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Re:Ask HN: Who here has been successful buying a small busin... by ezekg on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:18PM (#27212367)
What was the MRR when you acquired it, and how much effort did it take on your end to shape it into a workable product? Was code quality good enough?
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Re:Ask HN: Who here has been successful buying a small busin... by codegeek on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:37PM (#27212608)
MRR when acquired was give or take $2000 but it was only 3-4 months old so there was huge risk. Code quality was garbage and mostly built with WP plugins duck taped together. I along with my CTO rewrote the whole thing after 12 months.
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Re:Ask HN: Who here has been successful buying a small busin... by louiswilbrink on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @05:35PM (#27214786)
Was a rewrite the best way to increase customers? Or was there more energy and resources dedicated to marketing and sales?
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Re:Ask HN: Who here has been successful buying a small busin... by codegeek on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @06:05PM (#27215131)
Marketing and Sales is always better. But rewrite was needed because we pivoted a bit and changed our target market and after lot of validations and testing.
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