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by shafqat 16y ago
Some anecdotal evidence that its not just YC startups. My company, NewsCred, raised a seed round of approx 1M this summer. We raised it from "top tier" super angel funds. We are not YC, and were not even based in the US. We also were not se
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by shafqat 16y ago
We can do that for you... http://www.newscred.com . I'm personally very interested in this as well. Feel free to email me - shafqat at newscred dot com if you want me to put you in touch with our engineer directly.
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by shafqat 16y ago
Sure - we have no fixed vacation policy (apart from that fact that it's unlimited). It's purely based on mutual respect. If a team-member wants to take vacation, its up to him to be responsible and plan accordingly, make sure projects are f
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by shafqat 16y ago
Seedcamp is probably the closed to YC in Europe.
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by shafqat 16y ago
New York, no remote but will relocate people. NewsCred - a global news distribution platform. Lots of interesting technoloy, great VC backing, product in market with strong revenues. Looking for an engineer with background in search, inform
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by shafqat 16y ago
Its not just the title. There is a story about them going to meet you guys for the interview and then getting rejected.
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by shafqat 16y ago
NewsCred - NYC - prefer to have someone in the office. We're building a global news distribution platfom and reinventing the traditional newswire business. We've been struggling to find a great information retrieval engineer. If you know So
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by shafqat 16y ago
Why is the text inside the document hard to index? Isn't that what Lucene/Solr is for? Not sure what you mean...
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by shafqat 16y ago
Are you in NYC?
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by shafqat 16y ago
We ( http://platform.newscred.com ) might be able yo help. Drop me a line (email in platform).
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by shafqat 16y ago
Would love to chat? Can you drop me a line? I'm Shafqat at NewsCred dot com. My startup is in this space so really intrigued!
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Ask HN: If you work in the media industry, help us with customer development
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by shafqat 16y ago
Pretty good statement in my opinion. It's sad that western media portrayed this entire incident as a "crazy muslim country that does whatever it wants in the name of Sharia law." Seriously? The communication could have been better (or perha
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by shafqat 16y ago
Would be interested to hear how many funded entrepreneurs on HN were able to cash out some shares at any point in their company's history (similar to what the Foursquare guys did)...
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by shafqat 16y ago
I did. I was fairly senior at Merill Lynch, and left a cushy job, bogus corp title and well over six figures to start NewsCred. Have never looked back. Apart from marrying my wife, it was the best decision i've ever made in my life. Oh yeah
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Ask HN: Whats the best way to find office space in NYC?
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by shafqat 16y ago
There is certainly a structured market (secondmarket) for this. Also, many angels are now selling their shares in later stage financing. So its certainly more liquid now than a few years ago.
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by shafqat 16y ago
NewsCred is always looking for great Information Retrieval engineers (part time or full time). If you love Solr/Lucene, drop me an email! More here: http://platform.newscred.com/jobs .
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by shafqat 16y ago
Nope, you just take as much as you want/need. We dont put restrictions, but expect our team to be respectful and not abuse. As long as you work hard, you can play hard. The type of people we hire understand that and we have never had a prob
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by shafqat 16y ago
Information Retrieval Engineer - New York Were urgently looking for engineers who have some background in information retrieval, lucene/solr etc. A senior role at venture backed startup opening up a new office in NYC so you would be part of
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by shafqat 16y ago
Can you share what it is? I can atleast intro you to some of my investors if the business/product is compelling and you would at all be interested in taking some investment and continue working on it? Or you can email me (see my profile).
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by shafqat 16y ago
Not sure why you got downvoted for this comment. I've upvoted you to bring you back to neutral. Seems weird.
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by shafqat 16y ago
If you tell us what the product is, there's a much higher likelihood of getting help. In fact, there are people here who might invest. FWIW, I can certainly introduce you to angels/VCs who will take a meeting, but I'd have to know more abou
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by shafqat 16y ago
NewsCred Platform ( http://platform.newscred.com )
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by shafqat 16y ago
We got to where we are with 250K, and are pretty close to product/market fit. We have paying customers, a great product and a repeatable sales model. However, for us to really step on the accelerator and grow, we need to hire A+ salespeople
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Ask HN: B2B focused investors/angels?
2 points by shafqat 16y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 16y ago
Normal dilution is 20-30% per round. Unless you are an outlier (i.e. a 'hot' deal) it will probably be in this range. Have others experiened the same thing?
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by shafqat 16y ago
We've been successfully selling to medium-to-large businesses for a year now. 1) B2B sales is hard and takes a lot longer than in takes Get used to it now and be patient. 2) For us, only two metrics matter. MCRR (monthly committed recurring
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Ask HN: Which angels/seed investors do you recommend?
1 points by shafqat 16y ago|1 comments
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by shafqat 16y ago
I would be really worried if there was no other company in the world that was working on solving the problem that you also working on. Competition is good, it validates the market etc. The real question is not "some one else is working on t

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