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Russell Smith — Sun, 23 May 2021 19:37:12 GMT

Side projects are fun, especially when they scratch a personal itch. Bring-a-trailer-map is such a side project; starting as a map, it’s…

Russell Smith — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:01:56 GMT

If you’ve not heard of BringATrailer.com, then you’ll likely not be into cars too heavily. It’s a pretty simple concept — an auction site…

Russell Smith — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 01:24:15 GMT

This is part of a series of posts taken from me moderating a group for Y Combinator Startup School. If you’d like more, please follow me.

Russell Smith — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:04:00 GMT

For the second time running, I’m giving time to moderate a group for Y Combinator’s Startup School. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s a 10-week…

Russell Smith — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:35:10 GMT

This morning I read this post — “The art of over-engineering your side projects” — and I think it’s missing a few things. Liam’s post…

Russell Smith — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 04:16:49 GMT

I’ve been following Coinbase’s Toshi for a while — but never built anything. If you’re unfamiliar with Toshi, it’s a hybrid of a wallet…

Russell Smith — Fri, 05 May 2017 21:26:07 GMT

How to make it as easy as possible for someone to say yes to your meeting or call

Russell Smith — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:15:28 GMT

From what I’ve seen at Rainforest QA and before these are the top 5 most common challenges:

Russell Smith — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 14:06:10 GMT

I’ve been asked this a number of times. It’s another “it depends” question. Hosting a website could be near free these days, especially if…

Russell Smith — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:11:02 GMT

With difficulty. There are two main problems: