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by ttruett 12y ago
Ambition (YCW14) - Chattanooga, TN We believe that life is too short for work to feel small. Our software helps metric-based employees have more fun, be more productive, and compete outside the walls of their own office and company. Our dat
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Salesforce acquires RelateIQ(venturebeat.com)
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by ttruett 12y ago
#3 is a very interesting point to be made and something that I (as Ambition co-founder) think about a lot. We've tried to make our product powerful in a responsible way but there's definitely the fine-line of "what's bes
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Ambition (YC W14) Hiring SalesForce Platform Engineer
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How to Raise $2 Million in 2 Days from People You've Never Met(recode.net)
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by ttruett 13y ago
Ambition co-founder here, thanks for the interest and you're right that there are a lot of great projects/products/companies in this batch... it's been an incredible learning experience working alongside them for three m
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by ttruett 13y ago
Just checked out InsightSquared, we're definitely similar. While relatively subtle, the main difference seems to be that we're more of a motivational tool whereas they are more of an analytical tool. We're trying to position
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by ttruett 13y ago
Ambition co-founder here. You're definitely right that sales teams are motivated by commission. What we've come to find out, both working in these teams and managing them, is that the most powerful drivers still are intrinsic. Rec
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Show HN: Fleming, Better Datetime/Timezone Manipulation for Python(tryambition.com)
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Django 1.6.1 Upgrade: an Initial Look(tryambition.com)
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Django 1.6.1 Upgrade: An Initial Look(tryambition.com)
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by ttruett 13y ago
As a fantasy football player turned programmer.. it's great to see posts like this and I completely agree with the OP. It's fun, surprisingly logical (thus easier when playing against emotional people), and great conversation star
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by ttruett 13y ago
By no means is Chattanooga anywhere close to Seattle when it comes to the tech scene (or a variety of scenes for that matter) but it's got a lot of promise and the startup scene is growing. Check out http://noogastartups.com
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by ttruett 13y ago
Thanks, I'm glad you think so. While we still have a tremendous amount of work to do automating our customer integration process we are very excited about what's next. We see the future of Ambition being comparable to New Relic ex
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by ttruett 13y ago
Ambition | Chattanooga, TN | Full Time Ambition is essentially "Fantasy Football for Sales Organizations" where managers can choose/weight metrics for employee-based teams to compete over across seasons. Increases employee pr
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Just Signed Up a Huge Customer... and We're Hiring [Job Post]
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by ttruett 13y ago
Website contributor here. Super basic website that still needs a lot of work to showcase the city, startups, and job opportunities but it's a start. Inspired to post when I saw the Started in Seattle website trend earlier today.
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Chattanooga, TN Startups(noogastartups.com)
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by ttruett 13y ago
Ambition - Force.com Developer - Chattanooga, TN Our product is 'Fantasy Football for Sales Organizations' where employers can select and weight metrics for employee-based teams to compete over across seasons. You can check out a
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by ttruett 13y ago
Travis here, I'm the OP and also a co-founder of Fireplug, the service offering retroactive "credit" for your article history on Google Reader. Our service isn't necessarily a replacement for Google Reader but a way to t
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Show HN: 'Scrobble' your Google Reader Account(getfireplug.com)
1 points by ttruett 13y ago|1 comments
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by ttruett 13y ago
Travis here, I'm a co-founder of Fireplug, the service offering retroactive "credit" for your article history on Google Reader. Our service isn't necessarily a replacement for Google Reader but a way to track what you re
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by ttruett 13y ago
Ambition LLC Chattanooga, Tennessee Our company is creating 'fantasy football' for sales organizations to increase employee productivity through competition. We spend the majority of our waking life at work and most people don't like work..
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by ttruett 13y ago
Good to know, I've heard a lot about Rocklands and the video footage I've seen is pretty incredible. Atlanta has a direct flight to South Africa so it's relatively easy for me to get there without wasting 15+ hours connecting through Europe
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by ttruett 13y ago
- The weather is certainly humid but it does provide for year-round climbing, shady spots in the summer and sunny spots in the winter. The rain can be a factor but there is plenty of steep stuff that stays dry. What's nice about Chattanoog
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by ttruett 13y ago
I agree a product like Felt might never feel as authentic as the real thing, but I don't think that's necessarily a problem. Some people prefer to hand-write letters and will probably do so until they die. Some occasions require hand-writte
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by ttruett 13y ago
I tested this app back in December and was blown away at how realistic the "handwritten" cards looked. Selling a Felt subscription to businesses with the value-add that their sales team could quickly and easily write cards to their customer
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Boston Bombing: Where Do We Go From Here?(getfireplug.com)
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by ttruett 14y ago
Good to know, that will be a lot easier and I will fix that right now.
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by ttruett 14y ago
Expertise is definitely too strong of a word, especially for where we are at right now... we need to refine our copy. Our goal is to eventually build in some testing mechanisms but right now we are primarily focused on testing out our taggi

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