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Re:Show HN: Micro Investment for Solo Founders on Monday September 06, 2021 @12:37PM (#28435418)
how to become an investor?
thanks for those 2 providers. will also check them out. do you know (beside voxbone) some further international DID providers?
We are looking for such a solution combined with data available via a Google datastudio connector. Could be an awesome feature to attract agencies as customers, who need to report to their clients.
If you could share your product/url, you might get some marketing ideas from HN community.
If you need any help in terms of seo / ppc / social ads you can ping anytime, if you are intersted in some kind of joint-venture or something.
Re:Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:50AM (#23243667)
I think that you are at least 20 years late for building a real domain business. I have been into in that game for more than 15 years and yes, it is fun, but it's not a (profitable) business. And if you want to make it profitable, it's not even close to a sidebusiness.
Re:Show HN: Full Text Search on Podcasts on Friday May 01, 2020 @04:53AM (#23040259)
Would be interested in the stack / workflows / frameworks / tools you use.
Re:We Wasted $50K on Google Ads So You Don't Have To (2019) on Saturday January 25, 2020 @12:38PM (#22147402)
Thank you very much for sharing your experience with HN. From my own point of view (as the CEO of a performance marketing agency working with Google Ads & clients budgets daily) I have to add, that this are learnings your agency should have protected you from.
Re: Understand the JavaScript SEO basics on Saturday July 20, 2019 @03:51AM (#20484647)
Showing the bot something different than the user could be seen as cloaking. We also do that in some cases. Just be really carefull with that strategy.
Re:Ask HN: Which Payment Model to Chose? on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @02:23AM (#20399565)
Depending on the product, i would suggest option 1 or 3. Maybe you can find a limitation for the free (lifetime) version, where the free users can help you to get some traction. (Like trello.com does)
Congrats! I have rarely seens such a fast website from Austrian developers. :) Would be interested in your tech stack for that project.

In additional to that, if you are looking for SEO / performance marketing or have any questions, just ping me.

Liebe Grüße aus Linz Thomas

Re:Ask HN: How to come up with monetizable side project ideas? on Monday September 24, 2018 @09:34AM (#18057504)
thanks. :)
Re:Ask HN: How to come up with monetizable side project ideas? on Monday September 24, 2018 @08:20AM (#18057049)
I have already built several sideproject over the past 15 years. For me the hardest part as a marketer is to find a developer, mostly freelancers, who are willing to "dive into" the idea and work with the same passion as i do on the project, even if they are usually getting paid by hour.

The biggest issue for me was finding a suitable developer who is willing to grow the one ore another project together with me. So if any of you guys is interested in a marketing partner and willing to invest his time into a project and split the revenue, i would be happy to get in tough with you.

Now let´s come you back to your question - how to come up with an idea? I will discribe you my way:

note down every "problem" somebody is telling you. No matter if it means "find the cheapest flight price", "would be cool if tool X could do Z" or if somebody tells you a terrible workflow within his company. In addition to that, we are all surfing the web all day long, so simply also note down things you like somewhere, and make screenshots / screencasts, if something is really great.

when you do this some days / week, you will generate hundreds of cool ideas within a very short period of time. but the idea itself is worth nothing at all. the idea itself is just an idea.

issue resolved. :D
Re:How to Recognize Burnout Before You’re Burned Out on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @03:30AM (#15181840)
Stop it, now! You'll always have a second chance but please don't destroy your body.
Re:Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:32AM (#14759416)
Yes
you got mail. ;) cheers
If you want me to have a look and get so thoughts out of seo perspective, let me know.
Re:Google and Facebook ad traffic is 90% useless on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @06:36AM (#13416664)
you can definitely rank as a small business as well in the organic search results, without any adwords budgets, but SEO is not as easy as it was 6-8 years ago - that´s for sure. if you are interested, i can have a look at your company´s site and provide some ideas / feedback, if you want to.
keviv, i checked out your blog. please send me your contact details by email. :) thanks
Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:49PM (#12894339)
what is your current stack, hosting and crawling infrastructure? how many websites have you crawled so far?
nice idea in the style of: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

//edit i just saw that it got flagged. I am neither the owner nor somehow affiliates with the site. I just saw it and loved the idea of this donation campaign. please delete the link if such ideas / links are not wanted on HN.

Re:Ask HN: How do you keep motivated if nobody supports you? on Monday October 03, 2016 @05:28PM (#12631502)
No matter how many loc you have written, no matter who did or did not support you. As an experienced developer you should not have a problem finding a remote freelance position. go to upwork.com or some other platform and get some jobs to make some money. Stop blaming your father, your friends, your city, your country, your whater for the current state if your live. Just change it!

If you want to run a business on your own, stop to jump on every train passing by. Get a deep understand of one thing, no matter if it´s a specific programming language, a problem you would like to solve or maybe indoor navigation / AI. But focus on a single topic at a time, and get an expert within this field.

e.g.: If you are an indoor navigation expert, just thing about problems you could solve with indoor navigation. Do indoor navigation freelance jobs on upwork. Build relationships, go to meetups, join the community, and simply focus on that one topic for at least 2-3 years. if you always jump between technologies, ideas, fun projects, gaming, ios Apps, Bots, whatever - you will never be successful, no matter if you work for a company or if you work for your own business.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder? on Monday May 09, 2016 @02:42PM (#11662087)
Looking for a technical Co-Founder

The product is a simple SaaS solution, which is already (slightly profitable) up and running with really just a few paying customers. I have developed the MVP with a freelancer and lost him on the way, as he changed his focus and went back to a fulltime job.

The service itself is a multi-million $ business in US, with currently only two competitors in Europe. One competitor is massively pumped with VC, but is technically not able to deliver what clients are looking for. The other competitor is only operating in two countries. So there is more than enough space for a third player on that market. ;)

Needed skills:

- Javascript/jQuery/AngularJS & Node.js

- Great communication skills both written and verbal

- experience with tracking / web analytics would be a plus

If you are interested, but need some income from the first day, we can also talk about hourly / project-based payment. Just ping me, if you are interested.

Re:Ask HN: What's your 1-man startup? on Friday September 11, 2015 @06:13AM (#10202892)
Hi, we extensively work with AdWords and fraud definitely is not the norm... you´ve got real good control and high quality traffic, if you have done the setting right.
Re:Live stock market hedge powered by Machine Learning algos on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @01:49AM (#10150925)
would be awesome to get to know more about the alogs you have used & the strategy you wanted to trade.
Re:Understanding ETF “Flash Crashes” on Monday August 31, 2015 @10:41AM (#10146993)
ahh, so arbitrage players simply paused trading, as their automated calculations where incomplete?
Re:Understanding ETF “Flash Crashes” on Monday August 31, 2015 @10:40AM (#10146985)
a "too short trading window" means that no retail investor had the chance to buy within this 1 hour timeframe, because of the massive amount of order?
Re:Understanding ETF “Flash Crashes” on Monday August 31, 2015 @10:31AM (#10146954)
What i don´t understand is - there are arbitrage players, who calculate "real value" of the single stocks in each ETF. Aren´t they liquid enough? Because if they were, the price would not drop that much, would it?

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