[HN Gopher] HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own ...
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       HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup
        
       Author : token6053
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2021-11-04 12:12 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (writeaswell.com)
        
       | mr90210 wrote:
       | Congrats! Write as Well has the potential of becoming a platform
       | with verified copywriters, should you decided to scale it.
        
       | yuuu wrote:
       | I'm not going to hire a copywriter who confuses "kahunas" with
       | "cojones."
        
         | sokoloff wrote:
         | Maybe she felt she was lacking in wise advisors.
        
         | scoot wrote:
         | Or who has missing punctuation, or poor formatting, or bad
         | grammar, or incorrect use of "begs the question", or, or, or...
         | 
         | Sure, "everyone's a critic" (and sorry to join the crowd), but
         | if you're going to promote yourself as a professional
         | copywriter you should at least have a grasp of the basics.
        
           | slg wrote:
           | Language changes based off usage. Her use of "begs the
           | question" isn't it original meaning, but it is perfectly
           | acceptable today. It is similar to how the dictionary
           | definition of "literally" now includes it meaning
           | "figuratively". Continuing to complain about these things
           | after society has moved on just makes you sound like an old
           | crank.
        
           | scandox wrote:
           | In fairness her focus is much more on message and content
           | than on correctness. I do agree that she would benefit from a
           | copy editor but the main challenge a lot of business owners
           | have is with what to say, rather than saying it with perfect
           | grammar.
           | 
           | So I imagine she may well be able to help people who struggle
           | with that. Which in my experience is almost everyone in
           | business.
        
       | chrismorgan wrote:
       | From the home page, "see a sample review" links to an empty
       | Google Drive folder.
        
       | par wrote:
       | Best of luck to you. I did this in Aug 2018. My app was already
       | generating a few thousand a month (net revenue), and I still had
       | an incredibly hard time. My biggest failure was 1) not finding a
       | cofounder and 2) not targeting a big enough market.
        
       | jfk13 wrote:
       | Shouldn't this have been submitted as a [Show HN], given that
       | it's basically someone promoting her own service?
        
       | bengale wrote:
       | I've have a couple of really useful reviews from this guy:
       | https://www.roastmylandingpage.com/
        
       | moritonal wrote:
       | So, the startup is you offering your services as a contractor?
       | That was the longest ad-read pretending to be a blog ever. Many
       | times you used quotes without an author making attribution very
       | difficult.
        
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