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diary.io - should we build this?

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Re: diary.io - should we build this?

#17
Nope, because:

(engineer * number of engineers) - (average monthly payment * number of customers) An engineer's salary at a small startup is at the very least $50,000, let's just round that down to $5,000 a month, so how long do you think it would take you to reach $15,000 a month in recurring revenue at what are probably $5 a month plans (this does not include any other costs such as office, servers etc). That's about 3,000 users. And that's just to pay a very poor salary with no other kind of expenses.

Re: diary.io - should we build this?

#18
I hope if you build it, you charge. I really don't think the world needs another remix of social for the average users. "Should" should be based on your needs (if you want to work for free, let me outsource some of my work to you), not whether or not the socialsphere needs it.

Re: diary.io - should we build this?

#19
Nope, because you didn't believe in it enough to build it, instead choosing to waste time posting on websites. Zuckerberg didn't ask if he should build Facebook, the GitHub founders didn't ask if they should make GitHub, and Jason Fried didn't ask if he should build 37signals.

Re: diary.io - should we build this?

#20

Nope, because you didn't believe in it enough to build it, instead choosing to waste time posting on websites. Zuckerberg didn't ask if he should build Facebook, the GitHub founders didn't ask if they should make GitHub, and Jason Fried didn't ask if he should build 37signals.

Really? Assessing demand before diving into app development is considered a bad thing?
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