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How A Journalist Turned Developer Built A Startup From Scratch For $6,000

2 pointsby timparkeralmost 12 years ago

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onion2kalmost 12 years ago
That&#x27;s impressive. Not the learning to code bit, or the paying a solicitor bit, or the stumping up for a designer to do the branding bit ... for me the impressive bit is Benji using his &quot;unfair advantage&quot; of being a former Guardian journalist to get good coverage for his start-up on a popular blog in a guest post he wrote himself.<p>Well played Benji. If anything is going to make PicFair a success, it&#x27;s the fact you can get people to see it. You&#x27;ve already got further than a lot of startups.
thecosasalmost 12 years ago
Well done. Neat way to look at cost, etc. He definitely didn&#x27;t have to spend a lot on marketing (other than time).