Update: This article was written in 2009. Back then, the advice below made sense, since getting a merchant account was necessary to be able to take payments online. Today, this is no longer the case. Skip the article below: just use GoCardless or Stripe. Back to the article... Getting a
[ Russian translation ] It seems like a fool-proof plan: start up with a close friend. You’ll get along (obviously), and you’ll get to share the exciting, fantastic, scary experience of starting up with someone you care about. It’s not a bad idea, but there are a few caveats
Let’s say you’re 17, a high school student, passionate about web start-ups, and you just know that you’ll be starting your own one day. Should you go to university first? Should you get a degree? What use will it be? Is it worth it? Should you study
There’s recently been some interesting discussion on the internet about “How many hours” people are putting in each day, inspired by a Slashdot poll. This can be a sensitive topic. After all, everyone wants to do a good job, and the number of physical hours that you spend “working”
