gab007

Hi HN,

I see more and more employers nowadays offering "free parking", "located near public transportation" or "foosball tables" as "perks" at the workplace. No disrespect, and I know that some of these cost money too, but what happened to the real ones?

One of the best perks I had at work, was that I had the freedom to work on my own schedule - as long as I put in at least 8 hours per day. The only downside of that was that I had to "step in" if there were issues, regardless of the hour of the day. I would still start the day at 8:00am at the office - it was nice to have the option to start later if you wanted so.

I am the single developer of a note-taking app. I've reached a point where the app needs a team and some funding to move forward. I would like to apply for seed-investment, but given the fact that investors like to see (among other things) traction, some customer base, etc - I know that chances are slim for me to get any investment. Did my homework and I am able to articulate the key differentiators properly.

Right now I cannot get any traction with the current state of the app (not consumer-ready). So I am stuck in this loop... I am reluctant to apply for seed investment as a single developer - as I know that this does not look good to investors. All I have is a website, screenshots, a blog, a demo and a deck.

I know that's not enough, but I also know that this has some potential. How do you break this loop?

I am building a "notes with attachments" app and I am looking for cloud storage services. What others are using? Apparently this seems to be kind of a secret :)

I know Evernote is now using their own data centers. I am still trying to figure out monthly prices on Amazon Glacier (simple calculator... not so simple) - and having difficulties to estimate a monthly price.

I am looking for a "pure cloud storage" reliable long term solution with simple and easy to understand pricing, where I can store customer attachments.

Would appreciate any advice. Thank you.