LukeFitzpatrick

We found this (there's no update that we can find on 16.04 but earlier versions like 14.04) https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-depl...

I wish the article had "screenshots" to show what was being changed, and why. It would help people to visualize and apply the steps better to their startups. Excellent read!

That's awesome and glad to hear you're doing well. I think you have a couple of options:

1/ Keep running it by yourself. 2/ Hire an assistant to take care of time-consuming small tasks. 3/ You could always talk to a couple of larger competitors and see if they're interested in buying you out.

I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum ... Too many ideas.

What I'm working on now: 1. www.ghacklabs.com 2. www.paypress.co

Other domains that I bought and want to do something with: (not online)

1. www.pitchgems.com 2. www.startupjail.com 3. www.startuppimp.com 4. www.airaccelerate.com 5. www.ycdinners.com

+ a few more ...

I used to find it hard to get ideas for new projects. Now, I see problems OR something just cool I'd like to do. I don't have the bandwidth to handle everything so I've had to put put some things on the back burner.

I've actually written about over 200 startups in the past few weeks, and one thing I really like about this - working out trends i.e. seeing overcrowded places and knowing not to even bother about going there (ex. 50 food apps - menu app, delivery app, food marketplace etc ....)

I stumbled upon this, which I think is pretty cool, www.wealthnation.com (every time you spend money on your card, it rounds up your purchases to the nearest dollar and saves them for you). On the other hand, you also have Robo-advisors like "Acorns" who do the same thing, but instead of saving it - they invest it shares.

If its execs, try "sales by network." Ask your friends for introductions to people, set up a coffee / or quick chat - and, take it from there. I know 2 ex-Deloitte guys that are nailing this (everything they do is based on friends referrals to C-level execs).

You cracked me up :) I was chatting to another programmer about this - he broke it down like this...

It's like making a car 10cm longer. To change the paint we'll spray paint it and you can pick it up tomorrow. If you want to change to leather seats then it’s going to be a few days work come back at the end of the week.

But if you want the car 10cm longer then that’ll cost millions – and, likely take a year to complete.”

I just ran a quick search. There's a public Hacker News group with around 9K members:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/114326995294656/

The honest truth, $0 :(

Pricing - offer starts at (lowest price possible) OR have an 'Inquire' button, use the service called tawk.to to do live sales chats. I was once working at a software startup, all of the cheap pricing, we almost never had people ask questions, but for the higher plans, nobody purchased without chatting to us on live chat first. The web app i mentioned is free.

What it's missing - testimonials OR working for a big brand. Need to install 'trust' into your brand. I'm a bootstrapped startup, so I don't think startups are your best target market.

What I'd suggest: running tests with pricing & the live chat service. Likewise, I'd do the same with the web copy (USP). Chart it all and analyze it.

Another way to market your service, find out something your customers really need & build that as a free service. Then, grow your brand & sales from their.

Paid advertising, I wouldn't worry about it. Just focus on trying to get engagement from social media & growing your followers.

Craigslist, you can promote your service there. You could set up a bot that automatically posts to Craigslist for you OR a bot to automatically email out prospective clients daily.

The product: - A search engine to compete with Amazon, app based. Status - needs about 10 programmers to finish it, comes with a pitch deck. Also, made an app game to promote it's launch, the app features some medium-well known writers & reporters. The app game is done, but not launched. I never launched it as the time mechanism in the game play needs to be improved.

- I'm also looking for help with programming, only equity. Have programmers already making it; however, their is a lot to do, marketing & partners = pretty solid. Platform based, semi-social network that benefits startups.

Anyone is welcome to email about this or just say 'hi' :) at lukejamesfitzpatrick@gmail.com

I really share your sentiment, I've been going through the same thing and I live in Seoul too.

I was working at a startup, got accepted to a startup accelerator and cannot afford to participate as it's overseas. Have to work remotely and move back to my country.

Sold all of our furniture as we couldn't pay the rent (wife + baby). I have applied to companies in my home country (Australia), and have interviews set up. This might be the way to go for you.

Jobs in SK are really tough if you are not fluent in Korean.

Keep your head up high, things will work out!

Are any startup words/ phrases missing? Love to get some feedback.

It helps, but not necessary. Most of the awesome coders I know, didn't study CS - they learnt by themselves.

I have a remote team, but it's because I'm taking on 2 markets that have synergy - the US & Seoul. Both share strong ties. We have one team based in NY, the other team in Seoul.

Advantages: Remote teams can give you access to new markets & you have greater flexibility in hiring.

What it comes down to: strong communication, personal drive, the ability to work alone & trust - this is vital for people working remotely.

It's an interesting concept & it's set up in a great location.

This is one possible resource for you www.codecloud.me - what it does, people can code together on projects. The focus is on learning and unfortunately no payment. They do have some machine learning projects on there which could help you to start off & it comes with mentors.

A Bitcoin bot has already been created, it predicts 90% accuracy on future tradings.

What I'm concerned with is, if this made public, would it devalue the worth of Bitcoin?

And, how will Bitcoin deal with quantum computing?

Google uses machine learning in emails, basic AI. Robots exist now. The concerning factor is when these 3 industries merge:

- iOT - Robots - Artificial Intelligence

Jobs, yes, lots of jobs will be lost. Experts predict that everything will be done by robots in the future: Medical, Education, Factory Work, Law etc.

