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Ask HN: What are the least competitive consumer and enterprise markets?
212 points by trevett 6y ago|222 comments
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by trevett 6y ago
You did not follow the typical path and that's fine. Own it. As a hiring manager, I would want to talk to an engineer who had diverse experience and insight into a variety of businesses. Is there a particular engineering area you want
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by trevett 6y ago
1. Hiking the NW, thinking about next-steps. 2. Startup I was working for was acquired by FAANG co. Able to retire from FAANG after four years of plumbing / ops / politics / meetings. There was awful latency at all levels, fr
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Ask HN: How did you make “fake door” testing work for you?
2 points by trevett 6y ago|0 comments
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by trevett 7y ago
Creating a directory of all WhatsApp-using businesses in the world. In dog-fooding I must say it's pretty nice booking a dentist without calling and waiting on hold. Business listings are fairly sparse in some countries. Many owners do
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by trevett 7y ago
The Greatest Generation, for light-hearted deep dives into every TNG and DS9 episode: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/greatest-generation/
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Apostrophe raises $6M to let you see a dermatologist from your phone(techcrunch.com)
1 points by trevett 7y ago|0 comments
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by trevett 7y ago
Building a mobile-first business directory and messenger for LatAm and rest of developing world. Looking for a co-founder with product and marketing chops.
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by trevett 7y ago
Thanks. I'll try to contact you through your website.
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Ask HN: What marketing channels are working for you in 2019?
15 points by trevett 7y ago|7 comments
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by trevett 7y ago
bizybee | Remote or Bay Area | Marketing / Growth | https://bizybee.app bizybee makes it easy to text local businesses. We are early-stage and interested in working with someone to help define and execute our growth strateg
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by trevett 7y ago
Really like the concept--I think you're on to something in creating a unified UI for all these similar services. But..getting into the beta was a giant PITA. 1. Enter email 2. Check email 3. Download client 4. Go back to email, copy co
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by trevett 7y ago
I'm curious why you think Instagram has failed in this space. Do you have some metrics showing Instagram Checkout to be a flop? It may be too early to call.
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by trevett 7y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER Need some Android UI development work and a beautiful landing page for an app we are building. Email in profile.
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by trevett 7y ago
In my FAANG experience, the people with deep technical expertise can simply say "no" to most of the corporate b.s. The environment you are in now may be too distracting a place to build that expertise however. A startup or smaller
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by trevett 8y ago
It was my understanding that new yachts depreciate ~20% in the first year after purchase.