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theyoungceo

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    Comment #4327323

    Los Angeles - Miracle Mile We are a bus tracking startup ("bus in x minutes") - see www.ladotbus.com for a description of what we do. Customers include City of Los Angeles, Merced …

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    Hiring: First sales guy after CEO

    Website has all the details. Thanks HNers!

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    Comment #974094

    Like many of us, I read the recent article along the lines of You're a Small Business, Now Act Like One. I've been hiring a lot lately so here's how I think that parlays into apply…

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    Comment #760670

    http://yourstartupjob.com -- C# in Los Angeles.

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    Startup job postings?

    Hi HNers...I am wondering where a good place to post jobs in the startup space is. I can see that HN seems to have its job board restricted to YC companies only, so I won't plug ou…

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    What are your thoughts on Joomla?

    I work extensively in .NET with some background in PHP on the server side. I've never worked with Joomla before and I have a close friend asking me what my thoughts are -- some fir…

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    Comment #218281

    Success with design or programming, and with who?

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    Comment #218114

    yep thanks!

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    Ask HN: Freelance graphic design

    Greetings fellow hackers... I have a fair bit of design work I would like to have done in the near future. It includes.... 1. Aesthetic-only redesign of our website (just some temp…

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    Comment #202355

    There are two types of government entities: let's call them "private" and "pseudo private"....then there is a third type that is very public, very well funded, and very demanding. …

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    Comment #202312

    Some clarification on what this product does... * It requires a physical component beyond desktop computers, one that requires ongoing support and maintenance and precision install…

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    Comment #201971

    OK guys. I have to admit that I was planning on meeting the price and driving down to the customer site this morning to hand deliver it, but upon reconsideration with several advis…

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    Comment #201859

    We are looking into a different product line that has reduced features for a different type of application in the same vein, but when that option was posed to our decision maker he…

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    Ask YC: Competitor flying under us...

    DISCLAIMER: This is kinda long, but if you take the time to read it I will buy you a karma lollipop. I remember distinctly reading one of PG's maxims: Never let anybody fly underne…

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    Comment #119890

    I use a programmable windows CE modem and an actual SIM, and I do inbound as well. I am well-versed in the SMS APIs and market and have worked with a bunch of the vendors. Clickate…

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    Comment #92434

    This is as thorny a discussion as which language is the best one. And the ultimate answer is in the same vein: it depends, but the decision should always be driven by the customer.…

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    Comment #82267

    I built my entire startup on .NET because I think the feature set is richer, Visual Studio is a great tool, and speed of development is faster. I've done extensive work in PHP and …

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    Comment #80760

    The market doesn't need to be a quagillion dollars to need sales and ops guys; I still dont' quite understand the point of "sizing a market" -- I have already proven that there are…

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    Comment #80651

    Bingo - dead on; I couldn't agree more. Now where do I find these guys ? :) I think that is the root of the problem.

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    Comment #80624

    re: business plan money --> Customer base is growing fast. This business has a big hardware component to it -- one that requires remote devices at customer sites and lots of server…

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    Comment #80622

    optimal -- yes, and this was my longstanding position. I have had a lot of bugs put in my ear like "if you just took some funding, this could explode very fast, speed of acquiring …

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    Comment #80620

    the.young.ceo.0@gmail.com will come direct to me for offline chat...I can discuss the business one on one but I'm wary of posting details publicly -- however open discussion here i…

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    Comment #80618

    -need it for a sales force definitely and maybe one ops head, engineers won't be necessary for a while. -no investor has shown any problem with the team. the company is extremely w…