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Re:Ask HN: are there any good reads on how to motivate others?
on Saturday September 28, 2013 @10:12AM (#6461842)
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie has been recommended to me several times
http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/06...
Re:I want to learn about growth hacking
on Monday January 28, 2013 @08:23AM (#5128361)
I would highly suggest following this quora board:
https://www.quora.com/Growth-Hacking
and then read this blog post by Andrew Chen on becoming a growth hacker:
http://andrewchen.co/2012/05/11/how-do-i-learn-to-be-a-growt...
Re:Ask HN: Online courses platform
on Saturday December 15, 2012 @12:56PM (#4925790)
Try checking out Stanford's opensource online course platform:
Re:Example pitch deck
on Saturday November 17, 2012 @01:30PM (#4798691)
Re:Ask HN Hustlers: What are you favorite books on sales?
on Friday October 26, 2012 @04:17PM (#4704051)
How to Master the Art of Selling Anything - Tom Hopkins
Here is a URL to the book: http://www.amazon.com/How-Master-Art-Selling-Hopkins/dp/0446...
It is also in audio tape form as well.
Re:Ask HN: Examples of great landing/site designs?
on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @04:42PM (#4513089)
Here's a treasure chest of examples and explanations:
http://www.quora.com/What-startup-homepages-are-most-simple-...
Re:Ask HN: Please help me with seo. 600k player statistics are not get...
on Thursday August 02, 2012 @08:36AM (#4328387)
Is there an email that I can reach you at? I wasn't able to find one in your profile.
Re:Ask HN: virtual haven co
on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @10:50PM (#4165276)
Bitcoins perhaps?
Re:Ask HN: big data sets to play around with?
on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @10:46PM (#4165260)
http://buzzdata.com/content/
They have TONS of free open data sets that you can play aound with.
Re:Ask HN: Image processing as a service (IpAAS?)
on Thursday May 31, 2012 @07:37PM (#4051030)
Speaking of image processing, is anyone aware of any libraries or APIs that check image quality?
Re:Ask HN: Built StartOpedia org for HNers - now please add to it
on Saturday February 04, 2012 @10:44AM (#3551225)
Have you thought of using Twitter Bootstrap (http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/) or Zurb Foundation (http://foundation.zurb.com/) to help you out with a cleaner and easier UI?
Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Google analytic?
on Friday January 06, 2012 @01:35PM (#3434420)
Here are a few analytics companies:
FREE IDEA: Show your support against SOPA by 'censoring' yourself
Hey HN,I was wondering if any one would be interested in a fun small Xmas project that scans your facebook/twitter profile picture and then uses the Face.com (http://developers.face.com/) API to 'censor' your face with some small text at the bottom of the picture saying you're against SOPA.It then reposts it as your profile picture and of course the app would allow you to share the censored...
Re:Ask HN: Looking for paypal alternative I could use for subscriptions.
on Monday December 12, 2011 @09:24PM (#3346038)
Re:Ask HN: New curriculum needed for university's Web Application Deve...
on Friday November 25, 2011 @01:50PM (#3277865)
Purely out of curiosity where about in Africa is the university?
Re:Ask HN: Costs of IT startup in Montreal, Canada
on Sunday November 13, 2011 @10:25AM (#3230908)
In regards to rent it all depends on where you're staying in Montreal. I suggest taking a look at PadMapper(http://www.padmapper.com/) to help you find a place to live.
For internet I'm using TekSavvy (http://teksavvy.com/en) they seem to have the most affordable plans when it comes to what you're paying for and what you're getting.
Startup lawyer wise check out this thread on Quora (http://www.quora.com/Montréal/Who-are-the-best-startup-lawye...)
Lastly, if you're looking to get involved in the startup community we ALWAYS have a ton of stuff going on. You can find more on these sites:
Next Montreal (http://nextmontreal.com/)
Montreal Tech Watch (http://montrealtechwatch.com/)
Notman House Calendar (http://notman.org/en/events/)
Montreal Statup Digest (http://startupdigest.com/)
Cheers!
Re:Ask HN: Non-technical people, how did you learn to code?
on Sunday September 18, 2011 @10:45AM (#3010289)
Hey Freshfey,
Over the summer I taught myself how to code (PHP). The route that I took was the following:
1) Watch screen casts without doing any coding and just understand the basic concepts and syntax. This was done via Lynda.
