codyzazulak1

I've posted once in this thread already, but I can't stress enough that you should use Shopify.

Not only that, but there's an excellent article front page regarding selling online here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17239128

Have you ever tried Shopify? It's nearly full control and cheap as shit. I've started stores and sold products in the same day many times, they have 1000s of apps, and even 2 week trial that enables you to test any product before even paying a cent. Unless you can't live with credit card fees, or you're selling drugs, you should almost 100% always use Shopify. Not to mention they can be scaled to the moon cheaply too. Call shopify when you hit a decent milestone and just tell them to waive you're monthly fee. Not that it'll even matter at that point.

I know I'm being a hater, but coding the store is really terrible advice. Learning to use a tool over reinventing the tool is a step backwards.

This is one of my most favourite "start up" stories ever. It almost feels like the "millennial" way of starting any business nowadays.

Quitting your day-job, sitting in a co-op space, risking thousands of personal funds, building, and building, and building, and building, and then finally releasing something with no real idea of it's potential is an almost sure-fire way of failing, and risking your well being at the same time.

This "prove-everything-at-each-step" side hustle method is how most businesses should be started.

Take notes, well done.

New project I'm working on got a 97. http://imgur.com/a/fVqCB

Cool.

That was my thought too, I'm sure there's many cities to market his product. He needs to get on his GaryVee train and start calling every city until he finds places to land. Bring it up to Vancouver, most of our downtown is low rise and would probably make this ideal. And making $400,000 means he could probably take a year off as well.

Hi Michael! How do you (& ycomb) feel about startups that require huge amounts of money to function? Vroom, OpenDoor, etc?