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Ask HN: Connecting form to output

I've created a simple form using Paperform (would work also with Typeform), and would like to give users who submit the form an automated output depending on their answers (e.g. almost like their ranking). Any idea whether that's doable, and how I can do this easily? Thanks!

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Wordpress theme with form builder

Hi all,This should hopefully be an easy question for you technical people. Any idea what Wordpress theme the below website is using for an easy form builder like this one with various steps? If not, do you know of any similar themes?https://app.flystein.com/#/trip/findThanks!

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Re:Show HN: Magic / Stanford Nerd for Biz on Saturday May 09, 2015 @05:38PM (#9517786)
Hi! Thanks for the note, I hadn't seen this website before. Having said this, it's really not the same for a couple of reasons: - The interface is different. Le Geek is SMS-based. The UX is therefore much simpler. - The product is different. Studypool is focused on academics (ie. you're paying tutors to help out on an assignment). Le Geek offers many more services than just academic help. Services such as expert interviews (think GLG at a fraction of the cost), career advice (many users in Beta were asking for mock interviews), advertisement..etc. - Geeks are grads from the top 3 MBA schools in Europe

Show HN: Magic / Stanford Nerd for Biz

Just launched le Geek, a Magic-like service for business knowledge. In a sentence: Text a high quality MBA student, and get help for all things business related (e.g. expert calls, career/interview advice, advertisement).http://www.textlegeek.com/Feedback from the HN community would be much appreciated!

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Re:Robinhood raises $50M on Friday May 08, 2015 @08:31AM (#9511191)
Agreed but their product is mobile-first. They want to attract those people that spend 90% of their time on their smartphones. It's like asking why did Supercell / Clash of Clans not launch a web version first :)
Re:Robinhood raises $50M on Friday May 08, 2015 @04:38AM (#9510565)
It's very simple. 50bps of every transaction that you make. They will need MANY transactions to justify a $1B valuation :)

They're investing heavily now (at a loss) in marketing and in international expansion (note the recent US launch). Have you seen their recent marketing campaign in the UK? If you refer 3 paying users, you get £100 ($155) cash. Their cost of acquisition is therefore £33/user if not more. Assuming a 0.5% margin, they are therefore implying that each paying user will make at least £7,000 ($10,000) in transfers with them. And that's just to break even...

Re:Robinhood raises $50M on Thursday May 07, 2015 @10:53AM (#9505461)
No, but it's expensive, and it's more cost efficient to iterate on iphone first.
Re:Robinhood raises $50M on Thursday May 07, 2015 @10:52AM (#9505450)
Me too.
Re:Robinhood raises $50M on Thursday May 07, 2015 @10:50AM (#9505432)
Recently talked to one of their shareholders. Sounds like they're not focused on monetization right now. They're #1 aim is to acquire consumers (millenials preferably), gain scale, and then figure it out. Note that by acquiring millenials they're not gaining share from traditional brokers, they're more likely to expand the pie and get new people to trade. Hopefully these people are quite sticky, and will trade bigger and bigger amounts, by which point they'll be able to offer premium monetization options.

It's a long term play. They're going to be loss-making for a while. Their VC backers can handle it. It's like Transferwise (similar backers) who launched three years ago and who are still loss-making even though they've already processed >$1 billion in transactions...

Re:How do I know what to look for in a technical cofounder on Saturday April 11, 2015 @01:10PM (#9359906)
Ha, it's not about the money at this stage. I'm willing to pay whatever is reasonable/necessary. I'm mainly interested in knowing what technical skills I should be looking out for.

How do I know what to look for in a technical cofounder

I'm non-technical with an idea, and want to develop a product similar to Magic (W15 batch). I want to post an add to look for a developer on websites like Elance but don't know what specific skills to request. It seems like a straightforward backend so I'm hoping that someone good could do this fairly easily.Any tips on what I should be asking for?

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