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kris-jagasia

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About kris-jagasia

interested in all aspects of more efficient education experiences online

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    Comment #8857056

    doesn't deal with Turkey unfortunately, looks like a kick ass product though

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    Comment #8857051

    sorry, forgot to post as reply, how do you get your head around changes (often volatile) in bitcoin value, when you're just using it as a money transfer protocol

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    Comment #8857048

    unfortunately, dwolla is US accounts only, Xoom, transerwise don't deal with Turkey, xe or Bitcoin may be the only options

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    Comment #8839788

    unfortunately, dwolla is US accounts only, Xoom, transerwise don't deal with Turkey, xe or Bitcoin may be the only options

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    Comment #8839768

    For people that use bitcoin as their international exchange protocol, how do you get your head around the possible changes in Bitcoins value, especially if it's going to take you a…

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    Comment #8839728

    thanks guys

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    Ask:HN Best services for sending money abroad

    I'm based in Canada and pay people (in USD) in both Turkey and Brazil on a regular basis (developers). Would be interested to know what people are using to make international trans…

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    Ask HN: Increasing your prices as you scale services

    Hi guys, about to launch a freemium model of my currently free product. We will probably want to raise our pricing about 6 months after launching the first paid version, as our pro…

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    Comment #8523237

    this! as a non-technical guy, I can even work with Stripe examples

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    Comment #8485461

    have to agree with this. if a user signed up and you are sending them serious updates rather than marketing (and of course, if you honour their opt-outs) you're fine

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    Comment #8373037

    Ah. From being on the other end of hiring decisions, my general advice would be to aim high on initial conversations and gauge reactions + adjust downwards from there. You can alwa…

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    Comment #8372955

    I used to be involved in the hiring decisions of big corporate consulting co. (software + other stuff) and they would consistently negotiate salaries that were 50% above the initia…

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    Ask HN: What is your minimum engagement threshold to define a user

    When talking to investors, what is the minimum level of engagement do you use to define a user (i.e. a signup) as a user. e.g. If you have signups that just log-in a couple times a…

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    Comment #7937660

    Have you thought about re-evaluating which product verticals you go after first, based on cost of Adwords (or similar PPC) clicks? Sounds like your site/search solution can be targ…

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    Ask: HN New front end ideas for organizing a content library

    Trying to explore new styles to display a medium sized library (web/tablet) of content. Specifically, it's about 150-200 lesson plans designed for ESL teachers. Can anyone suggest …

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    Comment #6989504

    assume you are already aggressively targeting their users? (Facebook ads targeting can be very helpful for this purpose)

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    Comment #6984503

    cheers guys, neither handles Turkish numbers, wonder if Turkish telecommunications blocks it

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    Ask HN: a phone# for a foreign country

    Would love to hear anyone's experience with a service that lets you hold a phone number of a foreign country through a web based service. We are running a company that requires a T…

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    Comment #6653848

    I would also be keenly interested in this answer.

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    Comment #6617037

    Give us some details on your product / service, as most advertising platforms are dependent on what you're trying to sell. For example, I've had some great results using LinkedIn b…