2) I then went to the tutorial Zend has on PHP 101 and did each and every exercise until I understood it.
3) Lastly, (this I am still in the midst of doing) is attempt to replicate a website or a certain functionality of a website. Meaning apply everything you just learnt from step 1 & 2.
By going through those three steps I've become pretty good at coding and now it's all about practising and to continue putting together things I've learnt into real stuff.
Some AMAZING resources that I highly recommend checking out (no matter what language you're learning is:
http://stackoverflow.com/ <-- Amazing Q&A site that SHOULD have the answer to just about any problem you run into
https://github.com/ <--- Take a look at other people's projects and see how they are doing things in the language that you are learning.
The last and final tip that I can give you is stick to it and don't give up.
Re:Ask HN: Best resources for learning to build good products?
on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @07:05PM (#2897315)
Additionally, I HIGHLY suggest taking a look at the Business Model Generation by Alex Osterwalder and Running Lean By Ash Maurya.
LINKS:
Re:Ask HN: Best Books for Learning Web Design?
on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @01:07PM (#2755471)
I'm not quite sure on books, but there are a TON of resources out there to help you get a solid web design foundation.
Here are two resources that I read daily and provide a lot of good juicy material:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/
Re:Where can you learn more about biz dev best practices?
on Wednesday June 15, 2011 @02:43PM (#2658477)
Try checking out Mixergy's interview with Harley Finkelstein of Shopify. He has some really good practices, you can find it here (http://mixergy.com/harley-finkelstein-shopify-interview/)
Re:Ask HN: Any CS/MBA combined degree programs out there?
on Sunday June 12, 2011 @08:58PM (#2647780)
If you're okay with moving up to Canada this may be of interest for you (http://cbet.uwaterloo.ca/).
From what I've heard it's a pretty good program and the startup community in Waterloo is quite active as well.
Re:Africa is still Green
on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @06:47PM (#2609744)
...What do you have in mind?
Re:Ask HN: How to Motivate Unpaid Interns?
on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @12:55PM (#2608142)
A couple years ago(my first year in Uni) I took an unpaid internship and I ended up getting a job out of it. So, from personal experience I'd suggest to do the following:
- Have them do work that will in turn actually teach them things they want to do in their career.
- DO NOT make them do boring menial tasks.
- Engage them in actual company decisions. (Just because they are an intern doesn't mean they don't have good views)
- Get to know them both on a work and personal level. (...or even offer being their mentor or introduce them to people they'd like to be mentored by)
All in all, since you aren't paying the interns you have to provide them with an experience that will be equivalent of getting paid.
Just my 2 cents though.
Re:Best Start-up Presentation/Pitches you've ever seen?
on Sunday May 29, 2011 @07:17PM (#2597890)
Dave McClure has an awesome breakdown of a startup pitch. You can find it here (http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/how-to-pitch-a-vc-aka-s...)
Re:Ask HN: When was your "ah-ha" moment when learning how to program?
on Friday May 27, 2011 @02:13PM (#2592476)
hmmm... ok. I've been hearing a lot on how learning Data Structures (from creeping other Ask HN questions) helps.
Can you recommend a good source on learning data structures?
Re:Ask HN: When was your "ah-ha" moment when learning how to program?
on Friday May 27, 2011 @02:11PM (#2592468)
>what is it in programming that excites you?
Not quite sure actually. I've always been fascinated with computers and the web from a young age. And I've gotten to a point where I have (at least what I'd like to think of as) great ideas and not being able to program is what's been "holding me back" from executing them. So, I bit the bullet and decided to start learning how to program.
Ask HN: When was your "ah-ha" moment when learning how to program?
Non-technical business guy here, I'm currently learning PHP, I've watched screencasts (Lynda)and I'm now going through PHP 101: for absolute beginners (http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/627. I'm starting to understand what's going on but, still have a loooooong way to go. Regardless of that, my question to everyone at HN is:How long did it take you to reach your "ah-ha" moment when you first...
Re:Ask HN: Would this make finding a new place suck less?
on Thursday May 26, 2011 @09:31AM (#2587622)
Have you taken a look at Walk Score (http://www.walkscore.com/)? Is it something that comes along the lines of what you we're thinking, except a bit more personalized with taking into consideration your workplace?