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As a resident and commnications director/volunteer for a couple of campaigns, I've learned a Republican in Vermont is almost always like a Democrat in any other state.

We were edging on profitability before making this decision, but were operating at a loss (only overhead was rackspace cloud hosting.) We want it, but frankly the financial cost of…

I have a small start up software platform with high value to higher ed marketing companies. We did get some angel funding, but have sine paid it back so we (myself and co founder a…

IMO you may be better off framing your previous experience as product management consultation, or just give yourself a product management title at the names of your products/compan…

You may want to explore filing a UDRP complaint with ICANN. You don't need a lawyer necessarily. However, it does cost ~$1300 to file a complaint for 1 domain for a 1 person disput…

If you're set on foreign markets, and have enough local expertise, it seems like you guys may have better chances of commercial success by partnering with existing telco's or estab…

It seems bank information here is scant. I had actually made an "Ask HN" post and only got 1 response :( I'm in a similar situation...team is remote, I'm in NY and we're INC'd in D…

Instead of trying to piggyback on to something that's just a new industry, see if you can find something that is a new niche within an industry you're already familiar with or are …

If you're ambitious, motivated, and skilled technically, college might be a waste? I've yet to meet anyone who wholly discounts their college experience, even if they're advocates …

I searched for "juice" and got one related result (juicer) and the rest were Leatherman-type of tools that have a brand name of "juice." The results should be better. Or, if they c…

Typically they go back into the equity pool of the company as a whole. Whether or not you get to keep your board seat is dependent on how the corporation and your employment agreem…

Does anyone have any recommendations on banks to work with during your startup phase? I'm mainly looking for a free (ideally) business checking account that will serve our minimal …

Some tips from my personal experiences marketing different startups as well as a stint in PR: - Tell a story!! Whether this is your own personal journey with the company or a uniqu…

My friend created this over the last couple of nights and I thought I'd pass it along to the HN community. http://www.snipt.org Think of it as twitpic for programmers. Feel free to…

A friend and I have been running a blog network for college students in our free time--TheCollegeBlogNetwork.com. It was somewhat of a stagnant project for a few weeks and now we'r…

Here's a simple solution: Think of adjectives that describe your company and what it represents. Plug those into a translation program. See what the same word is in Chinese, Arabic…

Build relationships with mentors by networking like crazy and showing more senior people in your industry that you have passion for what you're doing, a drive to ask questions, and…

The best advice I can give is to go out to local industry networking events and turn to groups like HN to join discussions and engage other people. By doing this you're more likely…

BRK hit a few good points right on the nose. It's definitely a burgeoning industry, but you really do need a decent amount of certification to be taken seriously. I used to work in…

I can only imagine how much more robust (and maybe unmanageable) this might be if it didn't rely solely on information from CrunchBase.

Rochester Institute of Technology Pros: Lots of things that are brand new, solid CS and engineering departments, academically diverse campus, strong industry partnerships, growing …

Usually check my email in the morning, then visit HN main page and browse through stuff while I consume my morning coffee. I'll check out the New section periodically throughout th…

Could it be Vator.TV?