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Re:Ravti (YC S14) wants to digitize the HVAC Industry on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @05:58PM (#8200051)
What is the tag? Just a barcode?

Ask HN: Is getting a PMP certification a good idea?

I'm noticing a lot of overseas jobs, especially in the the Arab Gulf countries (UAE, Qatar, etc.) require it for various project manager roles and, in turn, are paying about $100k a year.Does anyone have any info on this? Does it carry the same weight in the US?

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Ask HN: Curriculum for learning JavaScript, JQuery, and Node?

From recent posts, I'm concluding that Javascript is the next thing I should learn (employability, resilience, usefulness). There are so many resources, however, so I'm not sure where I should begin?JavaScript: The Good Parts? Online tutorials and "classes?" Opensource Github projects? Other books? Should I learn CoffeeScript "instead" of pure JS?My goals include learning Node and Angular...

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Ask HN: Anyone have an older Macbook that you're willing to sell cheaply?

My hard drive crashed and my optical drive stopped working. I lost some unbacked-up data, and I cracked something on the motherboard while trying to diagnose the problem with the optical drive, resulting in the display not working.I don't have the funds for a new computer so, as a long-shot, I'm wondering if anyone here has a Macbook that's not in use and lying around that you're willing to...

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Re:Ask HN: Is it a good idea to seek funding pre-launch? on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @10:47PM (#5709886)
I see.

(b) is golden. In a way, it's like ignoring a girl that I like, while making myself discernibly more desirable.

Thanks.

Re:Ask HN: Is it a good idea to seek funding pre-launch? on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @03:40PM (#5707512)
I should be more clear.

The startup's customers are from among many verticals. Acquiring those customers is why I need the sales team. I can work to acquire a few myself within a specific vertical. To service the acquired customers is where the monetary expense is required (think PPC ads that are later billed to the customers, for example).

Of course, I can do one at a time, but why? That's the point of me wanting to seek funding - to scale quickly...to go after multiple companies in multiple cities within multiple industries.

Re:Ask HN: Is it a good idea to seek funding pre-launch? on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @02:02PM (#5706741)
The problem I'm worried about is precisely what you're warning against: I'm confident that I can successfully launch in one city (with my own funds) but I'm afraid that this will be considered post-launch and pre-traction when I solicit investors.

Ask HN: Is it a good idea to seek funding pre-launch?

I've built, and validated the need for, my app but I don't have the funds to grow it; there's a sales component to it and I need to hire some sales reps to scale. The app also requires a sizable upfront expense per major city (population > 100k) that is recouped about 10 days later.The startup is a b2b play that has a b2c component that I'm working on too.Are investors likely to invest...

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Re:Announcing Blimp’s project management API on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @10:43AM (#5060637)
Cut it out. At least try to be a little more subtle with your spam.
Re:How should I deal with an employee who has slept with my wife? on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @09:16PM (#5034933)
How is that more interesting?

You'd consider canning the _competent_ VP/Engineer, adding insult to injury?

C'mon.

Re:Show HN: My Twitter brand monitoring side project on Saturday August 25, 2012 @09:22AM (#4431979)
How are you determining if a tweet is positive, negative, or neutral?
Re:Where the Heat and the Thunder Hit Their Shots on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @01:33PM (#4101645)
Does any one know where to get access to the raw data? Does the NBA provide them "upon request" or did the author compile them manually?
Re:Learning from my web app 23 visits at a time on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @10:16AM (#3075677)
How is the chart supposed to be interpreted? Is it me looking up at the sky on a particular night seeing a a 360-degree view of the stars?

Also, how are future positions determined?

Where do you sell such apps?
What kind of comics?
Re:ASK: Help me start an importing/exporting business on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @08:19PM (#2783716)
Do you have an email address I can reply to? If so, update your profile.
How are you classifying employment? Do you just use a predefined list of occupations and search the users "Occupation" field for items in that list?
Re:(Android) Developer Income Report #11 on Monday July 04, 2011 @10:31AM (#2726620)
Which ad platform are you using for your apps?
Re:Tell HN: We just got screwed by PayPal on Thursday June 30, 2011 @07:50PM (#2716258)
Off-topic, but how did you gain your initial users for what was, apparently, a successful local deal?
Re:PG on Bloomberg: Don't Look at Groupon's Numbers on Thursday June 16, 2011 @06:49PM (#2663610)
He actually did say that. Your quote is more of a paraphrase.

PG on Bloomberg: Don't Look at Groupon's Numbers

I found this sort of strange. He mentioned that Andrew Mason is a smart guy, and by definition, smart guys end up figuring out that a bad idea is eventually bad.But I don't think investors and money money managers know the leaders of their portfolio companies as well as they know the companies themselves.Would this generally apply to equities investing as well?He's on now, live, by the...

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I've been on there for over an hour to no avail.