jiyannwei

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BuildZoom is looking for a talented front-end dev to join our founding team (buildzoom.com)
1 points by jiyannwei 13y ago
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Can you build a front end application for millions of non-technical users?
1 points by jiyannwei 13y ago
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The solar industry is growing exponentially (blog.buildzoom.com)
1 points by jiyannwei 13y ago|0 comments
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by jiyannwei 13y ago
I agree with you 100%. My initial goal was to represent a perspective on the relative pros/cons to both and point out that for most companies, there is a time to consider either approach. Regardless of the ultimate direction, bootstr
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Why Bootstrapping Is Overrated(forbes.com)
13 points by jiyannwei 13y ago|3 comments
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by jiyannwei 13y ago
I use a PC with Windows 7. I have a Macbook but I'm not crazy about the Office apps on Macbook so use the PC most of the time. This past week, I spilled water on the PC and took it into the shop. I picked-up a back-up ASUS, loaded wi
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BuildZoom is looking for a hustler to help with sales, support, ops
1 points by jiyannwei 13y ago
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Using big data to prevent home renovation nightmares (venturebeat.com)
1 points by jiyannwei 13y ago|0 comments
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by jiyannwei 13y ago
Right now, it's primarily through referral and search. It is a well networked industry so figuring out how to get users to refer other users is one key. Also, with most paid channels (which we haven't used very aggressively yet)
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by jiyannwei 13y ago
I'd love to chat. Can you hit me up? @jiyannwei?
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by jiyannwei 13y ago
I'm a big fan of what you guys have built at Thumbtack. In fact, prior to BuildZoom, I remember looking at Thumbtack and really digging the interface & design. Its a great company with great leadership, heading in the right direc
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BuildZoom (YC W13) is hiring full stack engineers
1 points by jiyannwei 13y ago
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Why the remodeling industry needs to be remodeled(newinfluencer.com)
1 points by jiyannwei 13y ago|0 comments
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BuildZoom is looking for hackers to help us eat the remodeling industry
1 points by jiyannwei 14y ago
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by jiyannwei 14y ago
Measuring lead indicators of good UX is a little tricky. Ideally, you would look at frequency of repeat usage against competitors but getting their data seems to be unlikely. Net promoter might be another useful metric but I'm not sure the
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In some online markets, monopolies are created through UX(newinfluencer.com)
4 points by jiyannwei 14y ago|2 comments
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by jiyannwei 14y ago
Tahoe has been a little tricky. You need a contractor who is regulated in CA however a lot of the contractors near Tahoe are licensed in Nevada (although a number are licensed in both states). One of our advisors has a house up there and w
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by jiyannwei 14y ago
There are several players in this space. Perhaps the largest are HomeAdvisor (formerly ServiceMagic) and Angie's List. There are some distinguishing factors: one of the biggest is that we use a heavily data driven approach. One of our goa
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by jiyannwei 14y ago
This is one of our goals: mitigating the information asymmetry in the remodeling sector (georgewfraser's articulation). If you are interested in comparing notes, I'd be happy to chat.
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BuildZoom (YC W13) helps you remodel your home (techcrunch.com)
11 points by jiyannwei 14y ago|0 comments
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by jiyannwei 14y ago
Great work guys.