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by tyrelb 15y ago
I'm waiting for an announcement from RideJoy - it's like AirBnB, but through cars. I couldn't imagine the potential liability of strangers hooking up online only to drive together...
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by tyrelb 15y ago
What was the buy-out?
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by tyrelb 15y ago
"A hellbanned user is invisible to all other users, but crucially, not himself. From their perspective, they are participating normally in the community but nobody ever responds to them. They can no longer disrupt the community because they
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by tyrelb 15y ago
agree on Sendgrid. Easy to use, and have great API documentation.
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by tyrelb 15y ago
Merry Christmas pg & the YC crew!
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by tyrelb 15y ago
Transferring my domains to https://dnsimple.com/ :) A little more expensive than the cheap registrars... but Anthony who runs the company is amazing! Shameless plug: he did some development work from the back in the day, and is one of th
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by tyrelb 15y ago
Ahh! I had no clue! Awesome you're doing that... would love to use you when you come to Vancouver, Canada.
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by tyrelb 15y ago
Why create your own courier company? Why not leverage and consolidate others. For example, http://www.phantomcouriers.com/ Phantom Couriers is the Web 1.0 version of Postmates up here in Canada. I could see them benefiting from a new UI l
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by tyrelb 15y ago
Love the idea and would use the service, but sad to see that Harvard / Stanford grads are getting minimum wage :(
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by tyrelb 15y ago
I'm not sure what SOX ("Auditor Protection Act") has to do with preventing pump & dumps...
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by tyrelb 15y ago
Vancouver, BC: Know Your Advisor is pioneering the way in which Canadian consumer’s research, find and engage with ‘trusted’ financial advisors while providing the definitive on-line platform and tools for the financial advisor community to
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by tyrelb 15y ago
:( my mistake...
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by tyrelb 15y ago
I know I'm getting a jump on posting the October 2011 Ask, but sooner or later October will be upon us all! Selfish plug: Although Know Your Financial Advisor isn't one of those cool YC startups we're all reading about, we're growing like w
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by tyrelb 16y ago
beanstream in canada is actually quite good, easy to setup, low fees, and has a good api (credit card data stored on their server). i looked at braintree, but couldn't use them b/c of canadian merchant. beanstream also lets you do funky thi
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by tyrelb 16y ago
Brokers are inherently lazy, too. That's the other missing piece of the puzzle. Meaning that no matter what you make for their industry, they're less likely to use it unless they can use it from bed (while still sleeping) and it costs them
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by tyrelb 16y ago
andrew warner is there! love that guy!
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by tyrelb 16y ago
works for me! i wonder how many accidental 911 calls will be made from trying this...
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by tyrelb 16y ago
Basically Linode competes on customer service and support!
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by tyrelb 16y ago
awesome! thanks so much! :)
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by tyrelb 16y ago
What is the dollar value of all this free stuff?
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by tyrelb 16y ago
Andrew Warner has excellent material on Mixergy.com! Great interviews, roughly 1-hour in length... and he asks the tough questions (revenue, models, etc.), too!
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by tyrelb 16y ago
Using Simply Accounting - prefer the non-hosted version since I'd rather my personal information not be in the public's hands...
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by tyrelb 16y ago
Thanks for the link! Not sure if it's right for a startup...
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by tyrelb 16y ago
I've seen: http://www.stocktracksoftware.com/ to date, but looking for something more affordable.
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Ask HN: shareholder registry (shares + options)
2 points by tyrelb 16y ago|5 comments
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by tyrelb 16y ago
If you go to Braintree, you see this on the web site: http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/services/merchant-a... Bundled Services – Merchant Account, Payment Gateway, Credit Card Storage and Recurring Billing Meaning they do offer so
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by tyrelb 16y ago
Members of the development team come "on and off" during the process. We kept IA in-house to ensure specs and continuity - we aren't locked into any vendor / supplier should we want to switch and bring all development in-house. Office space
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by tyrelb 16y ago
Agree with office idea! Don't sign any long-term leases (over 6 months), and keep it month-to-month. If you start to take off, your damn lease will come back to haunt you... this is a burnt-out economy - grind those leasing agents down, get
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by tyrelb 16y ago
$25k per month for outsourced development team (10+ experienced people, Canada/US based), three full-time employees (Canada), office space, phones, and at a pre-launch stage.
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by tyrelb 16y ago
congrats on the success - good to hear you're on track, and I'm excited to try logging in! how can average people like me help out?

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