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that's a good insight. i also tend to think advice and sales should be done by separate parties. otherwise the advice won't be independent or bias-free.

Just tried it out. Wasn't sure if it's ok to type "pray for my family" because I have no idea what will happen: Will it post to my FB timeline? No. Did it add me to a public direct…

If I were to nominate a US city for this experiment, I'd pick Seattle downtown.

IMHO it's definitely feasible. Takes a solid team for data collection, working with the interest groups, and app development. Real challenge is in the business side: 1. Is there bi…

Thanks for trying it out. I am getting similar feedback, that it turned out to be a legit fund search tool -- gun issues aside. In fact I compiled a couple things that I found/was …

Thanks for checking. So it's really been blocked! It could have been my friend, or a anyone else -- in our case there are (pro-gun) people who are hostile toward our project as wel…

It appears my account is ok, so I am guessing my domain has been blocked.

My friend had posted the project here without asking me and then deleted the post. Could it be the reason why my submission doesn't appear? Am I doomed from submitting it to Show H…

Saw this on Product Hunt before. This is a good collection of articles from high-level approach to tactical aspects of design. My favorite is "Designing for start-ups: How to deliv…

Happy to hear you found it useful! As the designer, I admit it could be more user friendly :sob: Please feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions. If you get to create y…

It's one of the highly requested features. We definitely want to add that in the future. My apologies for the inconvenience! Here are two popular ways to get started: 1. Start with…

Hellomoney: JSFiddle for backtesting investment portfolios. http://hellomoney.co/ You can design portfolios from 24,000+ stocks and funds, and backtest it as you build it. Helps yo…

Dang, the animated illustration caught me by surprise.

Norway is indeed an intriguing story. Their sovereign fund is based on the fossil fuel, yet 1) their pension fund is divesting from fossil fuel 2) the sovereign fund has all kinds …

Anyone has come across the synthetic diamonds? I don't know much about how far along/well received they are, but Diamond Foundry sounds pretty interesting.

I personally don't use any of them, but I found this bit about Spotify from a survey of 60 teenagers http://www.businessinsider.com/what-teens-are-like-in-2016-2... : "Teenagers al…

Why "finance (sigh)"? I'm aware HN doesn't have the highest regard for the finance industry, but I'd like to hear your perspective: What makes you not so proud of your current skil…

The tagline, colors, etc. does evoke Mint.com. But is your business model also similar to Mint -- i.e., lead generation?

Kudos for their transparency. I hope this helps make it clear that the core value of doing a Kickstarter project is creating an engaged community of your fans, not making profit.