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Re:Tell HN: Happy New Year on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @11:52AM (#46445827)

Happy New Year!

Re:Show HN: Tinytunes DJ – A DJ deck in the browser on Sunday December 28, 2025 @02:52PM (#46413887)

Looks cool.

Re:Tell HN: Merry Christmas on Thursday December 25, 2025 @04:32AM (#46383300)

Merry Christmas!

Re:Show HN: TheHypeBridge – AI-Powered Influencer Vetting Reports for ... on Thursday August 14, 2025 @09:28AM (#44900145)

Looks cool!

Re:We're bringing Pebble back on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @01:01AM (#42849315)

Hardware is hard. Great to see!

Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @11:50PM (#42789139)

The right decision.

Re:Bench accounting services shutting down on Saturday December 28, 2024 @10:28AM (#42531710)

Poor.

Re:Ask HN: What non-AI products are you working on? on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @10:27PM (#39835110)

I'm working on https://www.worksapp.com/ - a simple, easy to use project management tool for marketers.

Never say never adding chatbot like functionality but for now, no AI.

Re:Ask HN: What companies have blown you away with their customer supp... on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @03:03AM (#38081160)

Hugely impressed with Mercury (bank) and Stripe. Attentive and efficient.

Re:Ask HN: How do you know the problem you're solving matters to people? on Thursday February 17, 2022 @12:05PM (#30375545)

This is a good point. I'm super worried i'm "They front-load the problem with objectivity" as you put it.

My problem is more like I've potentially found a way to streamline/improve this process. Concern is however will it be important enough to get users attention, let alone monetizing down the line.

Re:Ask HN: How do you know the problem you're solving matters to people? on Thursday February 17, 2022 @12:03PM (#30375515)

Thanks for sharing. Will check out that material.

Re:Ask HN: How do you know the problem you're solving matters to people? on Thursday February 17, 2022 @12:03PM (#30375506)

It's a problem I discovered in my previous role over a number of years. And the issue is there's no clear pain point, it's numerous, and it affects more than one party i.e brands, users and media.

Ask HN: How do you know the problem you're solving matters to people?

Posted by amac on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:31AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm writing a Medium post to try and elegantly describe the problem I've discovered with a certain process and the way I'm going to solve it with my software product (FYI purpose of the Medium post to drive traffic to my landing page when it goes live)My question is though, how do you know if the problem/solution you're working actually matters to people? Is there any kind of validation system...

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Re:Blloc – A Minimalist Smartphone on Friday October 18, 2019 @08:42AM (#21290867)

Smartphones help people do more. Why would anyone buy one to do less is not that clear to me.

Re:Ask HN: I'm going to China. What privacy precautions can/should I t... on Sunday October 07, 2018 @10:35AM (#18160726)

Wechat is your friend.

Re:Ask HN: I'm going to China. What privacy precautions can/should I t... on Sunday October 07, 2018 @10:35AM (#18160725)

Wechat will be your friend.

Ask HN: How can we improve our site?

Posted by amac on Saturday September 01, 2018 @11:36PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi guys,When reading about or researching smartphones, you can check out text based reviews on Tech news websites e.g The Verge, GSMArena etc or search YouTube to watch videos. We're trying to bring these together into one place with our site, ComparePhones (http://www.comparephones.net/).How can we improve our site? We'd love to know what we need to do make the site as useful as the...

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Re:Shenzhen may have grown too fast, too soon, for its own good on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:12PM (#17271310)

Lived in SZ for 2 years, the comments in the media are too negative. Shenzhen is losing manufacturing, all the while the city's GDP continues to grow. Why? Because it's moving into more higher value areas such as software. I don't see any downside for SZ, it's location at the heart of the region, between HK, GZ etc, makes it well placed to continue to thrive.

Re:Giving Up on the Current MacBook Pro Keyboard on Friday April 27, 2018 @10:23PM (#16945777)

Likewise. Don't regret the decision.

Show HN: ComparePhones – We'll find your next phone

Posted by amac on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:06AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://comparephones.net/

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Internet Access and Ability

Posted by amac on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @06:18AM
from the ecommerceblog.com dept.

https://ecommerceblog.com/2016/07/13/internet-access-and-ability/

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This is how the retail industry is dying

Posted by amac on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:29PM
from the marketwatch.com dept.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-how-the-retail-industry-is-dying-2016-04-28

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Re:Poll: As a founder, what is your salary(2016)? on Sunday January 10, 2016 @06:35PM (#10877777)

$0.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2016) on Friday January 01, 2016 @01:46PM (#10822787)

SEEKING FREELANCER

Legend Technologies Ltd | http://www.legendwearable.com | Remote

We are looking for a digital marketer to help us launch our brand and first product. You will be working with the founder on a contract basis.

Email [email protected] for more information or to apply.

Make It Happen

Posted by amac on Sunday December 20, 2015 @03:58AM
from the liveforever.net dept.

http://liveforever.net/2015/12/09/make-it-happen/

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Ask HN: Do you employ or have worked with a growth hacker?

Posted by amac on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @02:15AM
from the ask-hn dept.

My startup is in the crowdfunding phase and we're looking at hiring a freelance growth hacker. If the role is a good fit, perhaps we'll make it a permanent one. My question is; do you employ a growth hacker or have done in the past? Did it work for your product or service?

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Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2015) on Thursday November 05, 2015 @10:29AM (#10513824)

SEEKING FREELANCER

Legend Technologies Ltd | http://www.legendwearable.com | Remote

We are looking for a digital marketer to help us launch our brand and first product. You will be working with the founder on a contract basis.

Email [email protected] for more information or to apply.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015) on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @01:01PM (#10501263)

Legend Technologies Ltd | http://www.legendwearable.com | Remote

We are looking for a digital marketer to help us launch our brand and first product. You will be working with the founder on a contract basis.

Email [email protected] for more information or to apply.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone used a PR person or company? on Thursday October 29, 2015 @04:57AM (#10469866)

Thanks for the reply. We haven't really got a sufficiently large budget for marketing as it is so perhaps we should try and see how far we can go without one. (knowing we'll need one later anyway)

Re:Ask HN: $500k revenue business – Shopify vs. Custom website? on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @08:44AM (#10464065)

> People build their own still for a multitude of reasons, one of these being may be that they don't want to be locked in to a single platform. If Shopify shut down tomorrow, would your business be in trouble?

This is correct and sums up the hosted vs self-hosted arguement. It really depends on your needs and resource - if you have Devlelopers/IT folks for example then building out your own site would be sensible. Yet if you have less of those and more marketing people, hosted might make more sense.