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How I accelerated my startup with... Odesk

Posted by codingstaff on Saturday April 14, 2012 @07:30AM
from the odesk.com dept.

https://www.odesk.com/blog/2012/04/how-i-accelerated-my-startup-and-3-ways-you-can-too/

Re:Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike on Sunday January 29, 2012 @11:45PM (#3527542)

Guys, don't listent to wrong feedback coming out of... whatever. Trollblock is an awesome resource for trolling and you should stick to that idea. Comments should be hella funny and yeah, keep the facebook login. Otherwise u'll have a bunch of weirdo nazis screaming out loud. Cool stuff!

How to Create Your First Business Proposal

Posted by codingstaff on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @10:38AM
from the blog.quoteroller.com dept.

http://blog.quoteroller.com/2011/12/11/how-to-create-your-first-business-proposal

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Re:Startup Dilemma: Parties, Contests, Events... Should You be There? on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @04:26PM (#3292251)

Your feedback is highly appreciated

Startup Dilemma: Parties, Contests, Events... Should You be There?

Posted by codingstaff on Monday November 28, 2011 @08:51AM
from the blog.quoteroller.com dept.

http://blog.quoteroller.com/2011/11/28/startup-dilemma-is-it-important-to-be-social/

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Re:Ask HN: Starting pay for junior dev & UI designer? on Sunday June 19, 2011 @01:50PM (#2671317)

I agree with others. 30k is way too low. Hire a freelancer (15 hrs a week)

Re:Ask HN: what is your experience with Python/django and Google App E... on Sunday June 19, 2011 @01:46PM (#2671310)

Lots of limitations. We went with rackspace cloud. The startup is www.quoteroller.com

Quote Roller - new startup that saves a bunch of time on proposals

Posted by codingstaff on Sunday June 19, 2011 @01:43PM
from the self-post dept.

Hey folks, we just released a major update for www.quoteroller.com Quote roller helps to create and send proposals, contracts, agreements in seconds. What do u think?

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Re:Windows Phone 7: How I wasted 20 days trying to register as a devel... on Friday April 22, 2011 @04:03AM (#2473533)

A story of a man trying to get to Pandora of WP7 development

Windows Phone 7: How I wasted 20 days trying to register as a developer

Posted by codingstaff on Thursday April 21, 2011 @07:49AM
from the codingstaff.com dept.

http://www.codingstaff.com/blog/mikita-mikado/good-luck-windows-phone-7

Story about me trying to register our company and device with Microsoft's App Hub to develop apps for Windows Phone 7. Funny and sad at the same time...

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Re:Review my startup - saas to create, manage, send proposals on Thursday April 21, 2011 @06:56AM (#2470124)

Hi B-Scan, Thanks a lot for your feedback! Really appreciate it. I think we need to add a help tooltip there that says "start typing-in to get a suggestion from your catalog". The thing is that you need to start typing in pricing table to get an item from catalog suggested. Taxes are going to be optional in next versions... say, it is not that often that in US taxes added as extra.

Review my startup - saas to create, manage, send proposals

Posted by codingstaff on Thursday April 21, 2011 @05:12AM
from the self-post dept.

Folks, We launched a new saas application www.quoteroller.com that helps to create awesome proposals quickly and painlessly. Would you mind to check it out and let me know what would you do differently? Thanks

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Re:Review my startup on Friday March 25, 2011 @03:31AM (#2367593)

danke! We plan to implement more comprehensive analytics by the end of July.

Re:Review my startup on Friday March 25, 2011 @03:29AM (#2367588)

Thanks for advise, next post will be much more descriptive

Re:Review my startup on Friday March 25, 2011 @03:28AM (#2367585)

Thanks a lot for your feedback, we are working on it. SalesForce integration is coming in April-May. First CRM we decided to connect with is HighRise.

