I need someone to build my website. My budget is $200 and I need it ASAP.
How many times have you been asked this by friends, colleagues, and referrals. The person generally continues to say... "I really don't need anything too advanced. Just a simple ecommerce/wiki/forum/community website. With a blog. It shouldn't take you more than a few hours. I actually could even do it myself no problem, but its just not worth my time. You know, I used to be the #1 COBOL programmer in the 70s." At this point, I sarcastically interrupt "Would you like me to program your website in COBOL so you can maintain it?" They never get the satire... "Oh, and really important. I like this website (shows random crappy website) that my friend has. Can you make it like this? You know, but different? We're ready to launch, all we need is the website, and we need it done ASAP. If you say its going to take 8 hours, I expect that you could get it done by tomorrow." I usually respond to thi
Why it failed
How many times have you been asked this by friends, colleagues, and referrals. The person generally continues to say... "I really don't need anything too advanced. Just a simple ecommerce/wiki/forum/community website. With a blog. It shouldn't take you more than a few hours. I ac
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- bdclimber14
- Ended
- 2010
- Source
- hackernews