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I like this podcast too. I don't understand why people are complaining here. Yes, I know listening takes more time than reading. Yes, I can also read much faster than listening. But there's a demand for podcasts from HN folks (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:news.ycombinat...). If you don't like podcasts just don't listen to them.

I don't have a long commute (I live 5 minutes from my job) but I'm starting to get in the mode to listen to podcasts. After staring at a computer screen for long hours, it's nice to get information without having to use my eyes. Also, I can listen to it when I'm doing house chores, working out, or going for a walk.

One of the guys from the podcasts (Rob Walling) has written a book, "Start Small, Stay Small", that is pretty good:

http://www.startupbook.net/

Here's the TOC:

   01 | The Chasm Between Developer and Entrepreneur
   39 | Why Niches are the Name of the Game
   91 | Your Product
  113 | Building a Killer Sales Website
  145 | Startup Marketing
  165 | Virtual Assistants and Outsourcing
  181 | Grow it or Start Over
  201 | Postlude

I'm in no way affiliated with them.

edit: fix formatting.

edit2: fix the author's name.

Correction: The name of the author is Rob Walling, not Bob.

I've read the book, like the podcast and I'm currently a member of the Micropreneur Academy.

Thanks for the correction, I fixed my comment.

+1 for positivity!

So, what was their invaluable advice ?

See my comment below, the advice they give every episode is worth writing about.

(edited)

> You, my friend need to listen to the podcast.

I don't like being baited. If the advice was good enough to post this article about then you might as well show how good it is. If it really is that good I might listen to the podcast, but personally I prefer reading above listening because it is less intrusive to the people around me and I don't have headphones here.

I also read about 10x as fast as anybody could speak.

Click on 'Transcript'

After stripping out a whole pile of junk I end up with:

- move to a cheaper city

- sell your car

- borrow money

- stop paying into your retirement fund

- cut back on your landline

- take on a roommate

- cut back on your cell phone plan

- reduce your cable service

- sell stuff on ebay

- cut down on your food bill

And then, at the end:

How can I spiff up my site when I have a lack of design skill and my budget is low?

(32:05 and further down), text is here: http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-17-el...

I hope I didn't miss anything and I hope I saved other people some time listing to this podcast or sifting the sand for these 'gems'.

> stop paying into your retirement fund

What is their reasoning for this point?

"I’m 35 years old, and I’ve consistently contributed to retirement for the past 10 years, and so taking one year off at that point was not a catastrophic move for me. And 650 bucks a month added back into our budget was a huge deal. It allowed me to make a move earlier that I would have had to wait several months to do. Again, not something I would recommend doing forever, but it absolutely can work over the short-term."

Is the scavenger hunt really necessary? At least tell us which episode you were listening to.

I was referring to the latest episode 17, saving money, and of course the advice they gave me in regards to my start-up.

There may be episodes that are more helpful to you, however, they addressed my question in this episode.

Great place to ask questions, they really answer them!

Seriously, if you want people to listen to a 30+ minute podcast which has your question at the end of it which is answered in roundabout four minutes then you're underestimating the audience here. That's 1/16th of a normal workday gone.

Also, while in general the advice they gave makes sense it is not so general as to be applicable on a scale that warrants listening to the rest of the podcast (which imnsho contains nothing but common sense stuff).

Ask HN is also a great place to ask questions, and they really answer them.

Clickable: http://startupsfortherestofus.com

Great website, very interesting topics. I will definitely check those podcasts out. Thanks.

You sound quite promotional, but that's ok. I trust you HNers ;-)

How not to trust a guy on HN whose nickname is captaincrunch? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper)

Because trust is associated with people and not with nicknames copied from others?

Love their podcast! I've recently joined their micropreneur academy.

Upvoted for being a promotional post.

I know this is not self promotion, and it's not shameless, but even if it was, I would up-vote you if I liked the link and it looked like hard work. How did self promotion ever come to be something to be ashamed of anyways?

Exactly. I admit that sometimes there's interesting discussion on the "what would you do if you got rich?" posts, but I'd trade all of them for a single "I made something; let me show you" post any day of the week. Bonus points if it's shameless, because apologizing wastes my time.

Here I made this for you. http://uncc.ath.cx/applets/Voronoi_Standalone/

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