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by _ud4a 15y ago
i was in your shoes around 5 years ago. I never took that risk to let go of my comfortable living style and great job at the big corporation. I was too used to the lifestyle i was living and quitting to do a startup would mean i had to move
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by _ud4a 15y ago
i really like the idea. how are you getting around the copyright issues of parsing out their shows and displaying it online?
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by _ud4a 15y ago
congrats on the funding. i noticed that you mentioned you posted on university job boards. Personally at this stage for your startup, I would target a more experienced candidate compared to university grads. The college interns that helped
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by _ud4a 15y ago
i'm currently working a fulltime job which is your typical 9-5 with some offhours answering emails etc. aside from that i have a web startup on the side that i work on maybe 1 hour a day answering emails however, when i first started the we
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by _ud4a 15y ago
that's what i was afraid of! i guess it makes sense from their perspective since Microsoft doesn't let non windows boxes run Visual Studio! thanks for the reply. the wife needs a new laptop so i guess she'll get a Mac!
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Ask HN: Developing iOS apps in windows
3 points by _ud4a 15y ago|6 comments
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by _ud4a 15y ago
i agree with byoung2. you should always negotiate. If you don't ask, then they will never offer. BUT as others said do your research to see what the average salary is and when negotiating don't throw in an unreasonable amount. For example i
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by _ud4a 15y ago
Sorry for the confusion. I've added the link as a reply to my original post. I do agree the "explanation" could use some changing! The initial idea was to put a blog together for people to share their experiences with others without having
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by _ud4a 15y ago
Link: http://www.learnfrom.it
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by _ud4a 15y ago
I created a site called learnfrom.it which is coming down tomorrow since i got busy with other stuff. But if you guys want i can put it back up so people can contribute. Aside from being busy it was hard to get people to contribute so if pe
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by _ud4a 15y ago
personally i would think the "programming" that Network Solution would offer you is not what you are looking for in a startup! the most they would do is put a static html site and MAYBE do simple DB and php integration. also why didn't you
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by _ud4a 15y ago
for starters i would keep it ad free. but once it picks up momentum and you are getting a lot of visitors, i would maybe incorporate a video advertisement in between songs. so maybe after 5 songs it would display a video/audio advertisement
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by _ud4a 15y ago
very nice, simple and sleek design. I really like it. the only downside i see which i noticed other people mentioning as well is when i search for let's say "Coldplay" the first 2-3 songs are the same which would require me to play next. it
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by _ud4a 15y ago
why are you adding slashes to the password before converting it into md5? even if they have ' in the password the md5 would get rid of it when you use it in the query.
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by _ud4a 15y ago
i had a website doing the exact same idea around 6 years ago when i was in school. due to lack of marketing and sales experiment we scrapped the project since all the local dealers only wanted to deal with Autotrader and nothing new. So we
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by _ud4a 15y ago
very cool idea. the logistics around setting up the shipment from founder to owner must be a big pain on your end! but overall i love the idea and will check it out. do you guys offer your services in canada as well?
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by _ud4a 15y ago
i will do it tonight when i get home :)
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by _ud4a 15y ago
i'm not sure about the quarterly without actually going in the database and querying it but over the span of 3 years we went from 0 registered users to 150,000. Each user does not necessary mean a sale as our source of income is purely base
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1and1.com and Collection agency
2 points by _ud4a 15y ago|1 comments
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by _ud4a 15y ago
also when logging in if i leave the username or password field empty i get a 404 error. so you'll need to fix up the error handling on the register and login page.
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by _ud4a 15y ago
i will be signing up to check it out as well. like the simple design but i agree with removing the capital text in the footer. also i just realized you are not protecting your site against SQL injection in the registration page!! that shoul
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by _ud4a 15y ago
thanks for the ideas. they make perfect sense. i basically purchased that template from a site and plugged in my code since i'm not the best with graphics! any ideas what other sites i can use to purchase simple templates based on what you
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What do you guys think of this side project?
3 points by _ud4a 15y ago|3 comments
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by _ud4a 15y ago
hahahah we both posted the same comment at the same time! Kudos
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by _ud4a 15y ago
what is bad is you using the same password for your email and linkedin account!!
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by _ud4a 15y ago
thanks. but it looks like its still in Beta and doesn't have a lot of advertisers registered under it's belt.
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Finding Sales people
1 points by _ud4a 15y ago|2 comments
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by _ud4a 15y ago
i was actually looking for a site that has a database of all the phone information. so for example i can just download a zip file which has 1200 thumbnails and an .sql file that has 1200 phone models linking to those pictures with their des
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Mobile Phone Database
1 points by _ud4a 15y ago|2 comments
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by _ud4a 15y ago
do you mind sharing how you actually got those hits in the first two weeks? i know with many startups getting the word out after the launch is very hard. so aside from HN what else did you do to get word out and get even foreign non-profits

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