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by soneill 14y ago
It's a good idea, and it looks pretty good. My two cents in terms of organization would be to allow users to choose which apps they want. In other words, a user should be able to select "Budgets", "Calendar", and "Goals", and hide the rest
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by soneill 14y ago
My feeling on the matter is that you don't go there until you have, at minimum, a well developed concept that you're ready to start moving on, and it's probably preferable to have gotten started on a MVP. The other question you should ask y
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by soneill 14y ago
A good VC brings more than money; they bring expertise and experience. They have networks and connections that you probably don't. If you really want to grow, VCs can give you the kind of resources and expertise to actually do that...a bank
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by soneill 14y ago
CoFounderLabs.com is about as close as currently exists.
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by soneill 14y ago
CoFounderLabs.com is an option.
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by soneill 14y ago
As a business owner, if someone is offering you equity and no cash for an app, then they don't believe enough in their business and neither should you.
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by soneill 14y ago
My suggestion: Abide by the NDA. Think this through. You're a small, early stage company. If a leak comes out, do you really think the buyer is going to believe that it came from anywhere but you? How does that make you look to them? What's
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by soneill 14y ago
Not intended to be overly harsh. I like the idea, those are just my immediate thoughts as a potential user.
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by soneill 14y ago
First Thought: As an FYI, the site doesn't seem to display correctly on the computer I'm using. Using IE9, everything seems to be stacking on top of each other (I'm guessing the black area is supposed to be below all the little squares and
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by soneill 14y ago
I think it's more the former than the latter. Restricting or controlling the flow of information is a standard tool for authoritarian regimes; it's easier to control your population when you can control how they perceive the world. The Iran
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by soneill 14y ago
Ha, I should've guessed. I knew Cuba had a network like that, wasn't aware of North Korea's.
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by soneill 14y ago
Such is the history of authoritarian regimes. If North Korea weren't so backwards, I imagine they'd be trying to do much the same thing.
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by soneill 14y ago
It depends on exactly how you're contacting them. Electronic contact with personal email addresses are more likely to get a response than generic "info" addresses, let alone "contact us" pages. That said, a 10% rate is generally considered
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by soneill 14y ago
I had not; thanks for the link!
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by soneill 14y ago
Sure. I'm working on an online food ordering platform called Couchster. We're starting off in New Orleans as our initial market, with plans to expand further in the South (where the existing competition in this industry doesn't have much, i
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Ask HN: Where to find a replacement for my technical co-founder
8 points by soneill 14y ago|5 comments
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by soneill 14y ago
No, that should be fine. Just be realistic in your expectations for replies; you're basically cold-calling, so expect the majority of your inquiries to be ignored.
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by soneill 14y ago
This is all good advice, but a couple notes: 1) Don't lie to your co-workers or boss. You shouldn't talk about your business all the time, but don't be afraid to let them know what you're doing. This is really a context dependant situation,
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by soneill 14y ago
I believe this is correct. If the billing address you provide doesn't match up to what your creditor has on file, the creditor won't authorize the transaction.
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by soneill 14y ago
Two part response: 1) There's nothing backing up those claims, and without hard data it's hard to know how seriously to take them. That said, those aren't uncommon claims to make against any poor immigrant group (in Eastern Europe, you'll h
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by soneill 14y ago
Do they post their schedules on their site? If it's public domain information, you may be able to just post it yourselves even if you can't integrate directly with them. If you can generate some traffic for them, that may make them more ope
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by soneill 14y ago
I don't know the figures offhand, but the percentage of Americans who don't believe in evolution is...disheartening to say the least. Hell, it's downright embarassing when you compare the percentage of Americans who don't believe in evoluti
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by soneill 14y ago
I'm located in the South (New Orleans), and from a hiring perspective it seems like a bit of a buyer's market down here. When I've posted ads for developers, I've gotten a lot of replies, and I've been able to dictate contract terms pretty
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Show HN: My online food ordering start-up(crowdtilt.com)
3 points by soneill 14y ago|0 comments
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by soneill 14y ago
Islamophobia is a virulent issue, particulary in Europe. There are a number of reasons behind this (most prevalently Continental Europe's lack of a history of immigration and integration, which has caused struggles throughout the Continent
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by soneill 14y ago
Agreed, it's really a Know Your Market situation. I think most business start-ups (that aren't mobile oriented) can reasonably assume that their customers won't be using those kind of devices, and don't need to design with that in mind. No
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by soneill 14y ago
I think it varies depending on the VC firm, but the impression I've gotten (I haven't actually gotten to the VC round with my company, so this is all second hand from talking with VCs and other entrepreneurs) is that the radio silence scena
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by soneill 14y ago
I think that's the kind of lesson one should learn fairly quickly if you talk to experienced entrepreneurs. I was at a panel fairly recently where literally every single panel member (including a VC guy) mentioned you should never make the
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by soneill 14y ago
Automattic (the company behind wordpress) has their privacy policy and ToS under a creative commons sharealike license, so they may be a good template for you to base yours on. I used it as a template for my startup, and it only took a coup