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courtneypowell

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About courtneypowell

Founder, PublikDemand.com, courtney@publikdemand.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #19112448

    I highly recommend Michael Crichton’s autobiography, ‘Travels’. It chronicles his time beginning in med school, where he began writing on a whim, to his post-fame struggles. Time p…

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    Comment #18486062

    I like the idea. I fear that there is a negative association with a per minute pricing model. It makes me think of psychic and sex lines. I suggest looking at a per call model with…

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    Comment #16769339

    WeWorkRemotely.com, RemoteOK.io, Stack Overflow remote filter

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    Comment #16759152

    Keller Williams Realty International | Remote option for Engineers/QA/DEVOPS, Onsite for all other positions | Austin,TX | $100 - 200k (base) + profit sharing depending on role I'm…

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    Comment #11655401

    Here's an example of contractors requiring fingerprinting in a highly regulated environment pushing them to 'covered employee' status. The requirement of fingerprinting does not in…

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    Comment #11652724

    The real issue for Uber and Lyft may be the fact that fingerprinting puts them closer to needing to classify drivers as employees instead of contractors. They could surely solve an…

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    Comment #10653764

    I experienced the same issue today. Entire screen was blank with the exception of the page header. I was only able to access my mail in an incognito browser.

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    Comment #10504832

    Shareholder agreements can define 'Unanimous' in any variety of ways. So long as the agreement is approved, it can supersede Deleware shareholder laws.

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    Comment #9013013

    Check out realhq.com. If you are interested email Courtney@realhq.com.

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    Comment #8824565

    We're 100% remote at RealHQ. We post (and seem to get the most hits from) on: We Work Remotely, AngelList and HN. Were hiring for a few positions now, you can also check out our jo…

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    Comment #8552500

    Real HQ, Junior Controller, REMOTE Real HQ is the company behind Agent Pronto https://agentpronto.com/ . We help home buyers and sellers find awesome real estate agents in their ar…

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    Comment #8144197

    Take a look at this article's analysis on whether or not the 'Founding Fathers' would have been for or against the type of surveillance we are now seeing. http://www.foreignpolicy.…

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    Comment #7892122

    I am very pleased to see other HN readers mention the enneagram. A good friend told me about it a couple of years back and I can honestly say it has helped me better understand mys…

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    Comment #7623537

    How is a woman who refuses to date another employee considered an "office-romance?" Retaliation as a result of unwanted advances is considered harassment. sexual harassment definit…

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    Comment #7413218

    I'm curious, is the possibility that the passengers are still alive being discussed by any major news outlet? I have read tons of coverage but the authors implicitly state the pass…

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    Comment #7222974

    Awesome, love family oriented startups. Also check out activityhero.com. I used them last summer and they have more cities.

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    Ask HN: Who's going to Burning Man?

    Who's going to Burning Man? Any first timers? Past experiences?

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    Comment #5384211

    Uh, I most definitely am a mother to a ten year old son.

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    Comment #5378662

    I would love any suggestions for making tweets look less "spammy". We face that problem daily.

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    Comment #5378650

    The company is not required to engage with us in anyway to access a complaint. And specifically in this case, they ignored not only tweets coming from PublikDemand but from me as w…

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    Comment #5378580

    UPDATE: I was able to email Jeff Smisek and the SVP of Customer Experience directly a moment ago. I will post their response publicly if I hear back.

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    Comment #5378557

    I emailed him directly to after someone sent me his email address a few minutes ago, and their SVP of Customer Experience.

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    Comment #5378478

    This is a difficult problem to solve, one that we have been working on for a while at PublikDemand. We have hoards of people with the same complaint against a company and are tryin…