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99designs is a good option for a quick design. otherwise, just keep it simple. No images, just pastel colors, no rounded boxes and find photoshop tutorials online for things like buttons
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Just use amazon ec2. Don't worry about scaling until you need to worry about it.
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I would guess 1% of emails sent from daily deal sites generate a sale.
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that's a tough question. generally, though, people try to do too much too soon and not focus on one specific niche.
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Financially, it's not a smart decision. But, for me, I wanted to do more than just make money. I wanted to change things.
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Give them short deadlines. If they start missing the deadlines, tell them you are going to hire someone else unless they start hitting the deadlines and start looking for someone else.
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Many young VCs have become entrepreneurs. Important for you to network though and find your future technical co-founder.
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if you want to raise more money, you'll probably have to expand your offering into other niches
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AWS is all we use and we don't do cloud computing.
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If you're sending unique emails to users (which we are), I recommend SendGrid. If you're sending the same email to everyone, I recommend MailChimp.
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Set up a landing page with that proposition and see if people will pay you.
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How to position a company as an investment opportunity.
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If you get traction (lots of users signing up), you'll get funded which will give you time to figure out a revenue model.
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You need to get a coding founder.
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If you are willing to pay $75 / hour, you can find a lot of people willing to sit with you and get it all set up. I highly recommend you sit next to that person though which means you need to find someone locally.
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Vinicius Vacanti’s Bio
Co-Founder of Yipit.com, it recommends great deals based on your tastes.

