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Tech-Driven Marketplace Raises $1M (CAD) to Build a Better HARO(betakit.com)
2 points by cefthurston 3y ago|2 comments
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by cefthurston 3y ago
I'm Chris Thurston, one of the co-founders of SearchEye. We raised USD$800K from investors, and we have a marketplace model connecting brands and publishers. Why? 1) Tech companies are addicted to FB ads and Google ADs. The CPA is grow
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Show HN: A marketplace for brands to get mentions/links from publishers(searcheye.io)
1 points by cefthurston 3y ago|0 comments
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by cefthurston 4y ago
Is this a solution I can use when Gmail challenges a login and asks for a phone number? We often use a "user-company-name@our-company-name.com" convention, with a GSuite setup, that they share access to their Google Search Console
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Australia Dev in a Weekend Builds Better Covid Booking System Than Entire Gov
10 points by cefthurston 5y ago|2 comments
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Augmented Reality Blockchain Crypto Kittehs(facebook.com)
6 points by cefthurston 9y ago|1 comments
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by cefthurston 9y ago
Instead of build, launch the landing page and do it concierge, by focusing on the skill set you have (building) you'll likely miss out on the most important first step - seeing if there's a market and learning how to make sales. R
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by cefthurston 9y ago
Well, I think pretty much any and all acquisitions make sense for WeWork. Arguably the most over-valued company in the world IMO. When that happens - diversify or wave hands faster. Acquisitions do both.
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by cefthurston 9y ago
> where will they go? I'd change that to where _do_ they go. This trend is becoming more pronounced but has been around a while. As other posters note, they leave for other tech hubs, or other industries. Even if they could earn eve
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by cefthurston 9y ago
Back in the day when I used to work on side projects in Sydney before there was really a coworking space culture I used to work at the library. I soon stopped because it was full of high school students who didn't want to be there and
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by cefthurston 9y ago
Working on a script to automatically compile the best threads from HN each day and email. Might also send to pocket so I can read on my commute. Will go by thread count and screen out keywords in header to avoid topics I'm not interest
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Gigster raises $20M from investors including Marc Benioff and Michael Jordan(businessinsider.com)
99 points by cefthurston 9y ago|49 comments
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by cefthurston 9y ago
Hi Kmaschta, I saw some folks mentioning Gigster so thought I'd add some notes. For reference I'm Christian Thurston and I've been working at Gigster from early on. The benefits of our model is that we do fixed price, not hou
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by cefthurston 10y ago
Agreed and the 6 month mark thing will raise eyebrows amongst employers, as much as previous commenter things it won't. That kind of advice is meaningful to folks outside the Valley who need a counter-balance to the irrational risk-ave
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by cefthurston 10y ago
So we launched this today and the core thesis is that the issue most non-tech founders have is not knowing what to build or how tech generally gets built (outside of scrappily testing ideas, of which tech is sometimes, not always, a part).
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Does scoping make every tech project better?(tryblueprint.com)
1 points by cefthurston 10y ago|1 comments
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Three workarounds while you look for a technical cofounder(gigster.com)
1 points by cefthurston 10y ago|0 comments
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Hot to get a startup CEO to say “yes”(gigster.com)
1 points by cefthurston 10y ago|0 comments
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The unofficial meaning of 7 Silicon Valley buzzwords(gigster.com)
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Gigster’s Internal Network for Assembling Engineering Teams(gigster.com)
1 points by cefthurston 10y ago|0 comments
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How to Manage Developers – A Primer for Non-Tech Founders(gigster.com)
2 points by cefthurston 10y ago|0 comments
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Building the TSA App in 3:03 [video inc](gigster.com)
2 points by cefthurston 10y ago|0 comments
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Why Top Developers Love Fixed Pricing(gigster.com)
3 points by cefthurston 11y ago|1 comments
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A Gigster Customer Story – How to Launch Your App in Six Weeks(gigster.com)
1 points by cefthurston 11y ago|0 comments
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Wikipedia List of YC Companies – Please add to it (if appropriate)
2 points by cefthurston 11y ago|0 comments
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by cefthurston 11y ago
Full disclosure: I work with Gigster. We noticed the same broken things here. I don't want to give Elance/UpWork too hard a time - they can be good for some things (like Data Entry, etc) but clearly their model has some issues whe