We're a small team building tools to make local government services more accessible (http://localgov.fyi/)
relevant disco here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17516721
Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
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Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#62Were a mid sized regional ISP and we try every day to literally make the internet not suck.
Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#63I recently started ownpath (https://ownpath.in/) because I want to build a better framework for lifelong learning.
While books and courses have their place, I think that human connection is crucial to not feel isolated. When I'm learning something new, it feels great to be able to bounce ideas off someone, get feedback on my work and if possible, make some friends along the way.
My bet is that more people also feel similar things. If you have any thoughts on the website or just want to chat, feel free to reach me at shreyas@ownpath.in.
Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#64The mission of Porky.co is facilitating Riders to:
“Find. Meet. Ride with your Harley-Davidson Tribe.”
It matters because I’ve spent the last 3 years as a co-founder of a Veteran Support charity called No Duff (www.noduff.org).
Root cause data for the vast majority of the 233+ Veteran support incidents we have responded to include a lack of belonging, community, meaning, and purpose in Veterans’ lives post service.
Recreational motorcycling community(much like the Veterans community) is still stuck in the pre-internet and pre-smartphone hub and spoke “siloed” club model.
We don’t want to change the world for everyone.
But we do want to help motorcyclists find belonging, community, personal meaning, and social purpose.
Currently in YC Startup School and applied to W2019 Batch on Day 1.
Looking for a Technical Co-Founder :)
Info@porky.co
Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#65I'm the founder of Rainway (https://rainway.io)
Our core mission is using our innovative technology to provide gamers with freedom and choice in how they experience their favorite games. We are committed to building a positive community, capable of having fun anywhere. Because if you're not having fun, what is the point of playing? We will always put gamers first.
Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#66The "mission" thing always makes me wonder... What will happen if your mission interferes with making profit? My guess is that, for 99% of companies, mission will be ignored (or changed). This shows that the true mission (i.e. purpose of the company) is making profit and not what they declare.
Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#67The "mission" thing always makes me wonder... What will happen if your mission interferes with making profit? My guess is that, for 99% of companies, mission will be ignored (or changed). This shows that the true mission (i.e. purpose of the company) is making profit and not what they declare.
The mission is what the company is aiming to achieve that will have the side effect of making a profit. An obvious example is Apple's mission to make an out of this world almost magic phone (back when the iPhone came out), and profits followed. But get a bunch of execs and say "mission: make money" wouldn't unleash the required creativity to do something like this. Instead they'd be cutting costs on iPod manufacturing or something lackluster like that.
Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#68"To make all SEO agencies - including our own - redundant!" Why? Because SEO is the ultimate digital snake oil industry of our era. Sucking away ressources and f###ing up websites, wasting (life)time of users and developers alike. http://www.f19n.com
Tried to learn more from the link - I know you want to sell the book/courses etc, however, I need more to go on. Is it all about web performance, speed?
Wow the book seems to be physical only. No ebook!
Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#69The mission of most companies is just to make money, so it doesn't matter.
Re: Ask HN: What's the mission of your company and why does it matter?
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tried to learn more from the link - I know you want to sell the book/courses etc, however, I need more to go on. Is it all about web performance, speed?
Wow the book seems to be physical only. No ebook!
Yes, by design! Want the book on the table so that people need to talk about it. Skim it & then read it.
But yeah, 3rd edition going to be e-book, too! On Amazon and DRM free for all who order the physical book (also the current one).