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I really like Axios - less content, but shorter, with great newsletters, and fully ad supported (for now, I think they're really VC supported)
Re:Ask HN: What books do you keep on your desk? on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:27PM (#16758699)
In terms of Company Valuation (for cash flowing companies, not startups), the bible in that world is "Valuation (McKinsey & Co)"

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-cor...

I use AutoSleep, which has been very accurate after tuning for me. (not OP)
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work? on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @08:09PM (#15649233)
One trick that I’ve learned is most people at larger companies have standardized email addresses, so all you need to find is one person in the company’s email, and you can guess anyone else’s based on their name.
Re:Broadcom Offers $105B for Qualcomm in Landmark Deal on Monday November 06, 2017 @01:47PM (#15637764)
Yes - although that financing in this example is based on the assets or cash flows of the company being acquired as well.
Just wanted to throw another name down for interest in this script! Would be an awesome feature
Re:Uber shareholder group wants Benchmark off board on Friday August 11, 2017 @06:52PM (#14995028)
Off topic: I love Axios - they have some top tier journalists, and I was introduced when Dan Primack (from fortunes termsheet originally) moved over. They do great newsletters on politics, m&a/VC, tech, and the future of work.
As someone in finance this is quite interesting to me, do you have any examples? Job titles or sample postings?
Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable on Sunday May 07, 2017 @12:53AM (#14283929)
Economist Espresso?
I'll throw my 2 cents in here for 2Do, which is basically a power user todo app with multiple sync options including iCloud, Dropbox, etc. Give it a shot!
Re:IOS 7 Icon Templates | Sketch - Photoshop - Slicy on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @09:52AM (#5868043)
As the other commenter said, the corners aren't quite rounded which is a pain, and the blue gradient is a joke, referring to the gradients that Apple spewed all over their design.
Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to HN on Thursday June 06, 2013 @10:30AM (#5832621)
Have you heard of http://thelist.io? Self Proclaimed social knowledge board for designers and developers.
Re:Ask HN: I need quick help on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @11:30PM (#5529807)
Short answer, Yes.

A hyphen screams unprofessional to me. @michaelpinto has covered most of the rest.

It is really tough as a young person, especially as a front-end designer. I'm 18 now, but I started dabbling when I was about your age. A couple things I'd really recommend doing. - Do NOT use a framework. They're really easy, and you learn nothing. Once you have enough experience in HTML5/CSS3 to code a responsive site from scratch without looking stuff up, then frameworks are beneficial. -Build yourself a portfolio site. Building my portfolio (http://robs.im) has taught me so much. If you want more on this, let me know. I have some snippets of JS/CSS/HTML from the first version of my portfolio site that you might be able to use, they're quite unique, but they didn't suit my purposes. -Forrst and Dribbble. My very first piece of work came in the day after I got into Dribbble. I'm going to be really honest with you right now. What you have is probably not good enough to get you into Dribbble. For tips on how to improve, email me. Link on my site. If you improve a lot, I have a Dribbble invite. -GitHub: Work on something on GitHub. If you're looking for a Project, I have a couple of side projects you could work on. Again, email me. - Last tip: Don't lie about your age. The general opinion seems to be "If you do good work, I don't care how old you are." Take Jared Erondu for example. If you don't know who he is, look him up. He's 18, and awesome. Lying about your age doesn't work, I did it once, and that was the end of that project.

Hope this helps, Rob Sim

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2013) on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @08:16PM (#5522386)
SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web/UI Designer, knowledge of HTML5 and CSS.

Site: http://robs.im Blog: http://blog.robs.im Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/RobSim Email: me @ my site

Ask HN: Do you want a free Mobile UI Designer?

Hi HN,I'm a young mobile/web designer who is looking for an interesting project or two to work on. What do I want in return? Feedback and recognition. That's it. If my work is shit, I'd expect you to tell me. I don't want to waste your time, don't waste mine by skirting around potential issues. Sound interesting? Read on.What you get: Free as in beer work. No, I don't have a specific number of...

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Re:Show HN: Pantastic on Monday March 18, 2013 @06:48PM (#5397689)
Working in canada for me

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