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Comment · 13 years ago
I think I owe my paying customers some obligation to keep providing good service, prison or otherwise.
Comment · 13 years ago
No, but he's no longer with the startup.
Comment · 13 years ago
1) Nope. I wasn't allowed bail previously, so I was kept in prison for 1 week. I know how it works there. No internet, and phone is very expensive and limited to 10 minutes a week and for only 5 preset numbers.
2) Definitely considered that, and it doesn't even have to be 20 years for me to consider that. 2 years is long enough for me.
3) I'm sorry, do you have the link?
Comment · 13 years ago
I have a decent lawyer. It isn't hard to keep alive; heck, I've been running it pretty half-assed for the past almost 2 years. Still, I cannot abandon it totally.
Also, I don't think it makes enough revenue to warrant hiring anyone to take care of it, I think. I'd make a loss. And since familiarising with the current code base etc. may require a lot of effort, way more effort than anyone would care to dedicate, unless they're paid a lot to get familiar with it.
My startup is http://www.zuupy.com.
I really want to keep the startup, because it's my main source of income that pays my rent, food, entertainment, transportation, etc. It's also my first startup -- it has great sentimental value.
Comment · 13 years ago
And then?
Comment · 13 years ago
My passport was impounded, unfortunately.
Comment · 13 years ago
My story is actually well-documented in the local media, and, although there are segments of supporters, these count for nothing in a Muslim country. Thanks for the idea though.
Comment · 13 years ago
No, that's click fraud, which could cause the very publisher you want to thank to have his/her ad account blocked.
Comment · 14 years ago
A quote from JangoSteve that really resonates with me: "There are ways your users tell you your product is too cheap, without actually having to tell you. One good indicator is when you have a lot of people signing up, and then not using it, in which case your product is so underpriced that it attracts indifference."
Our product attracts a lot of indifference. This is good in the short-term (free money), but ultimately we don't get to provide the value we want to provide, garner feedback from their regular usage, and they also eventually cancel and not even switch to a competitor.
Comment · 14 years ago
The nature of our industry (our customers' industry, to be precise) is that you need to have fresh products/offerings up every other day or so. So the process of adding content is time-consuming. But the same can be said for our competitors. This is one aspect that is very difficult to abstract away.
We have tried: letting them create copies of content, letting them create drafts, and also letting them appoint other users to create content on their behalf.