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housewife

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About housewife

Housewife/Entrepreneuse from Calgary.

ambitioushousewives@gmail.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #3781922

    absolutely! we actually auditioned for Dragon's Den last year on one of our other projects at the very last minute, with nothing but financial projections, a crappy poster board an…

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    Comment #3781903

    thanks, that is what we were hoping :)

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    Comment #3781900

    Yes, I do know how it is. My cofounder has a 7 year old, and I have a 6 year old and a 4 month old. Luckily for us as well, we have a great support network, and amazing spouses who…

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    Comment #3781890

    This was sort of our "plan b", but he just can't make the time commitment we need right now.

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    Comment #3781886

    we have thought about doing this before, and not done it yet either, lol. thanks!

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    Comment #3779542

    This is a really great point. I have long believed that physical and mental health are so connected to one another. I actually have had this proven to me very recently in two insta…

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    Ask HN: did we make the right call to apply without a technical cofounder?

    So, here is the situation in which my cofounder and I find ourselves… When we decided to apply for YC, we proposed to our programmer (who we had recently selected after exhaustive …

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    Comment #3779450

    hey! my girlfriend and I applied to s12. We're from calgary. hope to see you all soon :)

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    Comment #3779417

    Hm, to do this though, you'd need to have a lot more qualifying questions. I have been a travel agent for 10 years, and it is difficult to find the "right" holiday for someone with…

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    Comment #3766920

    this is a cool idea Chris! I just sent you an email.

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    Comment #3766826

    Yes, I think this does really help. I didn't really notice, but I do take time for these things, I have to, I am married and have 2 daughters, so it is not really an option not to.…

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    Comment #3766807

    Absolutely agree, thanks fezzl.

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    Comment #3766800

    JCR, this really puts things into perspective... When I posted this question, I was thinking of business, not life as a whole, and I think you raise an excellent point. I do have a…

  15. story
    What keeps you going?

    For all of you out there who are working on start ups, or have, be they successful or not, how do you get over those humps where you just want to throw in the towel or move on to a…

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    Comment #3747254

    Well, see, now we are getting somewhere. I agree, tacocopter is super awesome, I wasn't trying to imply it wasn't. At least now I am getting some kind of responses. I suppose I sho…

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    Comment #3746956

    I know, I am hoping to get some input. I notice that there are a lot of responses to "tacocopter" and none to my post, and I want it to get noticed. In answer to your question, I d…

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    housewives with a start up-applying to yc, feedback please

    Hello hackers! My best friend/business partner and I are applying for this session of Y combinator... We have a truly phenomenal start up idea, not trying to sound obnoxious, but i…

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    What do you think of "Ambitious Housewives"?

    Hello hackers! My best friend/business partner and I are applying for this session of Y combinator... We have a truly phenomenal start up idea, not trying to sound obnoxious, but i…

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    Comment #3741667

    Sure, you CAN just google whatever you want, but I don't think you always know what article you want to read... I don't watch the news, but I listen to CBC like an addict, and it's…