[sebandr]

Thank you - that's great advice - I've been a fan of this site for some years now - posting occasionally. I'm also painfully aware of a lot of people trying to sell services ( annoying - I get these a lot on my own blog and biz email), I just thought that so many of these young start ups could use some advice to build business models, create marketing programs, or just plain have an objective third party to bounce ideas off. Too many good ideas don't get the traction they deserve, and too many bad ones drag on for too long in my opinion. My goal, is more to help and make some side income while I build my own business - so far all the investments I've had are entirely to feed my developers - I've raised money from friends and family and I refuse to spend it for anything other than building the business they invested in. Once I get some revenue then I'll justify taking a salary, but not while I'm in development.

Thanks for your thoughts - I am sensitive to the purpose and value of HN, I don't want to see it overrun with Craigslist -type offers either.