[virgilp]

> even with exciting user feedback and crazy conversion rates, it probably will never scale

How so? With crazy conversion rates, all you need is capital. Capital is readily available nowadays, if you need that marketing budget you can get it. Unless you do something inherently stupid like selling 1$ for 50 cents...

[arnaudsm]

I was a student in debt at the time. Fortunately this project caught the eye of a fellow HNer and helped me get my first job in the bay area.