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Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by designium »

anty wrote: post #167
count wrote: post #155

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Competition should generally be looked at as market validation. How many companies have competition and are doing fine?

I had the exact same idea a year ago. Looked for competitors and found one very good looking that provided this service for free, with a great website. That's why I didn't develop it. I hope there's enough demand so that op has success, though.

I was the CEO of a startup and I spoke to people who had the same idea that I had. They had the idea a year early but I was lunching the product.

I don't think you should stop startup up a business because there are competitors.

Competitors don't kill you. Most entrepreneurs kill their ideas themselves.

Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by designium »

tszming wrote: post #50

Why you are using JSON API instead of XMLRPC which is more popular and enabled by default for some providers such as wordpress.com? Disclaimer: I am doing similar thing and will launch soon..

I guess because the app was made using:

rails c scaffold Post name:string .......

The rails scaffold default replies from controllers are html AND JSON.

Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by designium »

tszming wrote: post #50

Why you are using JSON API instead of XMLRPC which is more popular and enabled by default for some providers such as wordpress.com? Disclaimer: I am doing similar thing and will launch soon..

I guess because the app was made using:

rails c scaffold Post name:string .......

The rails scaffold default replies from controllers are html AND JSON.

Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by tsunamifury »

mobiplayer wrote: post #123
nakkiel wrote: post #112

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28, an MBA and 80k / year. I must be doing something very wrong.

Me too. 29, no MBA and not even half of that :-)

I'm 26 and I make 160k in financial services. Its enough for me and a girlfriend to afford a 600 sqft loft.

80k will get you 5 roommates and bedroom with a curtain.

In San Francisco 250k to 300k/y is high paid. 100k-150k is making it, 80k would be in the low paid arena.

Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by rehack »

bazookaBen wrote: post #166
gozman wrote: post #79

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I did change my standard of living somewhat - I didn't travel this year as I usually do, cut out most useless expenses and took public transit whenever I could. We need surprisingly little to live when you think about it. At the same time, I made sure to take on small paid projects to keep fed. I don't have any dependants, but I am married and contribute to the household financially. That hasn't stopped, I just had t…

get lots of exercise too! hit the gym at least 3 times a week, one hour per session.

Totally love your suggestion. I myself am on my own Startup for over 4 years now. Once I realized that Startups should be treated like marathons, I myself started running. I run about 5km, five or six days a week. To me running has had a big contribution in staying healthy and coping with stress.

Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by suhail »

tsunamifury wrote: post #185
mobiplayer wrote: post #123

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Me too. 29, no MBA and not even half of that :-)

I'm 26 and I make 160k in financial services. Its enough for me and a girlfriend to afford a 600 sqft loft. 80k will get you 5 roommates and bedroom with a curtain. In San Francisco 250k to 300k/y is high paid. 100k-150k is making it, 80k would be in the low paid arena.

Nah,you can get a nice 1bd in SF for $2100 a month and save $1k/mo

Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by johns »

mountaineer wrote: post #119
wodow wrote: post #95

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Has anyone who's been hackernews'd done an analysis on the load numbers? Back in the day there was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect#Notes_and_refer...

Rob "CmdTaco" did some analysis - http://cmdrtaco.net/2011/10/then-along-came-hacker-news/ John Sheehan mentioned numbers the other day too - https://twitter.com/#!/johnsheehan/status/156271988195860480 Seems like the "Hacker News 10K" would be an approximate general number or its going to approach that soon.

In the 36 hours after being on the home page the site had 13.5K visitors, 18K visits.

Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by brycecolquitt »

tsunamifury wrote: post #185
mobiplayer wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Me too. 29, no MBA and not even half of that :-)

I'm 26 and I make 160k in financial services. Its enough for me and a girlfriend to afford a 600 sqft loft. 80k will get you 5 roommates and bedroom with a curtain. In San Francisco 250k to 300k/y is high paid. 100k-150k is making it, 80k would be in the low paid arena.

"San Francisco ranks third of American cities in median household income with a 2007 value of $65,519." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Demographics

Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

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Post by guynamedloren »

tsunamifury wrote: post #185
mobiplayer wrote: post #123

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Me too. 29, no MBA and not even half of that :-)

I'm 26 and I make 160k in financial services. Its enough for me and a girlfriend to afford a 600 sqft loft. 80k will get you 5 roommates and bedroom with a curtain. In San Francisco 250k to 300k/y is high paid. 100k-150k is making it, 80k would be in the low paid arena.

You're full of shit.
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