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Overall its a really nice concept, I like it. Here are just some general questions to you: How would you handle "buying orders" or general availability?. Can you extend the "two week period" to other time frames, is it negotiable?

Thanks! Yes sure, it can be extended depending on multiple parameters (the interest I have, the time I have, ...).

But, if I can't continue the development... well, I use Javascript technologies. It should be easy to find another developer to continue the project ;)

In other words: Yes, it's negotiable.

Cool, btw, hablas español? deberías tener una pagina en "eng" y otra en "esp", muchas suerte con tu proyecto, saludos!

No, I don't speak spanish :-D

Nice presentation. And it plays into the fact that managers, no matter what they come up with, always seem to think that it should take "about two weeks".

Thanks!

Reminds me of http://iwbyp.chris-granger.com/

Yeah, exactly. Adapted the concept for my needs ;)

I like the idea. One suggestion, provide the "social proof" so people are confident you can pull it off.

What do you mean by "social proof"? I'm not sure to understand.

I think he means that you should add references from the people you've worked for, e.g. "Sandro is a great developer who can deliver on time" Tim from Company X.

I wouldn't worry about that too much. If you get a deal - which shouldn't be a problem as your price is very reasonable, even low - deliver it on time, maybe putting a little extra effort if needed, and use it as your first reference.

Oh I see! There's already a link to my Linkedin account with my recommendations. Not sure that the website is the right place to put these recommendations.

However, maybe I need to list all the projects in a 'portfolio' page.

People,who are three or more degrees away from you in LinkedIn, can't see your recommendations at the moment.

Anyway, the idea is to highlight one or two of these recommendations, because "social proof" usually works well. See e.g. http://basecamp.com/ landing page.

Oh ok, I will think about it... thanks very much for the suggestion!

Great idea and nice artwork. Also, €3000 seems a bit low to be honest.

Thanks! Yes, maybe it will be updated depending on the number of deals I will have :-)

He never said he'd only work on one at at a time, just that it would take 2 weeks.

Care to share how many emails you received yet? ;)

Still not enough to update my "I'm available, hire me!" button to "I'm currently busy" :-)

Great but why limited to Node.js?

My idea: an online AI that exceeds human intelligence. Two weeks and €3000? What a steal!

I didn't say: "Two weeks to materialize any idea". My challenge is to extract the MVP of the client's idea. If it can't be done, I just refuse the deal.

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