92 karma · joined July 6, 2008
But in practice, from seeing what gets my son excited:
1. Windows Script Host
2. Html
3. If you are ready to do some drag-and-drop: Unity3d.com - it is free for trial and there are online tutorials on youtube etc, and you create a game, which is exciting.
But once you start to see spam or get spam messages from other users (imagine a dating site) you would like this spam to stop. Having a (unique) phone number a mandatory requirement during registration can make spam fighting much easier.
skilling up and being promoted has already happened, although there is always room for improvement.
i thought it was obvious, so i didn't mentioned it, but i am a professional programmer. so doing something online is, for me, the obvious thing.
i was thinking in the line of a dating site or some social news site in niches that weren't explored yet, but thought that maybe the HN community might come with something more original.
doing the freelance (10 hrs a week X $50 per hour) is for example something i didn't thought of because i am oriented toward building a product or service. i am not sure i can add the extra work for so long (4 years) and i am also skeptical about reaching customers. but it is surely something i should consider.
some of the comments like creating a website, not just a mobile site, are great too.
but i wonder, what is your target for # of clients? I would think you would need at least 1000 clients at $15 a month. is that realistic?
according to some results from a google query there are hundred of thousands of restaurants. i also wonder, were these numbers on your mind when you created the service?
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