Re:Review my startup on Friday March 25, 2011 @03:26AM (#2367580)

Michael, I really appreciate your feedback. You pointed out issues that surely should be addressed. Actually we got half of your items in our bug tracking list. Again, thank you so much for your feedback. It is great and straight to the point. Would you mind to elaborate on profile page? Thanks

Re:Review my startup on Thursday March 24, 2011 @12:50PM (#2364865)

Thanks a lot, Max. Scheduled for update.

Re:Review my startup on Thursday March 24, 2011 @12:50PM (#2364862)

Apowell, Awesome thought, thank you soo much. We tried to minimize quantity of team members and other items in plans so that we have capacity to add them up after application release. Right now all plans are free and there is no limitation on features. I've already added a task to create one more banner that says "Beautiful proposals in minutes. Check what your clients will get" linking to a live example of web based proposal. Again, really appreciate your feedback.

Re:Review my startup on Thursday March 24, 2011 @12:49PM (#2364855)

Thanks a lot for checking out Quote Roller. Here are some benefits: 1) Team work on a proposal 2) Ability to track client's activity 3) Ability to interact with a client 4) (in new release) Clients can sign proposal online 5) (in new release) integrations with popular tools [freshbooks, SalesForce, HighRise] 6) (in new release) mobile version

... and just in general... software is going to loose to saas. It is just more convenient to use web based apps.

Re:What to offer my first salesperson? on Thursday March 24, 2011 @12:31PM (#2364737)

I've been trying to do what you are doing just a month ago. I actually flew over to US to meet with potential candidates. Some of them needed base salary, some were willing to work on % basis. I would advise finding guys that really know what your business is about. If your startup rocks, sales people will start knocking your doors.

Re:Ask HN: I have a 3,500 subscriber email newsletter. How do I make $... on Thursday March 24, 2011 @12:26PM (#2364714)

btw, I just added you in LinkedIn

Re:Ask HN: I have a 3,500 subscriber email newsletter. How do I make $... on Thursday March 24, 2011 @12:26PM (#2364712)

Hi Dan, You can partner up with startups that are really hungry for reviews and exposure... just like us www.quoteroller.com :) A little blog post and paragraph about our app won't hurt while would be happy to pay a little fee for it.

Re:Ask HN: Stack/Hosting plan for a viral social web app on Thursday March 24, 2011 @09:00AM (#2363866)

Have you checked Rackspace cloud? They are extremely cheap comparing to other cloud-based solutions.

Re:Review my startup on Thursday March 24, 2011 @08:48AM (#2363824)

Re:Review my startup on Thursday March 24, 2011 @06:48AM (#2363535)

Thank you for suggestions, I'll be more descriptive next time.

Review my startup

Posted by codingstaff on Thursday March 24, 2011 @05:11AM
from the self-post dept.

Please check www.quoteroller.com - new saas that helps to create and send proposals.Just released and really need your feedback. UI, Usability, how useful is it. Much Aloha!

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Re:New startup launch: saas that helps to create proposals on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @12:17PM (#2360009)

if you ever created a proposal, check Quote Roller. We launched it last Friday. Need feedback on UI, usability, usefulness of service. all plans for the service are free till July, after July there will be just one free plan.

Re:Ask HN: How can I know if programming is for me on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @12:13PM (#2359988)

I would suggest not just trying but actually doing it for at least 3 months. If you enjoy the process and learn quickly [problem solving, creating something new, etc] then programming is your thing. I didn't play Mario or Quake neither most of really good developers I know. You don't have to be a gaming nerd to succeed as a programmer.

Re:Ask HN: What's the best blogging platform for startup companies on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @12:07PM (#2359958)

We decided to go with Tumblr, Startup is http://www.quoteroller.com. Pretty easy and flexible in terms of customization, but, unfortunately sub-domain hosted. Once we get a bit time I think will move to Wordpress.

Re:Review my startup Munchery, solving "What's for dinner?" on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @12:04PM (#2359951)

I really like the idea! I wish I lived in SF to join and participate.