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I've run a bootstrapped startup that's seen a lot of iterations in the last nine years. We started in the midwest, then transitioned two years ago to the valley when we were accept…

I co-founded a company with my boyfriend of 1.5 years, who later became my husband. Our company has been bootstrapped and profitable for the last 8 years. Initially, we were both s…

Love this! Works great and simple design.

It was mentioned at GopherCon that many developers use Windows in China. Golang's ability to compile on Windows makes it a natural choice. Most Chinese websites are built on the Wi…

Congrats on taking the leap! I would love to see what you're working on.

Thanks so much for the feedback. What market(s)/use cases did you consider when you designed your forms platform (eg medical forms for private practice, tax-related forms for gover…

We currently use this platform in-house for a K-12 application with 40K+ users. We found that there was a tremendously high hurdle to building forms-based applications to meet user…

You might consider a way to add additional value to your news site. One idea I've always thought would be cool would be to algorithmically determine news that is disproportionally …

We regularly perform PDF extractions at my startup. For each new client, we'll run batches of several thousand at a time. A more attractive monetization model for a customer like u…

As a YC Hacks participant, the most striking part of being there was just how genuinely friendly and helpful everyone was. Really a great experience.

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Trevor, really appreciate the post. Any reason you chose elance over other sites (odesk, guru, etc)? Any additional tips (eg did you try encouraging certain freelancers with great …

SameGoal | FRONT END ENGINEER - CLOSURE LIBRARY, full time in Milwaukee WI (remote via video conference ok) Hey HN! We're a bootstrapped, profitable start-up looking for talented F…