Responded. Can you give us a sense of your timing in responding to the inquiries?
Just finished responding to all the inquiries. Could you email me saying which one of you is "bigohms"?
Tell HN: I will build a functioning prototype of your idea in 1 week for $500
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#12Intriguing post. Is there a back story to this? Good luck!
Not really. PG says that just seeing if people will pay you for a certain product is the best validation of it. I want to see if people will pay for a simple MVP.
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#13Have a portfolio? What have you done before?
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#14Intriguing post. Is there a back story to this? Good luck!
Not really. PG says that just seeing if people will pay you for a certain product is the best validation of it. I want to see if people will pay for a simple MVP.
They will. Prototypes of web sites with rudimentary systems for logging in and changing things can be sold. You can also sell for considerably more than $500. Aim for $3k or more.
Many people would love to get a working but not very good version of their site live so they can start raising funds from other people to develop the full service. It's far more convincing when you have a draft than just an idea. People will pay for that.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really. PG says that just seeing if people will pay you for a certain product is the best validation of it. I want to see if people will pay for a simple MVP.
They will. Prototypes of web sites with rudimentary systems for logging in and changing things can be sold. You can also sell for considerably more than $500. Aim for $3k or more. Many people would love to get a working but not very good version of their site live so they can start raising funds from other people to develop the full service. It's far more convincing when you have a draft than just an idea. People wil…
Well if you can refer anyone willing to pay that, let me know :)
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
They will. Prototypes of web sites with rudimentary systems for logging in and changing things can be sold. You can also sell for considerably more than $500. Aim for $3k or more. Many people would love to get a working but not very good version of their site live so they can start raising funds from other people to develop the full service. It's far more convincing when you have a draft than just an idea. People wil…
Well if you can refer anyone willing to pay that, let me know :)
Ha! Nah, I need the business instead :).
It's hard to find paying clients, especially when you're just starting out but it can't hurt to attend a conference or two. Follow up with some of those people and start meeting people who need websites... There are a million posts about marketing yourself by far more qualified people, but you might be on to the right track for building up work. A lot of my work is by word of mouth from people I've built other projects for.
$500 is a good deal though for decent work. I'll actually keep you in mind if something comes up and I'm too busy!
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#17I'm emailing you at gmail tonight re: a cooking/recipe related site.
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#18I'm looking for someone that can make me something like a simple version of facebook, but the thing is that instead of linking people to their friends, it would link them to their enemies. An anti-social network. I think if it even gets half the users of faceboook, it will be a huge success.
"Keep your fiends close but your enemies closer." That should be the tagline, and it should be black.... dark colors. Red or white fonts, maybe a little animation of flames, like in hell. (Because who doesn't want their enemies to burn in hell.. amiright?)
But the key thing, ok this is mint... is that people will have to pay to sign up. So money will be rolling in as it grows. And you would get paid as the money comes in, rather than getting screwed with just $500 up front. I would cut you in, is what I'm saying, and you'd cash out l8er.
Let's talk.
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#19I'm looking for someone that can make me something like a simple version of facebook, but the thing is that instead of linking people to their friends, it would link them to their enemies. An anti-social network. I think if it even gets half the users of faceboook, it will be a huge success. "Keep your fiends close but your enemies closer." That should be the tagline, and it should be black.... dark colors. Red or wh…
Pretty convincing value proposition.