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Creative Market | Senior Product Manager | San Francisco, CA preferred, remote possible | Fulltime Creative Market | Many engineering roles | San Francisco, CA preferred, remote po…

Hey HN! Aaron here. I hope you find this post helpful, and happy to answer any questions!

I've recommended teams that have been accepted, and recommended teams that have been rejected. It's really just another data point to consider, not a golden ticket. And it certainl…

Ultimately what you want to do is de-risk the potential investment by showing that you have significant traction, and having actual paying customers is a great way to do that.

Wow, thanks Sean. That really means a lot to hear.

Yes and no. In my situation (OP), I had about a month to find a place for my wife to live in NYC (until I got there after YC), find a place for our team to live in SF, and find som…

FYI: cofounder's name is "Mahbod", not "Maboo".

Congrats guys! Great service and well-deserved, we're big fans (and customers).

"He seceded when he was denied a permit"

Reminds me of Dharmesh Shah's talk at SXSW where he shared the-one-metric-to-rule-them-all that they developed at HubSpot to measure success for everyone on the team (from sales pe…

We did :) Thanks for your feedback rurounijones, we're listening.

Nope, you're not missing anything. Startup teams are so small that everyone on the team has to be able to add value by creating something tangible. There's no room for middle-manag…

We've been using Mailgun for the last couple months at COLOURlovers to manage and analyze our weekly newsletter campaigns (400k+/week) and handle our transactional email. Easily wo…

"DidThis makes it easy to spread micro-actions that are fun or useful to as many people as possible around the world." I think that messaging does you a disservice. How many people…