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noobrunner

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    Comment #31440530

    I am shocked. No one has yet said 'Buy Crypto' :)

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    Comment #31438592

    Wow, that's a ballsy move. Did the startup fail because of the recession time/lack of funding?

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    Ask HN: How are you preparing for the recession?

    Obviously, if you believe there will be one in the next 3-6 months! My question is for someone in tech, but of course, please feel free to chime in even if you are not in tech 1. W…

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    Comment #26918661

    Thank you. You make some really good points. Right now, we are able to compete well with others in the "few thousand dollars" price range. Bigger clients don't entertain us(yet) be…

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    Comment #26910937

    Can you elaborate on what you mean by productized consulting and hosting? Thanks

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    Comment #26910905

    Thank you for the advice. Your suggestions on areas to focus on and SEO makes lot sense. I guess we have quite a bit of thinking and planning to do :) Glad that I am asking for adv…

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    Comment #26910734

    Thanks. Any tips on how to build sales and communication channels? What worked best for you and what should we not waste our time on?

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    Comment #26910686

    Thank you. that is a great insight.

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    Comment #26909934

    Thank you for sharing. We mostly do fixed price contracts, but I am aware that the hourly logging software is annoying!

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    Comment #26909713

    Cool. Did you build your network through Upwork-like platform? How did you get started?

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    Comment #26909577

    Thank you! This is amazing advice esp. on hiring

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    Comment #26909445

    Thank you. This looks interesting and something we should think about deeply

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    Comment #26909425

    Good point! Yes, we have increased our rates but not kept them very high. I guess that's one of the reason potential clients continue to approach us. I think we are at a point wher…

  14. story
    Ask HN: Small dev agency. How to grow our business?

    A friend and I started taking up mobile and web development projects on Upwork last year. For the first few months, we took up a few small projects ~$500-1k to build up our reputat…

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    Comment #26612962

    haha, this has happened to me during a half marathon. It cost me 10-15 mins as there was a big line outside the toilet

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    Comment #26612887

    I agree. Whenever I decide to lose weight, I've always found that turning both the knobs(diet & exercise) at the same time in the beginning is overwhelming and doesn't work for me.…

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    Comment #26612771

    Haha, I just learned this recently. It's on the menu in their app. I always order short now when I am in a mood for "unhealthy" drink

  18. story
    Ask HN: What do you guys think of 'The Dissident'?

    Just saw Bryan Fogel's new documentary. Scary stuff. Loved Bryan's first documentary as well -- Icarus. Any movie recommendations on these lines?

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    Comment #25616464

    Haha. Wonder if there are people who got drawn in to the ML/AI hype, got disillusioned somehow and now going back to traditional software development

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    Comment #25616387

    Wonder if anyone has tried the posture corrector belts available on amazon. They look uncomfortable

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    Comment #25616378

    I can relate to this. Thanks for sharing the blog post

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    Comment #25612104

    Thanks for sharing your experience

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    Comment #25611529

    Why? and what alternative are you picking up?

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    Comment #25611396

    Cool ! never heard of those until you mentioned. why is regular keyboard bad?

  25. story
    Ask HN: What are you planning to unlearn in 2021?

    some habit/skill you thought was a great idea to put time and energy, but hasn't quite given you the outcomes that you wanted. Why do you think it didn't work out?