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My startup Goosechase switched to a 4 day week last summer and it's awesome. The two easiest ways to find companies already doing a 4 day week would likely be: 1. Dedicated 4 day w…

GooseChase | Senior Full Stack Engineer | REMOTE: North American timezones | https://www.goosechase.com GooseChase is a successfully bootstrapped web and mobile platform for creati…

Network effects are great...when you have them. But in the beginning you won't. That's why if you can provide value to an individual user without requiring network effects, it will…

If I'm understanding correctly, you are hoping this will become a site where people come for travel inspiration (e.g. I'm thinking of a trip to Thailand, so I come to your site, se…

+1 for being will to pay for a SaaS version of this.

Congrats on getting out there & making something! The biggest request I have is for alternative rule-sets. The pools I typically participate in are a lot less involved - e.g. pick …

Seconded. I think I'm going to make screenshot backups just to make sure.

This actually seems like something Airbnb would want to acquire. From what I've heard, setting the price is still one of the most painful parts of hosting. Having this available fo…

While it's always tough when one of your main competitive advantages is price, this is a smart move for them. Really good talking point to get people in the door and away from Even…

This: “It seems like we're a great fit. I'm excited. Before we go any further exploring a potential deal I want to bring up that we're fully focused on building world class technol…

I don't know about a lot of these, but I run a travel startup so I can comment about the travel agencies restriction. Travel in general is seen as a high risk industry. Try going t…

You don't even have to wait for the signup either - you can often get them on the phone after a well-written cold email. I run a marketplace for trips planned by locals (Tripzaar.c…

Couchsurfing is fantastic. It's also very variable. Many people are willing to pay for a consistent, high-quality experience.

I fully agree with you. If you aren't being productive, you aren't working. The number of hours isn't a badge of honor, but the number of productive hours is.

Fair question. For me, I'm going for a home run because I think it will allow me to have the biggest impact on the world. I was living in Chile for 6 months last year and have seen…

I've tried it. It's really friggin cool. (My team's desks are right next to their's)