Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?

Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by mvpu on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:20PM (#13882211)

A high end upwork or elance that only has semi vetted developers, e.g those with github commits > 100.

A simpler and cheaper version of meetedgar.com that keeps retweeting my blog posts on auto pilot.

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Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by soneca on Thursday March 16, 2017 @07:45AM (#13884218)

What is the pricing at meetedgar.com? And what features they have that are essential and what are disposable?

Their site seems to be purposefully opaque regarding these points.

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Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by mvpu on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:00PM (#13886656)

Starts at $50 per month. You need to setup a "library" of blog posts (yours and others) and it will keep retweeting them on autopilot. I want something for $10 per month that simply connects to my blog and retweets posts all day. I'd imagine many bloggers would want it as well.

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Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by alinalex on Friday March 17, 2017 @08:45AM (#13893507)

I was thinking about that these days. If I build it, will you be my first customer?

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Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by omarchowdhury on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:13AM (#13883600)

Toptal, gigster.

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Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by kilimchoi on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:57PM (#13882371)

have you used toptal before?

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Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by mvpu on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:05PM (#13886708)

Gigster and toptal a) have their own vetting mechanism that misses out on lots of good developers, b) charge a premium for that which is unnecessary, and c) are a service not a platform.

What I want is a lightweight platform where any github dev can showcase their code and say hire me for x. I don't want any third party vetting. Github itself could do this. We need a better freelance marketplace.

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