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Show HN: MVP - Pro Athlete And Team Discussion(mvpforum.com)
2 points by amac 13y ago|0 comments
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by amac 13y ago
It's a good time to be in Marketing and Ecommerce related enterprise software. First Salesforce acquires ExactTarget, then IBM acquires SoftLayer and now SAP buys Hybris. Two interesting trends right; marketing pratically differentiates com
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by amac 13y ago
Excellent article - 'Energy 101' - and confirmation that Technology and Energy are the worlds two most important industries.
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by amac 13y ago
Techmeme FT Business Insider Reddit
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by amac 13y ago
And replaced them with the knowledge economy right. Which has some structural issues right now across the developed world i.e record corporate profits, less than record employment rates.
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Star Mobile Blog - Best Value Android Smartphones(starmobileblog.com)
1 points by amac 13y ago|0 comments
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by amac 14y ago
I run a one man start-up. It's hard but rewarding. You want to hire at some point, find people who are better than you ideally.
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by amac 14y ago
> Why is Google getting into this? Two reasons I'd suggest: it can, and it wants to. Google is a great story and it's continuing to unfold.
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by amac 14y ago
Thanks for the suggestions/advice. I'll need to think seriously about whether to go with this or look for something else proprietary.
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by amac 14y ago
What type of developer do you need? What skills do they need that you want? If you want a .net programmer, find a .net/windows job board or visit the forums on msdn. Same applies to other languages, fields.
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by amac 14y ago
I've demo'd Hubspot. It works as described and rolls up a lot of marketing tools e.g email marketing, analytics, crm etc into one solution. That said, the alternative, piecing together individual applications e.g mailchimp for email marketi
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Does anyone use Magento in production?
10 points by amac 14y ago|12 comments
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by amac 14y ago
But in absolute terms, has been a far more repressive nation than China. Among the world's larger nations in world history, China's probably been among the least repressive. Read about the Opium Wars for some context.
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by amac 14y ago
Job boards for startups.
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by amac 14y ago
I've used both and both are adequate for deploying a web application. That said, I'd recommend AWS if you're looking for more than just a box e.g dns, cdn etc.
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by amac 14y ago
That's true in many ways and partly explains why Indeed.com (aggregation) is the largest source of online hires. The question of do 'niche job boards' have a future is interesting and I would argue yes (in the same way specialty stores stil
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by amac 14y ago
Seeking Freelancer We need a Django developer to work with our co-founder and chief business officer at Human Software. This position is freelance, but can lead to long term or a permanent role for the right person. The role is to develop P
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The Curse of Taleo?(indeed.com)
1 points by amac 14y ago|0 comments
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by amac 14y ago
AWS Google Apps Google Analytics Blogger MailChimp Drupal Desk Facebook Twitter GitHub Worldpay
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by amac 14y ago
I know - I develop games. Whilst there's things not to like e.g fixing bugs, cyclical nature of the industry etc, the fact remains in software you're either writing something for productivity or games. Thanks for the tip on the name; work i
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Ask HN: Help me choose a name for my project
1 points by amac 14y ago|2 comments
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by amac 14y ago
Blogger. It's always up and does everything I need it to.
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by amac 14y ago
Sedo. Given it's status as the largest marketplace for domains, it's a good bet. Like any other asset, you'll get the most value by holding onto it for as long as possible.
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by amac 14y ago
This demonstrates the areas where you can make money online. It's not surprising that .app is the most in demand either, it's clear where the future money is in the Internet economy.
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by amac 14y ago
Interesting. Why did you decide to offer different countries and different websites? Can I ask where you are based? I've been thinking about working on something like this for the UK.
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Ask HN: Browser/Mobile Bank Interface Technology?
1 points by amac 14y ago|0 comments
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by amac 14y ago
I think it's too early to suggest how the digital goods market will develop in terms of share - we only know that it is developing. An interesting perspective though the fact the author is short on Amazon is nothing new either.
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by amac 14y ago
I'd agree with this. Choose something you're happy with, you might end up only starting a business once.
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by amac 14y ago
Ironically, I have also been a buyer of Industrial Supply in the Oil industry, so I know both sides of the table and agree that the relationship between buyer and seller is key. I guess that's the difference between consumer and business to
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by amac 14y ago
I work for an Industrial Supply company and have monitored this since they bought SmallParts. Needless to say, Industrial Supply is a low margin, volume business that requires high service levels. Most Industrial Supply companies sell the s

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