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niallsmart

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About niallsmart

Co-Founder @ Hightower (gethightower.com) Co-Founder @ Echodio (YC Winter 2009)

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    Hightower Inc | New York (ONSITE) | Full Stack Engineers + Data Scientists Hightower is a collaboration platform for owners of commercial real estate. We're replacing clunky Excel …

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    Hightower Inc | New York (ONSITE) | Full Stack Engineers We met one of our first engineers via HackerNews on this day two years ago (hi @erikwithfriends!) and since then have grown…

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    Hightower Inc | New York (ONSITE) | Full Stack Engineers We met one of our first engineers via HackerNews almost two years ago (hi @erikwithfriends!) and are still recruiting :) Hi…

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    The full list of new features, bug fixes and breaking changes is in this epic changelog: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/CHANGELOG.... I trawled through it a coup…

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    Hightower, New York, NY http://www.gethightower.com We’re building a collaboration and workflow tool for the commercial real estate (CRE) industry -- "Trello, but for CRE". Our fir…

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    Hightower, New York NY (REMOTE, H1B) http://www.gethightower.com Ground floor opportunity at a commercial real estate software startup :) Commercial real estate (CRE) is one of the…

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    I assume from the spelling of cheque that you're located outside the US. :) The banking system is ridiculously archaic, compared at least to Europe. For example, there's no simple …

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    I've worked at a bank for several years, and agree 100%. It's basically impossible for them to pull off something like Simple. So the question is – how valid is that research given…

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    If you're on payroll, some employers let you split your paycheck between multiple accounts. That's a useful way to get some money in and try the service without having to totally g…

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    I currently bank with Wells Fargo, and am gradually making the switch over to Simple. Couple reasons why: – like most banks, WF have a ludicrously outdated web interface that makes…

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    If you read that, read this: http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/why_david_simon_is_wrong_about...

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    I'm interested in chatting in more detail with you about this. Would you drop me an email if you would like to discuss further? My contact details are in my profile.

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    Steven – are you posting debit or credit txns? If crediting, would PayPal mass payments work for you?

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    Try again with an outfit designed by Issey Miyake :)

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    That's an oversimplification, quoting the newly updated USCIS FAQ on the subject of H-1B employer/employee relationship: "if the facts show that there is a right to control by the …

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    How do you open Control Panel?

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    Exactly - the issue is that "walking away" has a very literal interpretation in the context of losing visa sponsorship. You'll be "walking away" to the airport, and leaving behind …

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    I bet there's quite a few successful VCs (and entrepreneurs) who own wineries

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    Hey, let's get in touch. I'm working on a cool early stage product that's just about perfect for a product/developer guy. Small focused team, consumer web, interesting product. I'l…

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    USB? What, exactly, do you want to plug into it? It will run iOS 5 when it's ready (good luck getting the latest Android releases on non-Google hardware).

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    Sounds like it would be a great way for Google to experiment with crowdsourcing results quality. If there's a ton of people blocking, say, experts-exchange.com – that should feedba…