Ask HN: How to deploy money effectively to save time and build a business?
Starting a company is a lot of work and requires focus on things that are most important for pushing the business forward. It can be easy to waste time on things that can be done as effectively by other people. * What types of activities, both business and personal, have you found to be effective to pay others to do? * How do you choose what tasks to do yourself and what to delegate? * How do you navigate getting high quality help versus saving money? * How do you find people you can trust? * How much do you value your time (e.g. I'll spend $20 to save an hour of my time)? A few examples: On the business side: * Taking slides and making them look professional, making a website, etc * Finances, taxes * Filtering through emails, and doing initial outreach to candidates Personal: * Cooking, cleaning, laundry * Shopping * Home repairs, car repair, etc For instance on home repairs, I
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Starting a company is a lot of work and requires focus on things that are most important for pushing the business forward. It can be easy to waste time on things that can be done as effectively by other people. * What types of activities, both business and personal, have you foun
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- aga_ml
- Ended
- 2024
- Source
- hackernews