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paskster

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About paskster

My name is Pascal and live in Germany.

I co-founded the the SaaS company Honestly a couple of years ago /https://www.honestly.de/). Currently I am Co-Founder of InStaff (https://www.instaff.jobs/), an Online Marketplace for temporary staff.

My E-Mail: pascal.klein@instaff.jobs

My LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-klein-43404826/

My Stackoverflow Profile: http://stackoverflow.com/users/351723/pascal-klein

Recent public activity

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    Ask HN: Simple provider to prototype Webapps?

    I am looking for a provider, where I can prototype simple webapps. My workflow should be super simple and something like this: - I have a predefined MVC framework like Python Djang…

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    Comment #35678068

    Thanks. But we do not need to raise any money. As I said, we make single digit millions (in Euro) per year in profit. Do you have any other ideas? Or did I misunderstood you?

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    Ask HN: Additional vesting period after 5 years

    My co-founder and me founded a company about 9 years ago. Originally we had a 5-year vesting schedule, so now the vesting period is long over. Two years ago I started to only work …

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    Comment #15430381

    It seems that folks at HN look down on so called "CRUD" apps. But the truth for most CRUD apps is, that a lot of thought went into building these apps and they have a lot of import…

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    Comment #14556124

    Interesting that the chatbots learned to show "fake" interest in an item, just to conceide it later in the negotiation process. But I think what is missing, is the time component w…

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    Comment #13698076

    I like this quote so much and I love that it stands out: “You all can defeat Trump next time, but not if you keep mocking us, refusing to listen to us, and cutting us out. It’s Rep…

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    Comment #13687247

    It's funny, just two weeks ago we bought a simple mircrowave with just two knobs for our office: https://www.amazon.de/Severin-MW-7874-Mikrowelle-kombinierba... I explicitely chose…

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    Comment #13675997

    I Like your idea a lot especially your last paragraph. I don't think providing these information alone is a viable business model. But it could be used as a "lead generater" to sup…

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    Comment #13675835

    I am looking for a "Daily Operations Management Software". Let me explain. Problem I am facing: We have a lot tasks that need to be done on a daily, biweekly, monthly or whatever B…

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    Comment #13634848

    Yes! I think trying to make revenue as early as possible and making side gigs if necessary, is a valid way to bootstrap. But this is just my opinion and this topic should require i…

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    Comment #13634690

    Don't feel defeated. Embrace the fact that you can make it on your own ;)

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    Comment #13634526

    It makes a lot of sense for people with Social Proof.

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    Comment #13634426

    > Then work on that. I disagree. If you don't already have Social Proof, then it takes a big investment to try getting it. I believe for 99% of all startup teams, the time is bette…

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    Comment #13634413

    see my reply here, I hope it answers your question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634338

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    Comment #13634338

    If you have Social Proof, you know you have it. If you are not sure, then you don't have it. Social Proof could mean: - You are a Serial Entrepreneur - A famous Business Angel inve…

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    Comment #13634278

    There are a lot of Investors in Berlin. But without Social Proof, it would probably be a waste of time trying to approach them. If you make about 100k revenue (or if you have other…

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    Comment #13634234

    Please don't waste your time pitching to investors in this position in Berlin. If you make X "Very interesting. Let's keep in touch and come back when you make 5 * X EUR revenue." …

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    Comment #13556763

    We tried raising money for 5 months last year and we talked to partners from about 20 European VC, but we were not successful. We got no or low-balling offers at best. I guess we w…

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    Comment #13555637

    Thanks ;)

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    Comment #13553448

    We charge a markup (between 21 % to 43 %) on top of the employees wage. Example: You book a promoter for 3 days. The promoters works 7 hours per day and earns 10 EUR per hour. Then…

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    Comment #13552891

    There is a lot of content on the internet about proper call-to-action buttons (short: CTA). But I will try to give you my experience: 1.) The first CTA should be above-the-fold, vi…

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    Comment #13551593

    We don't do cooperation with other companies, since we want to be focused 100 % on our business model. But I wish you all the best with your platform and I can recommend you to als…