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carerra

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About carerra

I own and invest in companies. Pleased to meet you - drop me a line!

MapSalesDirect.com

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    Ask HN: Advice for a man with a plan?

    I have a solid concept for a business tool. I have vetted it with 10 professionals in this field and they all like/love the idea and would pay for it. I want to develop a solid MVP…

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    Comment #5274562

    stupid simply small business 'housekeeping' tools - open source. people could setup tools, create a dashboard, setup recurring actions, notices, invoice tracking, tax calculations,…

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    Comment #5260888

    are you a developer? PM me please - I have a few questions I want to take offline.

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    Comment #5120987

    Its the race for eyeballs, so the eyeballs can be slapped with advertisements for crap they don't need.

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    Comment #4329433

    I would venture to estimate many of the fake accounts have few friends but many thousands of likes to products and services. These are not users you want to include in your adverti…

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    Comment #4329432

    I would venture to estimate many of the fake account have few friends but many thousands of likes to products and services. These are not users you want to include in your advertis…

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    Comment #4287241

    agreed. from the client's perspective, they are underwater (can't pay now), then after a few weeks of late fees (10% of total), they are REALLY underwater. How about escrow or a pa…

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    Comment #4287215

    Client needs to place 100% of the money in escrow. eLance is great for this, but their cut is too dear for some projects. Freelancers need to establish a no-fee escrow service, of …

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    Comment #4282986

    Not domestic at all. Were those responsible for the tube and bus bombings not immigrants with training elsewhere? Hardly domestic in the sense that 9/11 was domestic. Norway's atro…

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    Comment #4266926

    The blog post seems link bait-y in that the 'lessons learned from a failure' really is an existing company, with capital I presume, raising 80% of the funds - not a failure. Certai…

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    Comment #4259840

    keep in mind that it really is all about execution - not just the programming, but design and marketing. all those and timing and strategy.

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    Comment #4254211

    Is this a dream come true for an aspiring CEO (resurrect an a-list tech company), or was she the 7th person to be offered the job, except she said 'yes'?

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    Comment #4250066

    you should make dates with prospective friends. we fall in love a little with guy friends, so instead of the outcome being 'let's explore a romantic chemistry' it is 'let's explore…

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    Comment #4237607

    the valuation may be low but possibly Kevin took the offer with shares, so the new owned could allow Kevin to take more off the table in the future.