Sites that hit the homepage on HN crash so often I dream of quitting my job to launch a startup whose sole service is to HN-proof your site
I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
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Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#52You need to move this site to a host that can handle the load today. I'm getting timeouts and finally got the home page to load. I can't get any of the other pages to load either.
Server will be back online in a few minutes. We're scaling up.
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#53I'm not sure I see the benefit of converting a website into a pseudo-app, then charging for that app. Users would effectively be paying for the wrapper when the same content is available without charge via a browser. I realize this happens all the time and there are a plethora of site shortcuts-as-apps in the app store, but the fact that they are abundant doesn't make the practice any better. I'm honestly curious abo…
If you put a "Pay me a dollar just because you like my site" feature on your wordpress site you will probably not get many dollars. But since people are already comfortable paying small amounts of money via itunes and the app store it seems like a nice additional revenue channel, and probably leads to more site traffic, especially from the core fans.
As for the extra value to the user, no idea, maybe they can make it easier to submit comments? No ads maybe?
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#54At what point is it okay to post you have started a new website / business on hacker news? Here goes my karma. Since we are doing shameless plugs here are my two (and yes I quit very high paying jobs ... 1.5~2 times more than @gozman ...): http://snaphop.com http://evocatus.com
Generally it seems the consensus is:
- make it obvious you are posting your own material (using phrases like "Show HN" or "I" in the title) and not try to hide that fact
- provide insight into "how" you've done it or how you are doing.
- don't do it more than once.
Follow those and HN will not downvote you to oblivion.
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#55At what point is it okay to post you have started a new website / business on hacker news? Here goes my karma. Since we are doing shameless plugs here are my two (and yes I quit very high paying jobs ... 1.5~2 times more than @gozman ...): http://snaphop.com http://evocatus.com
Good stuff, but I'm a bit confused by what SnapHop is. From the landing page it sounds like you are an agency, but you talk about a platform. What exactly (i.e. not marketing speak) does the platform let me do? Where can I see it in action?
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#56Sites that hit the homepage on HN crash so often I dream of quitting my job to launch a startup whose sole service is to HN-proof your site
Where do i sign up?
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
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I can't even get on the site.
Sorry guys! We weren't expecting this kind of load. I'm doing everything I can to redirect traffic to http://engine.theappifier.com
HN has grown a good deal in the past year or so. It has quite a big "slashdot effect" now :)
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
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Thanks. Did you change your standard of living to to follow your dream? If so, to what extent? Are you now eating raman? Also, do you have any dependents (wife, children)? Oh, and how old are you? Sorry, I know you are really interested in sharing your product but many of us want to know what people are willing to give up to chase their dreams. Thanks again.
+1 "many of us want to know what people are willing to give up to chase their dreams."
+1
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
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1. I was a software engineer that got an MBA and was doing management consulting. 2. Over 80k / year 3. My runway is private, but we financed ourselves by taking on short-term iOS/Wordpress dev/design consulting gigs to stay fed.
I'm in a similar situation (quit high-paying job, following startup dream). May I ask how you broke into dev/design consulting? I'll have to go that way too, and soon. But I'm still a bit mystified about where one finds consulting gigs... Places like ODesk/Elancer?
+1 - best fastest way to find freelance jobs?
edit - not sure why this was downvoted 4 times - but to elaborate on my question - what were the most rewarding gigs - in terms of ease of getting hired & finding them, most money, learning stuff that was relevant, expanding network, bbb
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#60I'm not sure I see the benefit of converting a website into a pseudo-app, then charging for that app. Users would effectively be paying for the wrapper when the same content is available without charge via a browser. I realize this happens all the time and there are a plethora of site shortcuts-as-apps in the app store, but the fact that they are abundant doesn't make the practice any better. I'm honestly curious abo…
I work for a company that has a revenue stream making apps like this for big brands. The apps themselves are free though and development costs are covered by our client's marketing budget. Most of them are basically the same though, take content from A and reformat it into B.