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I have been a member on HN for a while and I really enjoy the can-do spirit here and the energy to create something of value. I have been trying to build products on nights/weekends for the past 3 years. Being a…

Hey I created an app a couple of weekends ago out of a personal need and would like to get some feedback from all of you. I visit a set of web pages as a routine every morning to get my news/updates from around the…

Recommendations from friends carry a lot of weight in product buying decisions. We picked up on this and created a prototype for our idea and released it to friends, family and select set of users. Everyone loves the…

I have been blogging on and off for the past 6 years or so. During this time I have used blogspot, wordpress.com (hosted) and recently hosted my own wordpress on a VPS. Just last week my web site was down and I got an…

A friend of mine and I were talking a while back and we realized that it would be cool to run some sweepstakes on Twitter. We put up a sign up page for a while to collect some emails and we got 200 sign ups. Once we…

For those of you who do not know the history. Here is the question I asked a while ago http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1744517 Then I went on to try a couple of things, and there are some lessons learned. I want to…

If you had a B2B StartUp (Service) what are some of the ways you use to promote your service? So far I am using conventional methods - Google Ads - Facebook Ads I have a couple of other ideas such as conventional print…

This question is for those of you who charge customers on a recurring basis. I have been looking for a payment provider for my monthly subscription based service. There are some services like Spreedly however the…

I have been extremely annoyed about the lack of automation when it comes to small businesses (especially my dentist and accountant). They complained about not having a dedicated secretary (only part time) and as a 9-5er…