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I would 100% use this if you had a text -> Big Query SQL feature. Please add.

Excellent idea, I'll take this approach.

> job applications via careers page or online application are the lowest in priority/prestige for most companies.

I've been getting crickets since I started applying, this explains why.

> Get a referral/introduction from a current employee. Look through their roster, find a blog post that resonates with you, and reach out to the author and ask what it's like to work there. =)

Will try this approach.

> Recruiters are also an asset during job search. Treat recruiters like your agent - you're the talent, and recruiters are helping you broker a deal.

Any recommendations for good recruiters or how I can go about finding one?

Thank you so much for your advice and insights.

Thank you for this insight.

> These conferences are pricey because they are good places for people to achieve sales.

That's interesting to hear. Startups can justify that price tag if there's some monetary return.

Thank you so much for your opinion and advice. Briefly checked out arc.dev, will dig in deeper.

Author: please include the TLDR at the start of the post. Also, did you fail to renew the domain before it expired? If so, you should mention that upfront.

Through 90% of the post, I assumed that Godaddy unfairly canceled your domain. That doesn't seem to be the case. Granted, their termination notice timeframe is atrocious and that's the core issue.

Please fix the post so it doesn't misrepresent the actors in the situation.

My 2c as a bootstrapping founder (who has not taken outside money): I don't think there is any virtue in funding your business with your own money. Call yourself bootstrapped or funded, what ultimately matters is that the business survives and thrives.

@daolf and team: Congrats on this significant milestone and thank you for being so candid about your growth journey.

I'm a bootstrapping founder, have a question about your amazing blog. Love the scrolling table of contents on the left and title/cta that appear on the top as you scroll. Do you mind sharing what cms/theme you use for your blog?

Unless I missed it completely, a suggestion I have for your blog is to have a search feature.

That said, genuinely inspired by your story and grateful for your transparency on how you made it happen. All the best!

I've seen a few substacks with high quality commentary. Look for a substack in your area of interest and start engaging with it by writing comments.

With 75% gross margin, it would bring the opt out price to $120/year. Would you still want to opt out at that price?

Landkit looks clean. I'm not using bootstrap but will keep the landkit example in my backpocket.

Thanks for taking the time to share these insights. Very helpful, I'll be referring to your post as I hone my landing page's design.

Sheer class, MVP looks legit.

Very useful. Thanks!

> Cheapest option is to download a free landing page design and code it: https://www.sketchappsources.com/

Sketchappsources looks promising.

> A better option is to purchase something off of https://themeforest.net/category/site-templates

I found templates on themeforest fall short on the aesthetics that you find in SaaS websites like linktree.com that I alluded to in my post description. Please correct me I have the wrong impression of themeforest.

> As you spend more time optimizing your product you'll see design patterns being used by your competitors and learn along the way.

This is where I'm at. I'm able to build a front-end but competitors products look way good and I want to bridge the aesthetic gap.

> Designing on your own might take time some time but will help your product in long run as using a template restricts creative additions.

I feel the same way about templates as they constrain design freedom. I lean more toward CSS/JS frameworks.

> Pick any existing CSS framework sucha tailwind CSS

I've noticed tailwind gets a lot of love on HN. Is Tailwind UI going to help make it easy to create a landing page with top notch aesthetics?

I can immediately use your advice. Great stuff...thank you!

Just what I needed to hear. Thank you for the insight.

Thanks for asking. I'm not sharing it on HN yet as it's still small. I want to grow the business some more before sharing it.

I will! Thanks for the tip.

There is a new Washington consensus emerging that will reverse the productive relationship between US and China for the last 50 years.

Not sure what impact this will have in the 6mo-1yr timeframe, but we can expect the relationship to deteriorate.

The recent issue of Foreign Affairs (a bellwether publication for the Washington consensus) is about this decline in the relationship between the two countries.

Do you mind explaining this?

This is what I understood it to mean: a startup grows marketshare rapidly with VC money infusion in an easy money environment. But when credit dries up like it did in 2008, the startup could be left hanging as VCs might not fund the next round of their previously star startups as they want to deploy resources to their absolutely top-rung startups. So, even good startups can be left stranded.

That's the feeling I have. Would like to know if my thinking is on the right track.

Thank you for that very thoughtful and intelligent advice. It helps to know the makeup of PH - "product design and self-promotion tools" users as you say.

Dos:

1. Buy a tollfree phone number and list it your website. Some people like to talk to a support agent rather than email.

2. An official email makes the business appear legitimate. Have an email@companyname.com.

Don'ts:

1. I didn't have good experience with website chat widgets as I found them confusing to configure and that generated numerous low quality interactions.

2. Since the volume of emails is low initially, better to avoid email automation as that can take up a chunk of time to set up. Start with manual emails and once you know which email copy evokes a response, you can think about automating them.

Thank you. That's what I am thinking too, work on revenue first rather than on fundraising, accelerators, etc.

Thank you so much for the insight.

Could you elaborate on issues if I add him to the LLC? Just so I know the caveats of going down that path.