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by maresca 15y ago
Good point. I will definitely be providing an API at some point, and will also open source everything after some independent code reviews. The design was an afterthought. I spent so long gathering data that that was my main focus. Now t
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by maresca 15y ago
This is only a MVP. Traction or not, I will still be working on it in another 3 years because I feel that Americans' voices in politics fall on deaf ears, and this is too important to give up on. Targeting a market of only people of above
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by maresca 15y ago
That's exactly what I did. I created bots for every single state. I wanted to scrape as much data as possible so I went for all the data available that every state had. Writing each bot took only a day or two, but running them took much
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by maresca 15y ago
Where do you suppose one gets all of the legislative data to a site like this? Saying this can be done in a weekend is a huge underestimation.
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by maresca 15y ago
Clickable: https://openpoll.us
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Ask HN: Rate my startup: openpoll.us
9 points by maresca 15y ago|20 comments
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by maresca 15y ago
https://openpoll.us - A platform that allows people to vote and comment on legislation. I am just putting some finishing touches on my MVP. Feel free to give it a try. All feedback is appreciated.
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by maresca 15y ago
I filed on behalf of my business, of which I am the owner. The online process has a spot where you list your business name. Check out http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/initial_app.jsp At the bottom, Collective Trademark/Servicemark Ap
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by maresca 15y ago
I just filed for a trademark. It took about an hour to do on the patent trademark office's site. It costs about 300 per class of trademarks. The owner of the trademark is listed as the LLC, not me individually.
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by maresca 15y ago
We haven't been able to find any great news API alternatives. avoid the (perfectly valid) question of whether it's wise to build an app entirely reliant on some third party's good graces. In my opinion, it isn't wise to build an app ent
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by maresca 15y ago
Sorry to sound pessimistic, but how much could you change in a 24 hour hackathon? I've seen a surge lately of hackathons and they seem to discredit the entrepreneurs that spend weeks, months, and even years on their projects. Furthermore,
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by maresca 15y ago
There are programming jobs in every industry. You just have to look harder. Find a job in an industry that uses technology, but isn't reliable on it in a matter of life or death fashion. My last place of employment was a 30 mile commute o
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by maresca 15y ago
http://openpoll.us is a platform that will allow people to vote and comment on state and federal legislation. It will launch some time this summer.
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by maresca 16y ago
April Fools
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by maresca 16y ago
For many years I would bounce my ideas off of people, and they would look at me like I was delusional. This made me think I was delusional. After working on my MVP for the past 3 years, I have finally figured out that the best ideas are t
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by maresca 16y ago
I never could understand how short-lived sites built off of memes can make any real revenue. Anyone care to enlighten me with stories/numbers?
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by maresca 16y ago
There are two sites I know of so far dedicated to online voting. My site: http://www.openpoll.us (shameless plug, still needs a ton of work) Also http://opengovernment.org/ , they just opened in January.
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by maresca 16y ago
The sooner the better, because .Net along with most Microsoft technologies are a dead-end. As opposed to Java, which has a bright future with Oracle?
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by maresca 16y ago
If you heard of a website launch with partial data without your state, how often would you go back to check if your state was added? My opinion is that users would initially see the site, and not visit again for a few months. You have a l
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by maresca 16y ago
OpenGovernment is a great idea and I wish the team building it all of the best. OpenGovernment will be the only competitor so far to a startup I've been working on the past 3 years: http://www.openpoll.us . It's exciting to see other peo
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by maresca 16y ago
Home of the brave.
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by maresca 16y ago
Worrying about the development language you use is like worrying about using a Stanley hammer versus a Craftsman hammer when building a house. The brand doesn't matter as long as the house gets built. I've worked in the .NET stack for abou
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by maresca 16y ago
Thanks for the heads up. I typically view it in firefox, chrome, and IE. I am in the data acquisition stage right now. I am going to do another redesign right before the alpha release.
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by maresca 16y ago
They use an e-democracy or electronic direct democracy. This is exactly what my startup is focused on. An e-democracy for America. http://www.openpoll.us /shameless plug
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by maresca 16y ago
Investing time does not equal karma. I have posted about 10 comments so far and only have 2 karma. Most of the threads I post in never make it past 20 total posts. Requiring people to have a certain amount of karma will make them only po
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by maresca 16y ago
I believe it depends on the atmosphere of your full time job. I've been working on my current project for the past 2 years now and have had 2 different full time jobs in that period. My previous job had me working at 120% of utilization,
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by maresca 16y ago
http://www.openpoll.us/ openpoll is an electronic direct democracy that will allow Americans to vote on state and federal bills and elections. It is currently in development and has been for the past 2 years (I work on it in my spare tim
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by maresca 16y ago
http://www.openpoll.us An electronic direct democracy that will allow Americans to vote on state and federals bills and elections. I'm shooting to have my MVP done beginning of next year.
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by maresca 16y ago
If the time comes when Apple does release a Verizon iPhone, it won't matter. Apple has already alienated potential customers by forcing them to switch to AT&T. Droid's success is an indicator of peoples' unwillingness to switch. Veri
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by maresca 16y ago
You should start a start-up when your idea is so strong, that you are willing to sacrifice it's monetization for it's success.

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