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twampss | 11 years ago

I'm already a fan because of @ericflo.

twampss | 11 years ago

[Disclosure - I work at YesGraph] What are some lessons learned from Tipjoy (YC W08) that you're applying here or doing differently with running YesGraph?

twampss | 13 years ago

+1 and well said. When I had legal issues with a client irrationally withholding payment, my lawyer suggested to wait four days to respond. Seems like an eternity, especially considering it's double from what you tend to follow (48 hours), it's amazing how much more reasonable your response can be juxtaposed to responding immediately.

twampss | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Feedback on InsightOutpost.com

And since this IS a technical community, here's some other points of interest:

- Built with Django, jQuery, and Git (hosted on CodebaseHQ)

- MySQL

- Served up by Apache on Ubuntu Karmic

- Hosted on AWS

- Fabric for deployment

twampss | 15 years ago

Wow, your first client experience sounds ideal! Not only did he end up as your personal accountant, but you had him working for YOU as he looked for potential clients. That's a great use of resources and definitely sounds like it was worth your time investment for those few weeks.

Thanks for sharing and for the Dale Carnegie recommendation!

twampss | 15 years ago

Did you do this for your first client? If so, how did it all go?

I did something similar - I offered to build the foundation of their website (a social networking site) for free as a trial. It only took a few nights and they liked what they saw. Shortly after, we negotiated and agreed upon a rate to continue development.

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