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Ask HN: Buyout cofounder for iphone app

Does anyone have any guidance for pricing an iPhone app? I worked on one with a friend for a couple weeks with the agreement of splitting anything 50-50, and it is almost making enough to cover a single person's living expenses. I think I can grow it more and would like to keep working on it, while my friend isn't interested at all, but still wants 50% of whatever growth that occurs. I'm...

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Ask HN: What state do I pay taxes for an LLC?

A friend and I started an LLC mid last year just to release iPhone apps through. We used "The Company Corporation" so that it could be Delaware based and they would be our registered agent. We both lived in CA at the time. A few months later I moved to MA for a month and then went traveling abroad for the rest of the year. My friend hasn't been doing anything for the company, but I've put...

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Re:Ask HN: Best city in India? on Saturday November 13, 2010 @11:52AM (#1901092)
If there is a reliable internet connection, I'll be able to work. I was thinking a city so that I could meet people and not get bored/lonely since I'll be working alone.
Re:Ask HN: Best city in India? on Saturday November 13, 2010 @11:49AM (#1901090)
Some may have gotten offended, but I found your post helpful, thanks! Bangalore sounds pretty cool, but things shutting down at 10pm is kind of a concern.

Ask HN: Best city in India?

I've been working for myself for the last several months and have decided to use my freedom to live abroad. I'd like to start off with India (I'm an American-born Indian). The major places to be seem to be Delhi, Bangalore, and Chennai. Any others you'd recommend? Do you guys have advice on pros/cons of the various cities and how to best get started there?Number one priority is internet of...

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Re:What do you think of my eLearning startup? on Monday October 11, 2010 @01:17AM (#1778887)
Cool.. always good to see technology being applied towards education.

Few comments, take what you will:

- I expected the "ClassConnect" logo at the top to be linked to the home page.

- "We saved the best for last. ClassConnect is 100% free. Forever." I don't think you should really save that for last.. seems like something you'd want to have stand out on the home page.

- I got about 2 min into the intro video and it froze up, so maybe check bandwidth issues. The video seemed to be too long, and the first 2 minutes I weren't that interesting. I think starting off by showing your main workflow would be better - how simple it is to upload a document or save a video and share it with your class.

- "Why license" and "License Features" look basically the same, and I'm still not totally sure what it is. Why would I want support?

Hope some of that is helpful. Good luck!

Re:Founders who can't code on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @06:25PM (#1761796)
Yes, as others mentioned, there are good tools to rapidly prototype things, and using them shows you are resourceful and committed.

If you really can't do that, at least put in the time to create a detailed spec.

Yes, having too many words on one line is hard to read. I would rather they just increase the size of everything.. sure it might lead to a little more vertical scrolling, but we're all used to that.

Like you said, there's no one optimal layout for all resolutions, and maybe i'm running higher than most people (1440 x 900 on my 15" mbp.. the default). But I would have thought it would be standard by now take into account the screen's resolution when laying things out. Maybe that's too difficult.. I don't know.