HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
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HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
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Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#2I'm not going to hire a copywriter who confuses "kahunas" with "cojones."
Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#3From the home page, “see a sample review” links to an empty Google Drive folder.
Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#4I'm not going to hire a copywriter who confuses "kahunas" with "cojones."
Maybe she felt she was lacking in wise advisors.
Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#5Best of luck to you. I did this in Aug 2018. My app was already generating a few thousand a month (net revenue), and I still had an incredibly hard time. My biggest failure was 1) not finding a cofounder and 2) not targeting a big enough market.
Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#6I'm not going to hire a copywriter who confuses "kahunas" with "cojones."
Or who has missing punctuation, or poor formatting, or bad grammar, or incorrect use of idioms, or, or, or...
Sure, "everyone's a critic" (and sorry to join the crowd), but if you're going to promote yourself as a professional copywriter you should at least have a grasp of the basics.
Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#7Shouldn't this have been submitted as a [Show HN], given that it's basically someone promoting her own service?
Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#8I’ve have a couple of really useful reviews from this guy: https://www.roastmylandingpage.com/
Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#9So, the startup is you offering your services as a contractor? That was the longest ad-read pretending to be a blog ever. Many times you used quotes without an author making attribution very difficult.
Re: HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
#10I'm not going to hire a copywriter who confuses "kahunas" with "cojones."
Or who has missing punctuation, or poor formatting, or bad grammar, or incorrect use of idioms, or, or, or... Sure, "everyone's a critic" (and sorry to join the crowd), but if you're going to promote yourself as a professional copywriter you should at least have a grasp of the basics.
Language changes based off usage. Her use of "begs the question" isn't it original meaning, but it is perfectly acceptable today. It is similar to how the dictionary definition of "literally" now includes it meaning "figuratively". Continuing to complain about these things after society has moved on just makes you sound like an old crank.