I tried to build one startup a day. Here’s what I learned

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SendGrid

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#Email Delivery #Transactional Email #Email Marketing 109 social mentions

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Cloudflare Pages

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#Developer Tools #Static Site Generators #Cloud Computing 142 social mentions

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Netlify

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#Cloud Computing #CDN #Content Distribution 109 social mentions

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Namecheap

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#Domains #Domain Name Registrar #Web Hosting 172 social mentions

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Lean Domain Search

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#Domain Name Search #Domain Names #Domain Registration 12 social mentions

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Instant Domain Search

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#Domain Names #Domains #Web Hosting 11 social mentions

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Formspree.io

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#Form Builder #Surveys #Forms And Surveys 47 social mentions

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FastMail

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#Hosted Email #Email #Enterprise Communication 51 social mentions

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Crunchbase

The first site I made was VCValues.com, and in making it I of course bounced around on sites like Crunchbase and PitchBook. Immediately you see what a herculean task it would be to get enough data that it would make sense to go to VCValues over them, but without fleshing out VCValues it’s tough to know if it could be monetizable and sticky. Oddly enough somebody launched exactly that as openvc.app on ProductHunt, and I didn’t even see it until today. It felt good to see a similar idea was so well-received when executed fully, but even that is no validation it will make any money at all.

#Startups #Sales Tools #Lead Generation 20 social mentions

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CloudFlare

I can find an available domain on instantdomainsearch or leandomainsearch, buy it on namecheap, point it to cloudflare, set up email at fastmail and sendgrid, host a static site on netlify or cloudflare pages (or point it to a DigitalOcean box) and maybe throw a formspree form on it to grab some emails all at the cost of an hour or two and pocket change. The world is my oyster.

#CDN #Cloud Computing #Content Distribution 105 social mentions