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Ask HN: Does 37 Signals pay Coudal/Zeldman for Job Board?
37 Signals mentions on its Job Board that several websites such as Coudal.com feature links to its Job Board. Does 37Signals pay these websites for putting up these links? If yes, how would this work? Based on clicks?
Need teachers/course makers for Ruby on Rails
Hi,I am looking for good rails programmers who will help me design courses to teach rails to beginners like the Starter League. My school is based out of Mumbai, India. I know the Rails community is a passionate one and this would be a great way to help more people learn Rails.You can leave a comment here or email me at [email protected]
Ask HN: Education is broken, how do you fix it?
For the past few years, there has been a worrying trend in education. Bill Gates has even blogged about it just last week. While everyone agrees we need a departure from the rote memory method of learning to one which involves critical thinking and decision making, how would you go about implementing this in a real life class format? Do away with text books and work with Case Studies like...
Ask HN: Looking for a co-founder for my startup
Hi,I am attempting to start a school/league that teaches web development in ROR, UI Design and CSS/HTML. I am looking for a co-founder in Mumbai which is where the school is based.I was deeply unhappy with the options available to teach web development in India so I thought of opening a school to change that fact.To gauge the interest, I have put up a simple landing page 2 days ago and with...
Ask HN: How do you market/promote a school?
My startup is a school/academy. I'm in the process of starting a school in Mumbai for web development similar to the Starter League.I wanted advice on how to acquire students to sign up for courses in my school. Not surprisingly, there isn't much written material about marketing schools, so I thought I'd ask some growth hackers here.http://geek-league.kickoffpages.com/
Show HN: Didn't see a good hacker school in Mumbai, so I'm starting one
Ask HN: Would you go take a class to learn Ruby, CSS, HTML?
I just across the Starter League. Its exactly what I've been looking for in Mumbai, India. They come across as passionate people that teach you a good course at a fair price, deviating away from the dated methods of the education system.I wanted to know what would be your concerns when you think of attending a place like Starter League? What would be your decision making process?
Tell HN: Looking for Rails Developers who will teach in India
e are looking for Rails developers to start a workshop in Mumbai. We want to help people learn how to code with ROR, and this project will be similar to the Starter League in Chicago.If you are interested to know more, you can email me at: [email protected]
Would you learn a Skill or get A Business Degree?
Ask HN: Books on Sales?
Whenever I have to tackle a new field, my approach is to look for books of a certain kind pertaining to that subject. The 'certain kind' is important as I feel those are that kind of books I absorb and apply. It is hard to define what the 'certain' element is, but I'll give some examples of authors such as Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Blank, Jason Fried & DHH, Michael Lewis, Joel Greenblatt,...
Why is Sean Parker using Promoted Twitter Ads?
Twitter Re-Design - Preparing For FB style Ads?
Tell HN: If I ran Twitter, this would be my business model.
I may be crazy for doing this post and may be missing something very obvious, but I can't help feeling Twitter itself doesn't realize how big a part it can play in social discovery.These days, most of the information you come across is through your social network and this will only increase. The articles you read through HN or Reddit or those new FB Open Graph Media Apps.But Twitter has always...
The tools we use at our Startup
Hiring for A Startup - What should you do?
Would you suggest plain black text for the product pages?
Show HN: Rate My Startup - Launched Today
Hi Guys, My startup www.grosper.com, has just launched today in the Middle East. We are trying to be a OneKingLane.com kinda website in the region. I would like your opinions about the UI of my website. Please do check it out!
Ask HN: Can a marketing employee work remotely?
Our startup Grosper.com is looking for a head of marketing. We are a small team of 5 people, and would like to hear someone for marketing full time. His marketing would be geared towards user acquisition. I was wondering whether it is a good idea to hire a marketing candidate who might be an ideal choice but may live in another country. Is working remotely in the marketing function feasible?