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I hear this question a lot too. Depends on what your goals are, the relationships of your family and friends (and how deep their piggy banks go).

allbombson The Top Of My Todo List

"Don't ignore your dreams; don't work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy."

Will counter and say, it's impossible to achieve dreams (or the first big exit) without putting your head down, working insane hours, neglecting friends, and being miserable. Need to live the bad times, ultimate lows, to fully realize happiness and no regrets.

allbombson What happened to Google wallet, and why aren't merchants/users using it?

But what could go wrong, its only peoples hard earned money

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allbombson Ask HN: Where all do you post when you launch?

Depends on purpose and product

What is your product and purpose?

allbombson How to Create Buzz Before You Even Have a Prototype

3. Talk about being Notch

allbombson Dan Porter (omgpop CEO) responds to Shay Pierce leaving

There has to be more to the story...

allbombson Suggestions for hotel accomodations in Palo Alto?

gold

allbombson Computer hardware chart (Cheat sheet)

giving this to my mum

allbombson Two Sources of Stress that (probably) apply to you

ditto

allbombson Show HN: Our fight against terrible restaurant websites

I totally agree, the smb market needs to standardize all of their websites, but I don't think wordpress is the solution.

If you want some ideas, you should really check out some IYP sites like yellowpages, AT&T, etc..

Yes, IYP's have horrible names, but some of them are trying to innovate on top of their huge customer base. If anything, you'll get an idea on pricing.

You might want to try to build something, and source someone locally that has a salesforce to push your product? Another idea, would be posting this locally on craislist that could be 100% commission based... something a starving uni student would love to push for you.

good luck!

allbombson Ask HN: SEO freelancers? Any good one to suggest?

1) anyone that's 100-150 a month is going to waste your time.. or rather, you're going to waste your money and time

2) anyone that's amazing at SEO is doing stuff on their own bc they can make mad loot

3) Just learn yourself. Download the following documents, they are honestly amazing:

- http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-web-developers-seo-cheat-shee... - http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimiza...

4) This is also amazing, will change your life.. soooo many good articles

- http://www.bluehatseo.com/ (old, but amazing.. AMAZING) - http://justinbriggs.org/portfolio