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amichail
18,811karma·7,884submissions·February 20, 2007
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I'm an indie game developer.
My previous games include DropZap and DropZap 2 for iOS.
My latest game is DropZap World. Check it out: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1072858930
https://bsky.app/profile/dropzapworld.bsky.social https://x.com/DropZapWorld https://www.threads.net/@dropzapworld
a.michail@me.com
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If the testing and suggestions are extensive, their employer might argue that they have some claim to the IP for your startup.
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This probably depends on the person. Working for someone with the loss of control that this entails can be an absolutely devastating experience.
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Unrewarding work can result in stress and lack of energy.
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I don't believe that most users will put up with poor design. It's just that some sites like myspace have so much momentum that users will go to them despite their poor design because all their frien…
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And this: http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2005/september/79342.html
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Also, see: http://www.windeaters.co.nz/publications/innovation_entrepreneurship/Adhd2_web.pdf
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So find ways to make it less lonely. I think that getting back frequent feedback can help in that regard, although it might also increase the chances that someone will copy your service.
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I'm thinking of doing something like this for a service I'm building to help people understand and remember books, videos, podcasts, online documents, etc. Really early feedback can help me build a be…
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Would that be interesting? You get to see web 2.0 services in development from the very beginning. Many of these services might not even allow you to enter any data, but at least you would get to see …
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One might imagine a web service that rewards people for creating such unsolicited ads in a financial way based on the effectiveness of those ads. In essence, instead of having a company tightly contro…
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Even if that were to be the case, it might still discourage them from funding your proposal.
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Because they may not fund it if it is not.
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To complicate matters, what if your proposal is rejected in this coming round but you are thinking of applying again in the following round? Clearly, not making a prototype public becomes more of an i…