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I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it

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Re: I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it

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Post by nl »

Onavo wrote: post #41
echend wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for this thoughtful response. You're raising legitimate concerns I may not fully understand. Let me clarify my understanding (and please correct me if I'm wrong): My assumption was that a structure like this would be legal: - Partner in US/UK registers their own company - Opens Stripe under their company name - Hires me as a remote contractor (like any distributed team) - I hold equity as a foreign sharehol…

Most of commenters in this thread are overcomplicating things and have no experience with gray area industries. What you need is Turkey, the UAE and Dubai. The payment stack however can be Chinese/middle eastern/eastern European. This is a fairly standard play for people of your background, from there you can bootstrap and then ultimately leverage yourself into a new citizenship (most commonly Canadian and Australian…

Can confirm there are reasonable numbers of Persian engineers with Australian residency.

Re: I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it

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Post by ricardobeat »

echend wrote: post #49
Aurornis wrote: post #35

> Test it first: neoclerks.com/en > Go ahead. Talk to the avatar for 2 minutes. Ask it anything in English. Watch how it responds in real-time with synchronized lip movements and natural conversation. > I'll be here when you get back. As far as I can tell, there is no live demo. There is a button to "book a private demo", but I can't find anything to try. Second: Unfortunately, this is a request to partner with someo…

You're absolutely right, and I apologize for the confusion. The demo is a single-session system (designed for hotel lobby kiosks where one person uses it at a time). If someone else is talking to the avatar when you visit, you won't see a QR code. Here's a direct link you can try: https://ps.neoclerks.com:8451/player.html?ss=7591aecb-72d2-4... If that's busy too, I'm happy to schedule a 15-min private demo. Email: Ec…

This link doesn't work. I have to say the way you're using Claude to respond to questions here is not a great look.

Re: I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it

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Post by rubyn00bie »

Aurornis wrote: post #58
rubyn00bie wrote: post #48

I see a lot of negativity in this thread and I’m not sure why… There are a LOT of folks who prowl HN and some of them obviously have incredible access to resources and connections to figure out a way to accomplish if they were so inclined. Yes there are obvious hurdles for people in “the west,” but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. I think the most obvious question is, would the OP relocate to another country if the…

> I see a lot of negativity in this thread and I’m not sure why… Because it's a request for someone to violate sanctions for them. They are specifically asking for someone to set up Stripe, take on the legal risk of violating international sanctions, and forward the money to them. > Yes there are obvious hurdles for people in “the west,” but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. The "it" that is being requested is not a…

I’ve known many talented engineers who know nothing about business, what’s legal or not, and I politely think this is likely one of those cases. The person put in a ridiculous amount of work, and is trying to think of anything that could work. Maybe those seemed like the simplest possible solutions, and so they listed them. I think it’s worth it to give them a little bit of slack, and assume their intentions are wholesome, until there’s evidence otherwise.

Additionally, there may be people from countries where this partnership would be, or could be, made legal— but the OP probably doesn’t know the name of the specific “Stripe” equivalent is… I certainly wouldn’t.

Re: I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it

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Post by paxys »

> Go ahead. Talk to the avatar for 2 minutes. Ask it anything in English. Watch how it responds in real-time with synchronized lip movements and natural conversation. I'll be here when you get back.

Okay, but you linked to a generic landing page with a "Book a private demo" button. So what exactly does your product do? And why should anyone here be interested if you can't as much as post a video of it working?

Re: I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it

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Post by mattm »

ankit_mishra wrote: post #69

OP's account was made an hour ago and comments from it are suspiciously fast (and unnecessarily verbose). https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=echend This is an obvious scam, I don't know why I wasted this time double checking. Makes me sad that this it the top HN post. Also got me thinking if the technique is so effective here (among more-than-average-scam aware community), I don't want to imagine the success rat…

The whole Github page feels AI generated too. Working 120 hours per week for 9 months? Give me a break.
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