It was an open opinion & you understood it well.
Others simply downvoted it.
I don't feel anything for downvotes, but opinionated things gets often misunderstood and the whole discussion stops there.
The Idea that someone brings a new conscious(new topic) open for discussion is also gone down by downvoting. The essence of further discussion is thus diluted, because of first few downvotes or no enough upvotes.
This is still a persistent problem in HN, if there is a downvote, there can be fair explanation too(as you did) or don't push it so down, so others might re-consider this topic to be validated.
Nice, these kind of open discussions is the way looking forward.
I presently Run Jumkey.com - currently Positioned as India's largest Jewelry Destination.
Its been a Roller-coaster ride so far.
Have kept our Operational cost very low.
Worth mentioning, we are still a small team of 3, very complementing,
managing the whole eCom, mobile apps(iOS and Android) and
without any external funding - Completely bootstrapped Venture.
Let me share my experiences so far -
1. Think Really-Really-Big from Day 1.
2. Reaching Profitability is easy in eCommerce, if the cost of operations are kept low. Know where expenses are going most.
3. Learn to Say NO to Crap Investors.
Don't raise money from wrong Partners.
Raise money only if you really want to. Needs, wants are different. Sooner or later you'll suffer otherwise.
Jumkey was approached by Top Investors, and we've told NO.
4. User on-boarding experience is very Important.
5. Build Partnerships.
Build a network of Partners who shall build the Brand and do sales for you,
Delegate sales & marketing efforts to specialists. Delegate tasks. Don't be a Jack of all.
6. In the early days, what matters is - Growth Hacking and Building Trust, Confidence.
Growth Hacking makes more sense than Spending Millions on advertisements.
We Invested heavily(time) on Growth Hacking.
Results = have 50K+ Combined followers from Social networks.
Biggest transition happened to me was - turning into as a growth Hacker, being frugal on expenses, Saving a lot of money.
7. If you're in confusion, Consult early.
8. Finally, Validation based model is the key to Run any Business.
Its the 20 year anniversary of the robots.txt file.
The new Google Easter Egg robots.txt was uploaded recently, on the anniversary of the Robots.txt file.
You can access the new Robots file at google.com/killer-robots.txt.
The new File Reads as:
User-Agent: T-1000
User-Agent: T-800
Disallow: /+LarryPage
Disallow: /+SergeyBrin
T-1000 and T-800 are the different versions of Terminators for the movie series, The Terminator.
Here its telling these two killer robots to not kill the Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Pun Intended.
Swift is a new programming language for creating iOS and OS X apps.
Swift builds on the best of C and Objective-C, without the constraints of C compatibility. Swift adopts safe programming patterns and adds modern features to make programming easier, more flexible, and more fun. Swift’s clean slate, backed by the mature and much-loved Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks, is an opportunity to reimagine how software development works.
This book provides:
- A tour of the language.
- A detailed guide delving into each language feature.
What a nice moment, isn't it? And checking you back in HN after 5 long years!
Robert and Stefan, the guys behind Cython; admired them a lot for this day & for the places Cython has reached.
Also will never never forget the fact that - you reviewed my first Patch, that was 5yrs back! Cython 0.1 version :-) <Big smile>
It was an open opinion & you understood it well. Others simply downvoted it.
I don't feel anything for downvotes, but opinionated things gets often misunderstood and the whole discussion stops there.
The Idea that someone brings a new conscious(new topic) open for discussion is also gone down by downvoting. The essence of further discussion is thus diluted, because of first few downvotes or no enough upvotes.
This is still a persistent problem in HN, if there is a downvote, there can be fair explanation too(as you did) or don't push it so down, so others might re-consider this topic to be validated.
Nice, these kind of open discussions is the way looking forward.