Ask HN: How many of you built a profitable startup while having a day job?

Re:Ask HN: How many of you built a profitable startup while ... by landonhowell on Friday December 02, 2011 @10:15AM (#3304216)

I built an online news service in 2002/2003 with zero coding knowledge, $100, and a bootleg version of Adobe Illustrator.

I put every spare moment I had into it, skipping lunches and dinners and sleep (though I never skipped church) all for the sake of keeping it lean before keeping it lean was cool.

5 years later I sold it for a paltry sum, mainly because I didn't add enough people fast enough.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you built a profitable startup while ... by zyang on Friday December 02, 2011 @01:58PM (#3305180)

so you never skipped church yet you had no problem stealing software. interesting.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you built a profitable startup while ... by ChrisNorstrom on Saturday December 03, 2011 @02:51AM (#3307231)

Oh common now, we've all had cracked versions of Photoshop at one time. Had we not pirated it we never would have learned how to use it during the 30 day trial and later become loyal customers.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you built a profitable startup while ... by phob on Friday December 02, 2011 @04:08PM (#3305687)

Copying is not theft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU7axyrHWDQ

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you built a profitable startup while ... by mtgentry on Friday December 02, 2011 @04:15PM (#3305720)

zing!

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