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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017) on Monday October 02, 2017 @02:59PM (#15386801)
Creative Market | Senior Product Manager | San Francisco, CA preferred, remote possible | Fulltime

Creative Market | Many engineering roles | San Francisco, CA preferred, remote possible | Fulltime

Help independent creators make a living doing what they love. Every day, thousands of customers use Creative Market to bring their creative projects to life with ready-to-use design content from independent creators around the world.

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead a cross-functional team to build and launch an important new product that changes the way our 3.5M+ members engage with Creative Market, and drives meaningful revenue for the 20k+ creators on our platform – many of whom earn a full-time living.

Senior PM role description: https://jobs.lever.co/creativemarket/4bead234-c7c4-4921-818d...

We're also hiring for a number of front-end, back-end, and SRE roles to help build and grow the product.

All engineering roles: https://creativemarket.com/careers

Re:Advice for New Managers and AMA with Aaron Epstein of Creative Market on Monday October 10, 2016 @02:11PM (#12678805)
Hey HN! Aaron here. I hope you find this post helpful, and happy to answer any questions!
Re:Common Misconceptions About Applying to YC on Thursday September 22, 2016 @06:37PM (#12560917)
I've recommended teams that have been accepted, and recommended teams that have been rejected. It's really just another data point to consider, not a golden ticket.

And it certainly can't hurt to network with YC alumni, for reasons beyond just getting a rec.

Re:Common Misconceptions About Applying to YC on Thursday September 22, 2016 @06:33PM (#12560892)
Ultimately what you want to do is de-risk the potential investment by showing that you have significant traction, and having actual paying customers is a great way to do that.
Re:Autodesk Acquires CreativeMarket on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @10:56AM (#7428993)
Wow, thanks Sean. That really means a lot to hear.
Re:How to make your YC application stand out on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @11:50AM (#6560321)
Yes and no. In my situation (OP), I had about a month to find a place for my wife to live in NYC (until I got there after YC), find a place for our team to live in SF, and find someone to rent the place we owned in the DC area. And it all worked out. Sometimes the time constraints can be a good thing.
Re:Show HN: I want to work at Rap Genius, so I made this. on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @12:01PM (#5177469)
FYI: cofounder's name is "Mahbod", not "Maboo".
Re:Mailgun (YC W11) is being acquired by Rackspace on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @09:39AM (#4443577)
Congrats guys! Great service and well-deserved, we're big fans (and customers).
Re:Larry Ellison Buys Most of Lanai on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @10:31PM (#4140212)
"He seceded when he was denied a permit"
Re:More than Money... Matter. on Thursday April 19, 2012 @03:49PM (#3864769)
Reminds me of Dharmesh Shah's talk at SXSW where he shared the-one-metric-to-rule-them-all that they developed at HubSpot to measure success for everyone on the team (from sales people to developers): CHI (Customer Happiness Index).

The concept is that everything the business does should be focused around the goal of increasing customer happiness, and this single metric aligns everyone's motives around the goal.

You can learn more here: http://www.hubspot.com/agency-partners/partner-definition-pa...

Re:Free beautiful UI elements for developers on Thursday April 19, 2012 @01:11AM (#3861494)
We did :) Thanks for your feedback rurounijones, we're listening.
Re:Work at a Startup 2012 on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @02:54PM (#3676842)
Nope, you're not missing anything. Startup teams are so small that everyone on the team has to be able to add value by creating something tangible. There's no room for middle-management.
Re:Mailgun Campaign Analytics: taking analytics beyond bulk email on Friday March 02, 2012 @03:38PM (#3658263)
We've been using Mailgun for the last couple months at COLOURlovers to manage and analyze our weekly newsletter campaigns (400k+/week) and handle our transactional email. Easily worth every penny, and the support from Taylor and Ev has been fantastic.
Re: Mini-Seedcamp ✔ Scoble ✔ YC Interview ✔ YCW12 ✖ Launch Anyway ✔ on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @11:52AM (#3590702)
"DidThis makes it easy to spread micro-actions that are fun or useful to as many people as possible around the world."

I think that messaging does you a disservice. How many people are going to hit your site and say "Finally! An easy way to spread micro-actions!" (what are micro-actions anyway?)

How about appealing to ego: "Use DidThis to tell the world what you've done and encourage others to join you."

Re:"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more... on Saturday February 04, 2012 @06:21PM (#3552604)
As his co-founder, I can assure you he doesn't push his "policy" on anyone else. Far from it. It's more a philosophy of being present for every moment, and living life to the fullest.

And pretty sure he was the one that bought a bottle of champagne for our team to celebrate the end of our adventure through YC...just he didn't drink any.

Re:YC NYC, September 26 on Monday August 15, 2011 @02:48PM (#2888159)
I'm from the DC area (now living in NYC), and all of my DC tech friends went into consulting. No one even considered a startup.

I'd love to see a great startup culture grow around the DC area, but NYC is light years ahead at this point. DC makes it too easy to be conservative.

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