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redfalcon6

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About redfalcon6

contact me at matt at redfalconventures dot com

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    Comment #24758812

    I have one of these houses. Just built it and moved in. Save time and increase quality. Dried in with insulated walls / windows in 4 days! Price is still an issue. Part of the reas…

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    Comment #11755449

    Hah yes. In the early days of Zipcar in NYC (not sure if this is still allowed as I moved to the country and now drive a gas guzzling truck), I reserved every weekend for 48 hours …

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    Comment #11009102

    Let me reply the counter case. Someone very close to me suffered a severe episode of manic depression. So much so that they were getting evicted from their apartment and losing the…

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    Comment #10718942

    Just one shift. Haven't done the benchmarking so far. Has to be improvement opportunity just given the walk through from my eyes.

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    Comment #10718934

    Awesome. Any tips on order and production systems? And totally with you on the employees - they know way more than I do and are the ones who built this business!

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    Ask HN: Bought manufacturing biz – how to bring into modern age?

    I'm in process of completing an acquisition of a 30 year old manufacturing business. 9 employees. Machine tools, some of which are CNC, some aren't. A bit over $1M in revenue. (Sin…

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    Comment #10694380

    Or skip the sodastream and special kit and buy a "carbonator cap" for 15 bucks. That, a tank, a fitting, and a regulator and you're good to go.

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    Comment #10279641

    Very interesting. I'm going to be in "next gig mode" next year and am a Vet. Was thinking about what kind of company to start. Would you be available for a short chat? My email in …

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    Comment #9667467

    Yes, but... There are now a huge number of new wells being drilled precisely because of the fracking boom. So if no fracking, then the water doesn't get contaminated. It's not the …

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    Comment #9390514

    What I'd actually likes as a feature is an output telling me WHEN to start my trip based on the lowest travel time due to traffic. Would be wonderful to have a histogram by hour fo…

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    Comment #9298048

    Very interesting. I have been on a kick recently on how to really attack the college market with a different offering, and had thought of some of these same points. (Which you are …

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    Comment #9270224

    Yes to this! Just by virtue of you asking this question means you are not the dumbest guy. You at least know you need to learn. Truly dumb guys...well...

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    Comment #8845286

    Nice! Is this full time and you're making more than stated above - or are you part time and you are making ~1K / month as a side biz? Just curious about order of magnitude?

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    Comment #8845154

    Awesome! Any recommendations on what pop-up / interstitial providers to use? I have a small site which has free, useful file downloads, and these could work well on that as an addi…

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    Comment #8845029

    Is this your self-made content, or are you essentially an affiliate for someone else's course? Mind sharing a bit more how this works? Very interesting!

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    Comment #7872982

    I recently sold my house on my own. We live in a hot metro area. I initially listed it just on Zillow and did an aggressive social media campaign. Within a week I had several offer…

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    Comment #7574250

    Wow - kind of suprised that there is no reaction here. I do "big time" consulting where this metric is used all the time. I do believe this could be a very powerful service. Wonder…

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    Comment #4957103

    I read the bio - and it appears that he was partly killed by the Brits' crappy food! "But the alien climate and culture took a toll on his health. Ramanujan had always lived in a t…

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    Comment #4445884

    Check out places like http://www.shipwire.com/ and http://www.owd.com/ I've used both in some ecommerce experiments. Shipwire is more remote control, while OWD has real people you …

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    Comment #3847328

    I think this shows a confusion about what part of the problem he is solving: He is solving a MARKETING problem not a DELIVERY problem. Yes the cleaners are probably not doing anyth…

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    Ask HN: Outourced web design in Latin America or CEE?

    I recently purchased a small website design firm and am looking to outsource the backend development to a partner so we can focus on client management, sales and marketing. I've be…