you do it one step at a time, because if you try to do too many things (or too big of a thing) at once then nothing gets done. Bite off one small thing a day and you'll be amazed how much gets done in half a year.

:-) yay, he's up to ten! I should point out that when I wrote this, the poor guys post was at negative 4.

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by Hexstream »

barnaby wrote: post #34
Jasitis wrote: post #17

how do i start doing this

Guys don't downvote somebody on their FIRST POST on HN. This guy may legitimately want to know how to do this, that's one hell of a good reason to be on HN. Jastis, to answer your question, you do it one step at a time, because if you try to do too many things (or too big of a thing) at once then nothing gets done. Bite off one small thing a day and you'll be amazed how much gets done in half a year.

Hum. Do you always check a user's profile before downvoting if you don't remember seeing him before? I can't imagine myself doing that.

Or are you using some sort of plugin that gives you more info inline?

Re: Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.

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Post by patio11 »

bmelton wrote: post #18

Congratulations -- but uhm... shouldn't you check back in with Patrick and make sure his needs are met? I mean, he's Customer #1, and it sounds like your reaction to that was to abandon him. I might be misreading, or Patrick may have backfilled you, but the 1 thing I know about business to be more true than most things, is you take care of your early customers, specifically if they were good to you.

I got exactly what I wanted: a beautiful theme done for $400. As I recall he was worried a bit about leaving me in the lurch later. I told him that he didn't need my blessing to move on, but had it anyway.
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