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Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by rorykoehler »

ahmedomar701 wrote: post #2

We are Ahmed Nasser and Ahmed Omar of Odiggo (YC S21). We connect car owners with mobile mechanics in the Middle East. Our mobile app lets you schedule a tire change, an oil change, replacing any car part, or basically any service for your car in minutes. The mechanics come to where your car is. As a kid I used to wake up very early on Friday to fix or do something to my fathers car, it was like a never ending proces…

In Germany we have car owner clubs which provide all these services and more. I am a member of ADAC for example. It's cheap and the service level is amazing. Have you considered this model?

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by rorykoehler »

midev wrote: post #60
asdff wrote: post #45

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>Virtually keeps track of who is late and no-show to Zoom events Wow, back to high school. They don't track attendance in undergrad even. Why do companies need this sort of information? If the person is important to the meeting, them being a no show will be pretty evident. If they are so irrelevant to the meeting that they could just dip out and no one would be the wiser, why are they even wasting their time in the z…

> If the person is important to the meeting, them being a no show will be pretty evident. If they are so irrelevant to the meeting that they could just dip out and no one would be the wiser, why are they even wasting their time in the zoom meeting to begin with? Nothing you said precludes tracking the information. Yeah, I've missed meetings and it's been evident. But it's ok, because we have flexibility and the compa…

>You'd be the employee we're trying to get rid of. If you're lying about participation in things, saying you attended meetings when you didn't, I'd fire you.

You have it backwards. If this was happening in my team I would look at why there is a misalignment between company expectations and employee behaviour. If an employee needs to create a script to pretend to do something then there is most likely a deep cultural issue coming top down from management. It highlights an opportunity to refine and improve work practices and culture. The fact that an employee would lie is already a huge red flag that there is something wrong with the culture. Sure 5% of the time the employee is actually not fulfilling their duties but you will know this without the call logs because you would miss them on the call.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by sokoloff »

rexreed wrote: post #16
llampx wrote: post #14

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I used to do meetups for some hobbies before the pandemic. For me, managing no-shows is very important. Many events have an attendance limit, and everyone who flakes takes space from someone who intended on going. I only started getting no-shows and late cancellations under control once I started kicking people out for doing more than X no-shows. Also, it really helps to take money for reserving a spot, contrary to y…

I run dozens of events a year. Online and even now in-person. I don't have any "space" issues with virtual events. Which platform that you're using has registered attendee limits (vs. actual live attendee limits) and how does a no-show at a virtual event take away space from someone who is going? All the streaming / event platforms I use charge based on actual viewers and attendees or active users on the platform. If…

The issue is if you have a 100 live limit, what risk are you taking in the community by allowing 1000 to register? It’s not a problem when you get 900 no-shows. It’s a big problem when you get 800 no-shows and 100 did-shows who got rejected.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by sanedigital »

maomorales wrote: post #52
sanedigital wrote: post #51

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Super interested in your product as an alternative to GeekBot. But putting a "Pricing" page in your navigation and then not having pricing on that page is pretty aggravating.

I appreciate your feedback. We're moving fast here to solve that confusion, and it's done: https://www.dailybot.com/pricing

Awesome, I appreciate you guys working so well with the (sometimes hostile) HN crowd. We'll make the switch next week. Best of luck!

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by dsr_ »

skulle16 wrote: post #29
dsr_ wrote: post #22

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Genuity was a data-center operator in Arizona; it was purchased by GTE, then used as the name for the network operating company which was later sold by Verizon to Level3. L3 was bought by CenturyLink, now part of Lumen. I suspect Lumen still owns the Genuity trademark for network related activities, and IT management is rather close to that.

Great memory. When GTE merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon, they had to spin out their Internet assets which became Genuity. Genuity was a large publicly traded ISP but ultimately went Ch 11 when Verizon did not buy them. Level 3 bought their assets, Qwest (now Lumen) bought Level 3 . We always liked the name and did check on the mark.

It's not really a great memory if you were working for one or more of them -- and I was.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by skulle16 »

dsr_ wrote: post #65
skulle16 wrote: post #29

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Great memory. When GTE merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon, they had to spin out their Internet assets which became Genuity. Genuity was a large publicly traded ISP but ultimately went Ch 11 when Verizon did not buy them. Level 3 bought their assets, Qwest (now Lumen) bought Level 3 . We always liked the name and did check on the mark.

It's not really a great memory if you were working for one or more of them -- and I was.

Very cool and you would know. Lots of battle scars from that period in telecom.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by maomorales »

sanedigital wrote: post #64
maomorales wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate your feedback. We're moving fast here to solve that confusion, and it's done: https://www.dailybot.com/pricing

Awesome, I appreciate you guys working so well with the (sometimes hostile) HN crowd. We'll make the switch next week. Best of luck!

Thanks! Feedback is always welcomed and we're excited to have you onboard. Feel free to contact me directly if you need anything or have comments: mauricioatdailybotdotcom

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by throwawaybutwhy »

dang wrote: post #17
1123581321 wrote: post #8

The titles for these crack me up. Each time I quickly imagine one startup incorporating all the descriptions.

Not sure how to do the titles for these so I'm kind of winging it. The names of the startups wouldn't mean anything to most readers, and might not fit in the 80 char limit anyhow. The current style is kind of inspired by The Browser newsletter, which digs up assorted links on the web. If anyone has a different idea for what to put in the title field for these, I'm all ears! Edit: do semicolons help?

Semicolons definitely help. As for the 80 char limit, you can always use wider punch cards.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by ahmedomar701 »

jchallis wrote: post #7
ahmedomar701 wrote: post #2

We are Ahmed Nasser and Ahmed Omar of Odiggo (YC S21). We connect car owners with mobile mechanics in the Middle East. Our mobile app lets you schedule a tire change, an oil change, replacing any car part, or basically any service for your car in minutes. The mechanics come to where your car is. As a kid I used to wake up very early on Friday to fix or do something to my fathers car, it was like a never ending proces…

Hi Ahmed - I'm a very heavy user of YourMechanic in the US. One of the biggest benefits I've heard for mechanics is that without the overhead of a garage they can run their own operations much more profitably. Being able to recruit good mechanics who have more favorable economics lead to happier customers.

Yes, we have a full algorithm just for that, it filters out the bad mechanics and the slower ones and keeps the good ones and prioritise their offerings to our users

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by ahmedomar701 »

foolinaround wrote: post #21
ahmedomar701 wrote: post #2

We are Ahmed Nasser and Ahmed Omar of Odiggo (YC S21). We connect car owners with mobile mechanics in the Middle East. Our mobile app lets you schedule a tire change, an oil change, replacing any car part, or basically any service for your car in minutes. The mechanics come to where your car is. As a kid I used to wake up very early on Friday to fix or do something to my fathers car, it was like a never ending proces…

the tools at a garage are very physical - a good jack that raises the car up feet vs inches, all the tools that might come handy, additional supplies, etc? I once had a mechanic come to my place, then he realized that due to a leak, he needed a different supply that is not there, then had to reschedule an appt etc.

Hi @foolinaround, yeah this is why we are now building our new tech, that will allow customers understand what is going on with their cars, after this is done, our database will be able to know weather this is something that can be done on prem, or it needs a pick up and drop-off to the car.
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