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rbucks

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About rbucks

CEO & Co-Founder of https://www.shovels.ai

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    Construction is perhaps the world's second oldest profession, so it's easily overlooked. It doesn't help that the TAM is so large it defies computation. Small and large VCs are pay…

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    Comment #26020567

    Can you do it on 3rd party apps or do you need raw access to the build files? I ask because we at MightySignal have an API to provide decrypted APK and IPA files that you could use…

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    I interviewed Josh for my book, The Parallel Entreprener (on Kindle etc), and can attest that he’s done all this experimentation for the love of the game. For some of us the glory …

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    Comment #16488123

    Currently doing ~$20K combined from https://www.toofr.com and https://www.inlistio.com . Also have these in the hopper - https://www.thinboxapp.com , https://www.enps.co , http://w…

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    Comment #16488072

    That Sidekiq is a one-man business which allows me to exist as a one-man business (by simplifying a critical processing function and being free) is beautifully meta. Thank you kind…

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    Comment #16488019

    Wholeheartedly agree with this. The hardest thing about being a solo founder is the loneliness. In times of joy, in times of grief, it's just you. Sharing your successes and your f…

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    Comment #12615181

    Which libraries did you use to run the positivity analysis?

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    Comment #11043677

    Are there any other writing APIs that can compare? I haven't seen them.

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    Comment #8134649

    As a self-taught Python and Ruby programmer, I really appreciate this.

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    Comment #7962983

    I'm cofounder of Scripted.com and we're probably subledger's first major integration. We did it because we didn't want to put an engineering FTE on dealing with money in our app. T…

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    Comment #6454333

    Great question! Probably not very many.

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    Comment #6010391

    Great point. As co-founder of Scripted, I whole-heartedly agree. I think Leah is great -- I've never met her but have heard and read good things. However it's hard to be one size f…

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    Comment #5179713

    If you want to crush it, start a winery. Otherwise get ready for the ups and downs of real startup business. This article is absolutely right. At the office, put your head down and…

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    Comment #4807379

    Rather than have them host this on Elance, we've offered to help them get that prior art written on Scripted.com.

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    Comment #4755249

    In most cases, we'll take an outline from a business owner along with a style guide they produced or had produced by their agency, and choose a writer as close as possible to their…

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    Comment #4755057

    Let me take the discussion up a level. There's huge demand for great writing, that's been made clear in the comments (and we see this every day at Scripted HQ). There are millions …

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    Comment #4754600

    Price isn't shown because it depends on level of account support and job customization. We try not to run package deals for less than $500/mo.

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    Comment #4754590

    Valid points, but what Scripted does is not much different than hiring a blogger intern. To keep the content genuine, our clients have to be engaged. We simply promote them from wr…