For advice, do whatever you can to build a small community of dedicated users (like I could be for example.)
I went to the site and it was blank. Pressed refresh and took too long to load. I would never return to this site under normal circumstances, but since you made a case for yourself here I'll check it out another time -- if it's slow then I'd probably never go back. Use amazon to auto-scale your instances if you get too much traffic, or .. well really do whatever you can because a slow website will kill your business.
I am a startup with limited capital who needs competent freelancers, your site seems apt. Hope it works when I visit it next time.
Oh, also you have a troll who has posted a bunch of curse words. You probably need to filter for that.
One thing that might solve your chicken/egg/community problem AND troll problem is an invite-only list of a few dozen people.. make your product seem scarce and special, and then take great care of the few users you have and grow that way.
I went to the site and it was blank. Pressed refresh and took too long to load. I would never return to this site under normal circumstances, but since you made a case for yourself here I'll check it out another time -- if it's slow then I'd probably never go back. Use amazon to auto-scale your instances if you get too much traffic, or .. well really do whatever you can because a slow website will kill your business.
I am a startup with limited capital who needs competent freelancers, your site seems apt. Hope it works when I visit it next time.