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WesleyThurneron Terms every aspiring entrepreneur should know

I did something similar on my site with a list of terms.

http://researchtrep.com/research/trep-terms/

Saddam Hussein had one built for his grandkids near his palaces in Baghdad.

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: How Can I Find a Mentor?

One thing that has really helped me is a mastermind. While I know the mastermind is for entrepreneurs, is there something similar for coders?

Also, check out local groups like cocodevs or meetups.

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: What do you call someone who has 20 apps released but can't code?

I typically outsource through oDesk, It was very hard the first time but each time gets easier. The hard part is keeping decent developers. Even the good ones, you become a side project after the first one, despite increased budgets. Typically, they don't turn down work and you suffer instead of them telling you to wait a month and risk losing you. I have had a simple crappy app made for $75 all they way up to a few grand. Typical release ready non-game app can be had around $750. Games apps can be all over the place as far as development costs.

WesleyThurneron Show HN: Book recomendations for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs

Please let me know what you think. This is something I've done personally and now I am sharing it. This is my MVP to see if I should go further.

WesleyThurneron How to find, hire and manage outside web development

Interesting read as I hire mainly through oDesk, hopping to be able to hire full-time developers some day.

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: How did you find your current cofounder?

It can be tough, I'm in a technical/educational environment yet I cannot find anyone interested. Has anyone had luck with meetups or something similar?

WesleyThurneron Show HN: Effective Learning when Getting Started in Entrepreneurship

I have been working on my writing and would appreciate some feedback, Thanks.

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: When is a startup a startup?

Thanks for the response. I have created a few low quality android apps and make about $30-40 a month. It is a hobby, hopefully something more in the future.

I'm just amazed at how freely the term 'startup' is used to label anything and everything.

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

You can email me if you want an invite.

wesleythurner gmail.com

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: Would you pay for someone to answer your StackOverflow question?

I think it would depend on how fast/important the question was to me. But I might pay up to $20 depending on what it is.

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: What metrics do you track in your startup?

Amazing! Thanks for the link!

Are you using any of the activation/retention metrics on http://www.steveapp.com/ ?

WesleyThurneron Rate my startup: Quivee.com

Looks great, is there a cost involved?

Not sure on the name, though?

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: Is there an easy way(Cheap) to do market research?

I have tried a decent amount of surveying friends and strangers. I got great feedback, however I felt that it was not entirely accurate. I felt that my family/friends for market research was almost entirely inaccurate. While strangers seemed more accurate, many seemed to say 'it looks nice' so they could get back to doing their own thing.

All this is also inefficient and time consuming.

WesleyThurneron Show HN: My first website, for my startup. To do pre-sales of VPS Instances.

$100 can go a long way on odesk.com for you.

I could even help you out with just thowing a bootstrap or template together.

WesleyThurneron Ask HN: Best resource for learning social media marketing?

I just listened to Michael Crosson on Entrepreneur on Fire and you should really check him out. It was a great interview and his site has some interesting articles.

http://www.socialmediopolis.com/