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DHH, co-founder of Basecamp, and Jason Jacobs, co-founder of RunKeeper and host of the "My Climate Journey" podcast, have a deep conversation about climate change, their own personal views on it, and taking the metaphorical "red pill," as it relates to the crisis.

You can find past episodes on the My Climate Journey website as well as request an invite to the Slack group, where discussions on the topic are taking place among technologists, experts and entrepreneurs: https://www.myclimatejourney.co/

Luxe - San Francisco, CA - http://www.luxevalet.com - Full Time - Various

Hey HN!

I'm excited to share the opportunities available at our quickly growing startup. Check out our recent press:

CNBC: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000326377&play=1

WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/23/new-valet-app-luxe-ea...

TC: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/23/luxe-aims-to-solve-san-fran...

NPR: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/parking-valet-demand#...

To get a real feel for our business, we invite you to try out our service, currently available in SF. Simply email me at thai [at] luxevalet [dot] com and I'll set you up with some free credit.

Luxe: A Parking Spot in Your Pocket

Luxe removes the pain out of parking through its on-demand valet service. With our mobile app, a driver can request one of our many trained valets to meet her at her destination and park her car. When the customer needs her car back, she can simply use the app to let the valet know and the valet will return it wherever the customer needs it. Our vision is to make circling the block for parking a thing of the past.

About The Team

The founding team hails from leadership positions at Google, Zynga, Ducati and Tesla. We've assembled an ever-expanding core team of 17, whose diverse backgrounds include the U.S. Marines, Code for America and YC. What unites us is our shared passion for solving complex problems and a commitment to creating a work environment, based on mutual respect for one another.

Opportunities: We're currently hiring for the following roles:

1) iOS Engineer

2) Data Scientist

3) Marketing Specialist

4) Executive Assistant/Generalist

5) Other - We're always looking to meet talented and hungry individuals. If you think you'd be a good fit, let us know.

Ready to apply or learn more? Drop us a note at [email protected] with "HN" in the subject line. We promise to get back to you!

Thanks,

Thai

BD @Luxe

Luxe - San Francisco, CA - http://www.luxevalet.com - Full Time - Various

Hey HN!

I'm excited to share the opportunities available at our quickly growing startup. To get a real feel for our business, we invite you to try out our service, currently in private beta in SF. Simply email me at thai [at] luxevalet [dot] com and I'll set you up with some free credit.

Luxe: A Parking Spot in Your Pocket

Luxe removes the pain out of parking through its on-demand valet service. With our mobile app, a driver can request one of our many trained valets to meet her at her destination and park her car. When the customer needs her car back, she can simply use the app to let the valet know and the valet will return it wherever the customer needs it. Our vision is to make circling the block for parking a thing of the past.

About The Team

The founding team hails from leadership positions at Google, Zynga, Ducati and Tesla. We've assembled an ever-expanding core team of 16, whose diverse backgrounds include the U.S. Marines, Code for America and YC. What unites us is our shared passion for solving complex problems and a commitment to creating a work environment, based on mutual respect for one another.

Opportunities: We're currently hiring for the following roles:

1) iOS Engineer

2) Data Scientist

3) Marketing Specialist

4) Other - We're always looking to meet talented and hungry individuals. If you think you'd be a good fit, let us know.

Ready to apply or learn more? Drop us a note at [email protected] with "HN" in the subject line. We promise to get back to you!

Thanks,

Thai BD @Luxe

I believe the content and instruction for Metis is provided by the Rails consultancy, Thoughtbot. This seemed to be a recent foray into the space for both parties; perhaps, Kaplan saw some encouraging traction from the joint partnership and thus decided to make an acquisition.

Andrew, thanks a lot for sharing your feedback and personal experience attempting a similar service.

You mentioned that "It's a stinky idea at its core because people don't like selling their friends and acquaintances." Was the biggest challenge finding people interested in making referrals?

Your caveat is well-taken. It seems like quite a number of startups, unsuccessfully, have tried to get this model to work. Most notably Top Prospect, which I believe is now defunct:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/15/top-prospect-connects-with-...

Boston, Remote|Relocation, Full Time | Contract | Part Time

Stack: Some Ruby on Rails, Java, HTML/CSS

Resume: www.linkedin.com/in/thaiqnguyen/

Contact: thai [at] startupdigest.com

Looking for co-founder opportunities or PM/Marketing at early-stage startup. I have previous experience as a PM@Intuit, entrepreneur@DreamIt Ventures; currently, I'm a curator @StartupDigest SV.

Boston, Remote|Relocation, Full Time | Contract | Part Time

Stack: Some Ruby on Rails, Java, HTML/CSS

Resume: www.linkedin.com/in/thaiqnguyen/

Contact: thai [at] startupdigest.com

Looking for co-founder opportunities or PM/Marketing at early-stage startup. I have previous experience as a PM@Intuit, entrepreneur@DreamIt Ventures; currently, I'm a curator @StartupDigest.