I'd expect virtual companies like Occulus Rift, will be come the next thing, when job opportunities diminish.

I think this will have multiple applications for various devices in the future, not only subject to Bitcoin.

Yeah, I thought the site posted was his official blog. I naturally thought he would check this to see how the HN community responded.

I've cold emailed a lot of well known people before and most of them responded. I guess it was 'positivity' that skewed my thoughts. But, your right, a Lotto chance of Bill Gates coming on here.

I found my partners in unlikely ways, but how I found them had one thing in common, I had helped them before.

When I met my programmer, we were actual in a startup coworking space, he looked stressed so I chatted to him a bit. He lost his iPad at the venue, so naturally I tried to help him look for it. We exchanged business cards and briefly chatted. Turns out the project that I was doing, was something that he always wanted to do - and, the added bonus, our apartments are within ten minutes driving distance. A perfect match.

On another note:

Does anyone have any suggestions to my team, we have a hustler, a growth hacker and a programmer. All of have strong connections and experience.

We lack in two specific areas: social media marketing/ management and graphic design. Would you look to adding on a 4th member to this team to take care of these roles? Any advice will be appreciated. We will be launching March next year.

Hi Bill,

Just wanted to let you know you have a 'bug' on the 'contact us' section, I assume only for iOS devices. It comes up with a gray area blocking the forms, with the text out of place.

Great site, and it's good you're giving so much back to the world to fight worthy causes.

I'm 32, and on my second startup. I have a wife and a baby girl. When my daughter was born, I found that I had more drive, as I want to create a good future for my family. This pushes me to do more and work harder. Age is not an issue, unless you make it one.

I would look to your heart to guide you, if a startup is something you want to do, just do it. If your worried about the future than you might be better off staying in the corporate world.

I figure it works like this, a startup is a huge learning curve. Your first one might not be successful, but if you are open to continue on learning, you'll eventually nail it right if you have fiery determination to push through walls.

Regarding choosing a team, I don't look at someone's age, I care about who they are, and what skills they have; and, what they can bring to my startup. Oh and of course, the right attitude and fit the culture that I'm trying to set in my team.

The question I would ask myself if I were you, is this - why do you want to start a startup? Ponder on this question for a bit, then imagine where you see yourself in the future. If this looks like a company job, than you have your answer. Likewise holds true for startups.

Cheer up, you're still young!

Mind you, I did this when I was a teenager, I'd be shy to do it now. Appearances didn't really matter where I was from. Mostly Rugby guys, surfing ppl and tradesmen from my small town. Nobody judged you by appearance. I've never seen so much designer ware until I lived in Korea. But, fan death does have a cultural stigma here, and appearances matter. It's really hard to change someone's belief on fan death. So, it's better just to feel amused by the difference in culture.

For all the guys that are stuck on inspiration, try reading Sam Altman's series on:

http://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec10/

I personally use this as a way to brainstorm new ideas on marketing for my projects.

This is a piece I wrote on Quora, covers 20 startup topics with links to articles. It's a basic summary of what I leant from the business side of startups: http://www.quora.com/What-should-you-do-if-you-want-to-be-an...

I'm focussed on trying to make a successful startup. I think it really helped when my daughter (7 months old) was born, kind of pushed me to work away from my shitty day job.

My site will be ready in 1-2 months, if you're any good at UI/UX PM me and keep in touch, and maybe we could do a trade, you could have a look at my design, and I can teach you the marketing side - and, more importantly why I did things this way.

Unfortunately I stopped using Firefox a few years ago, found it to be more of a distraction than a benefit.

But it's good that Yahoo is doing something to compete with Google, if they don't than who will? I'm personally a big fan of Google, they lead the way of change.

Nice article, but I would of liked to see how you did the marketing for your book, your article didn't really dive into that?

I like your idea on pricing, smart move and it obviously paid off.

Did you use your blog to 'push' your book sales? Did you run a Google Adwords campaign? Ask friends to help you sell it etc?

No idea, I'm from a small beach town and I haven't been to Melbourne before. From what I know, it has extreme temperatures and moody weather.

Walking in to a supermarket with boardies is fine in my hometown (Port Macquarie).

You should know though, my town is warm all year round. I used to surf in winter without a wetsuit.

Hey serialx, I live in SK too, if you ever wanna grab a beer or coffee, shoot me an email: lukejamesfitzpatrick@gmail.com

On Fan Death, the media bought it all up and publicized it on TV, naturally most South Koreans believe it. They are super conscious about anything related to health (even though smoking and binge drinking is quite common here).

If I have a cold, my wife (Korean) will tell me to go to the hospital. I grew up with not taking medicine unless it's absolutely necessary.

Back on topic, It's more of a culturally thing. I wouldn't bother trying to explain to people that it's not real, focus on feeling amused about the cultural difference.

Likwise, I'm from Australia, in my hometown (small beach town), I could walk to the local convenience store wearing no footware, no tshirt - just boxer shorts. To Korean people, they'd think I'm insane..... Just trying to highlight the differences in culture; seeing the humorous side of things is often better than trying to persuade someone they're wrong.