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Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed

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Re: Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed

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Post by madaxe_again »

31reasons wrote: post #27
VBprogrammer wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As he apologised for his English (which as an aside is perfectly acceptable) I'd assume that figure isn't in dollars or pound sterling. Possibly euros but that again would seem to be enough to get someone else involved in the project.

As we know there not just 3 currencies in the world. It could be Yen, Rupee or Ugandan shilling or any one of the 180 currencies.

Sure, but why provide the information if it's in Triganic Pu - I think it's fair to assume he meant USD, unless otherwise indicated, otherwise it's just an utterly contextless number.

Re: Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed

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Post by saluki »

focus on getting your bachelors, continue that for sure.

If 4-5k per month is in dollars I would look in to hiring a part time person to help out with bug reports/support tickets to free up some of your time. Finding someone good might be tough, but look first in your circle of friends. I expect a fellow student would be looking for some extra spending money. Test out a few of your friends for the position.

Other than that it sounds like you've built a great tool that's making good revenue.

http://startupsfortherestofus.com has some great information that can help you I would start listening to those especially the ones relating to the problems you're going through right now.

Last thought is maybe relaxing some, setup an autoresponder to bug reports and tickets that you have received their bug/request and allow yourself some time on the non-critical ones.

Good luck, sounds like you're on the right track.

Re: Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed

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Post by IndianAstronaut »

johndevor wrote: post #23

Going to disagree with a lot of people, but drop out of school for a semester. I did that and I don't regret it in the least. School was a large waste of time and it took me a long time to see that. YMMV.

Most hiring managers I have worked with completely ignore schoolwork. It often ends up being a poor predictor of actual working ability.

Re: Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed

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Post by [deleted] »

IndianAstronaut wrote: post #34
johndevor wrote: post #23

Going to disagree with a lot of people, but drop out of school for a semester. I did that and I don't regret it in the least. School was a large waste of time and it took me a long time to see that. YMMV.

Most hiring managers I have worked with completely ignore schoolwork. It often ends up being a poor predictor of actual working ability.

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Re: Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed

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Post by ilyaeck »

johndevor wrote: post #23

Going to disagree with a lot of people, but drop out of school for a semester. I did that and I don't regret it in the least. School was a large waste of time and it took me a long time to see that. YMMV.

I would not drop out of school, unless I strongly felt I have nothing more to learn and the new business is going to grow into something big and I am happy to be working on it for the next 10 years. Education done right is an asset for life, and it may be very hard to come back after you drop out.

Re: Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed

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Post by PaulHoule »

madaxe_again wrote: post #7

4-5k a month is more than enough to make a hire. Think of it this way: What is your time worth to you? Would you rather work your ass off and make 5k, or have a sane workload, make 2k for a while, which then rises as you have adequate internal infrastructure to support growing sales and users? It sounds like you have a good thing going, and I'd strongly recommend at looking to get another pair of hands involved - or…

This is right. There is a big step in business when you go from doing everything yourself to getting other people involved.
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