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Re:Ask HN: How to find a non-technical cofounder? on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @02:30PM (#9102928)
Some great points here especially the point of getting lured in by big names like facebook and google as a benchmark for great salespeople. You want to hire someone you know can build from nothing and not rely on reputation alone.

What i will add however is those companies can be a great educational ground point early on in ones career to develop good habits and processes.

Expand your services to cover services other than cable companies e.g. e-commerce delievery enquiries. Then make it as easy for me as sending a text/sms on my phone to activate and you could be onto something.
Re:Ask:HN Best services for sending money abroad on Sunday December 28, 2014 @06:47PM (#8807938)
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Re:Ask HN: Front end/CSS books on Saturday December 13, 2014 @11:00AM (#8745423)
HTML & CSS by Jon Duckett is a great resource. Very clear and concise http://www.htmlandcssbook.com/.
Re:Ask HN: How to fix recruiting from your known groups? on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @07:00PM (#8039645)
As someone who works specifically recruiting for Startups and i have worked with some pretty fast growing ones the main challenges any of these startups is helping recruiting "passive candidates". What i mean by passive candidates is someone who is not actively looking for a job.

I believe a platform will come that does cut out the middleman and i am actually working on a few ideas but the harsh reality good companies want the best talent and that talent isn't always looking for a job.

Referral apps are a great way to attack the problem but i do not believe will be the only angle.

Michael

Re:Striking Back At Recruiter Spam on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @05:00PM (#7848269)
As much as i agree that recruiters can be annoying getting the right recruitment/recruiter help can be the most amazing leverage tool for your startup and to be honest this comes across really childish. That said recruitment is ripe for disruption.