JimWillTri

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by JimWillTri 14y ago
Sounds like a very good idea. My dog didn't bark when he had SA - I'm pretty sure he only whined. You may want to incorporate something for whining noises too. Also, an option to run at certain intervals would probably be good too. This mig
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
It the beginning, yc had much more interaction with their startups and it's clear that they wanted the startup to survive at any cost. Once the model grew larger there were just too many startups to mentor. Then, pg wanted them to fail as q
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Ask HN:Search Engine not Indexing
1 points by JimWillTri 14y ago|1 comments
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
I'm not doubting at all what you say as far as views, likes etc. I think, however, you are quite naive as far as Youtube deleting videos. Sure getting view counts in the millions in a day will get your video deleted but not 6k in a day. It
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
Noticed some pretty bad complaints from customers on Techcrunch seemingly alleging click (or in this case play) fraud. Do you have anything yet in place to prevent play-fraud? "Tried running some videos with Virool. Couple of things I didn'
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
It's very difficult to find good programmers. I would suggest finding someone on HN that has a very good rep and using him to sort through and find quality ones. One of the biggest challenges is that, even when you find quality programmer(s
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
I was in your position financially and career-wise - just hated what I was doing. Gave a little thought to coding but decided I had plenty of money to just hire people to complete the project. Went to every dev firm in the US who I thought
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
It would be nice to see the HN members step forward and substantiate this - no need to give away your idea.
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
I got pulled into a similar situation when I had a how it works video produced on Odesk. Learned real fast that you have to make them meet the milestones in a timely manner and not to pay anything up-front on a fixed price job.
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
Whether its Freelancer or Odesk, you will almost always get burned a little on your first job. Number one rule is never pay anything up front on a fixed priced job. I do think that Odesk handles feedback in a better way. The buyer should ha
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
Spam really doesnt bother me that much. My co-founder also received an unsolicited email too. We both clicked unsubscribe on each of ours and both received the same original email about 15 minutes later.
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
They sent me, a non-customer, an email too.
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
You guys definitely gave it a good run. What are your plans now?
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Linkedin Answers Shuts Down(help.linkedin.com)
36 points by JimWillTri 14y ago|30 comments
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
If you can get someone to pay you $10 for an application you may or may not build in a year then you are either a hell of a salesman or you found someone truly gullible.
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
It's a good thing I always used alias' with Facebook.
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
Not sure why you would use Dwolla to pay state taxes. Most states allow ACH transfers.
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
This happens all the time with devs I hire whether in the US or outsourced (the outsourcers outsource too). We started requiring web cams and IP log ins.
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Ask HN: Where is the best place to find HS/College Brand Ambassadors?
1 points by JimWillTri 14y ago|0 comments
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
Thanks, I did see that site. I was looking for something that would allow involved interaction for testing/using rather than aesthetics.
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Ask HN: Beta Testers
3 points by JimWillTri 14y ago|3 comments
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by JimWillTri 14y ago
How about the possibility that every batch of new admissions is a learning experience. No one has all the answers to what makes a great startup. You live and learn every day.