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Re:A strange green organism has spread, clogging up the world's rivers on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @06:39PM (#8391807)
And then it will disappear, and the only person who will truly know what happened will be Fox Mulder.

No one cared about my startup until we gave away... breadshoes?

Posted by czahor on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @04:06PM
from the self-post dept.

I'm the founder/CEO of Ratify, an upcoming app that connects citizens with politicians. I thought it would be really cool to run a contest where we gave away a meeting with the President. Turns out no one else thought it was cool! We ran the contest for 1 day and received anemic traffic and shares.So on day 2 we added a second contest for a pair of freaking BREADSHOES, and randomly assigned new...

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Re:I'm giving away 2 tickets to meet President Obama on Monday April 21, 2014 @12:41PM (#7621969)
Hi guys. Long-time engineer here, first-time businessman. I really hope you enjoy what my new startup is trying to accomplish, which is to better connect citizens to politicians.

We haven't officially launched yet, but we're kicking things off with a fun contest. (My apologies if you're not a fan of "stealth" startup marketing promotions.)

You can read more about it, if you care to, on my personal site here: http://www.czahor.com/meet-the-president/

Feel me to ask me questions or give me feedback at [email protected].

Thanks!

I'm giving away 2 tickets to meet President Obama

Posted by czahor on Monday April 21, 2014 @12:35PM
from the ratifyapp.com dept.

http://www.ratifyapp.com/contest

Hi guys. Long-time engineer here, first-time businessman. I really hope you enjoy what my new startup is trying to accomplish, which is to better connect citizens to politicians.We haven't officially launched yet, but we're kicking things off with a fun contest. (My apologies if you're not a fan of "stealth" startup marketing promotions.)You can read more about it, if you care to, on my...

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How much would I have to pay you for a day of teaching kids how to program?

Posted by czahor on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @09:44PM
from the self-post dept.

I'm thinking about launching a business around this idea, so I wanted to get some good opinions.Here's mine: I'm a senior-level Rails/JS dev, and I'm not really into the whole "do good things for free" thing. I think for 8 hours on a Saturday I would do it for $200, or $25 an hour.Let me know your honest opinion. I would appreciate it a lot, for real for real.

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