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Re:Ask HN: How to become a millionaire in 3 years? on Monday June 21, 2010 @03:48AM (#1448247)
Great question. I believe that almost everyone here in HN is trying to reach the same goal.

I don't have $1M, but can't imagine that you would reach this goal (I suppose of having $1M available, meaning that you paid already your apartment and car) without learning how stocks work.

I would say that you should learn do be "one day trader" first, and once you master that you could start investing in the long term, with a portfolio of stocks, bonds and other investments.

This is how I imagine that one could have that sum of money. Anyone agree?

Re:ASK HN: I'm very tired.... how do I sell my company? on Sunday May 23, 2010 @04:41AM (#1372036)
Roller-coaster of emotions...

Petervandijck actually replied and made me see that was a good answer.

Re:ASK HN: I'm very tired.... how do I sell my company? on Sunday May 23, 2010 @04:39AM (#1372035)
>>Notice how your comment missed the mark emotionally.

Yes, that's true.... It's been like a roller-coaster of emotions, and that influenced my comment. I've been thinking a lot before posting this to HN.

>>Notice how you are describing depressive symptoms

True... It has a LOT to do with the time that I've spent on it, the numerous negative feedback of people (that wouldn't work, too hard, you should do something else, etc).

I learned that you can fight back those comments, but there is a limit, and after that it start to play with your head.

Tks for the hint, I can see how it is influencing my judgment, but I believe that will still proceed and contact a possible buyer on Monday.

Re:ASK HN: I'm very tired.... how do I sell my company? on Saturday May 22, 2010 @05:12PM (#1371062)
Still thinking if I should tell. Read my comment above. :)
Re:ASK HN: I'm very tired.... how do I sell my company? on Saturday May 22, 2010 @05:07PM (#1371054)
Short-answers like this make me very nervous....

For me it means that you (or anyone who give those short-answers) do not care so much about the matter.... am I correct?

But I'm thinking about tell what is the product.... I can tell that we're making a script to add to any website and we have a handful number of customers.

We've been thinking of getting revenues by advertisement, but in order to get significant revenues we need to spread to many websites.

Re:ASK HN: I'm very tired.... how do I sell my company? on Saturday May 22, 2010 @05:01PM (#1371050)
Hi Pierre, Thanks for sharing this, I can see that you do understand the situation that I am facing right now.

Except the fact that I only have a handful number of customers, what makes a big difference....

I have the 50K number in my mind for the price, based on the code, domains and possible patent that we might get.

Tks also for sharing your contact, I'll be in touch!

ASK HN: I'm very tired.... how do I sell my company?

After running my statup for more than a year (as CEO), I became very tired.Our product is often recognized as a feature, not a whole solution. We could make this "feature" shine, but for that we needed to spread our solution to millions and millions of website.Besides that, I saw my co-founders getting tired as well. I could cheer them up and show the vision, goals and etc (like a good CEO,...

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