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Amazon’s Alexa github has a number of solid tutorials/example code

There is very much the possibility of direct revenue, stay tuned

Shameless plug: I’m the co-founder of a company building entertainment & games on Alexa and we’re hiring node.js engineers in SF Bay. We are seed funded and looking to continue gro…

Good points in both cases. For approach #1, I do think the Google example is somewhat analogous—ideally we'd survey all existing options more and more effectively, and explicitly c…

At the moment, this is mostly the service we offer, although we have done some extra work for our early users (resume reviews, interview prep). But the listings are hand-picked by …

There's two ways we think this could go: 1. We make money from companies via recruiting fees. In this scenario, our goal would be to present listings that we make money from via "s…

925 (text925.com) is a phone number that you can text for free assistance in your job search. A real human replies immediately and helps you find opportunities that are tailored sp…

I'm intrigued by your comments that you're interested in funding social networks—it seems like a new one launches on Product Hunt every day, but few are able to overcome the chicke…

Right now we have it set up to create live chats between Slack teams, but if you're interested in a web-hosted version of the chat, that's good to know for our next feature to work…

This piece is awesomely detailed, but if you're looking for a higher-level recap, we wrote up the a16z podcast on the same topic: http://www.volleythat.com/a16z-podcast/2015/10/18/…

Not sure why it's incorrect, and turning on/off the automatic synchronization in Settings doesn't seem to do anything.

I'd still love to hear Peter Thiel and PG duke it out/reconcile the "choose an idea that avoids competition at all costs" vs. "don't worry about competition at all" messages.

Yeah, pretty much, although the group comprises everyone who has the app.

Hey, one of the Streak makers here. I would say we had the idea to do a trivia game before Trivia Crack, but who would believe me? I agree that 99% of the time instant gratificatio…

Not to kneejerk defend Taleb, but I believe his stated position is that he loses money on his trades almost all the time, and then makes it all back and more when a black swan even…