jconn

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by jconn 9y ago
Does anyone else think that this camera taking pictures based on who you spend the most time with could be really depressing? "How come there are no photos of my kids and a whole album of my boss with fancy filters added?"
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by jconn 10y ago
Hey guys - I'm one of the co-founders of Forecasteroid. This is my first ever web application, so would love any and all feedback. My background is in finance, self-taught programmer - my goal with this app was just to make something t
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Forecasteroid – Financial Forecasting for Small Business(forecasteroid.com)
1 points by jconn 10y ago|1 comments
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by jconn 10y ago
I think this point could open the door to a more interesting conversation if we take pot out of the equation. I do agree that we need to legalize pot, and I can see how for some people it would have this effect. In my experience, it's
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by jconn 10y ago
http://www.snopes.com/stanford-study-proves-election-fraud-t...
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by jconn 10y ago
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/2KK_kzrJPS8?list=PLKof9YSAshgyPqlK-UUYrHfIQ...
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by jconn 11y ago
Tough to look at stats like these. A great reminder how lucky most of us on HN are to earn a living behind a keyboard. Was anyone else surprised that employment in the military isn't on this list?
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by jconn 12y ago
I'm in Vancouver, BC but happy to set up a call. Currently working on a prelaunch fintech startup, always great to hear from people interested in the field.
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by jconn 12y ago
Here in Vancouver, BC, it seems to be treated as being de facto legal. You can walk into a dispensary, make an appointment with their in-house naturopath and claim to have any of a long list of medical conditions which includes insomnia, di
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by jconn 12y ago
Thanks Rahim, Right now we're using Excel to gather the initial data, but we're working on building it out so that all of the data gathering happens in our web app. We're working on building a sort of 'wizard' inter
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Show HN: Review my startup idea – financial forecasting for small businesses
3 points by jconn 12y ago|2 comments
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by jconn 12y ago
Thanks for some excellent insights here - much appreciated. At a high level - our concept is to create a prescriptive tool for bottom-up forecasting (i.e. building up from metrics like the ones you mentioned to how those drive revenue/
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by jconn 12y ago
+1 for Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby. I'm admittedly a relative novice (my background is in finance, but I've been learning to program through books and online resources for about a year now). Reading this book led to m
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by jconn 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - Vancouver, BC or Remote My name is James and I've been a freelancer in the area of financial forecasting for 1 year. I have an MBA in financial management from a top Canadian school and 5+ years of industry experience.
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by jconn 12y ago
For both goals (back pain and breathing exercises) I'd highly recommend the book "Becoming a Supple Leopard" by Dr. Kelly Starrett. http://www.roguefitness.com/becoming-a-supple-leopard Kind of an esoteric ti
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Ask HN: Do you bother with financial/business forecasts?
3 points by jconn 12y ago|5 comments