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Re: Ask HN: How to ask questions in Ask HN

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samikama wrote: post #10
brudgers wrote: post #6

Launching something that implements your idea a good way to get meaningful feedback on something you have made. ShowHN is a means of showing something you have implemented. Read the ShowHN guidelines. Keep in mind tha HN is a community. Communities don’t like selfish behaviors. They have norms of participation. They have expectations of reciprocation. Your original question is trying to receive without giving. As is…

Thank you brudgers, I thought about that but what we build is a cluster management and optimization solution. It requires a cluster and I couldn't be able to find a good way to show it. Do you know any examples? I searched for it but all I can find is customer testimonials, hence chicken and egg problem. I will check ShowHN and the guidelines thanks for the pointers. About the community, I agree and I though that the…

I am a bit puzzled on the trying to receive without giving though. How can a question give something?

If you don’t believe it can, don’t ask it.

Again, HN is a community.

It is already built.

Re: Ask HN: How to ask questions in Ask HN

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

brudgers wrote: post #11
samikama wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you brudgers, I thought about that but what we build is a cluster management and optimization solution. It requires a cluster and I couldn't be able to find a good way to show it. Do you know any examples? I searched for it but all I can find is customer testimonials, hence chicken and egg problem. I will check ShowHN and the guidelines thanks for the pointers. About the community, I agree and I though that the…

I am a bit puzzled on the trying to receive without giving though. How can a question give something? If you don’t believe it can, don’t ask it. Again, HN is a community. It is already built.

The very best posts here make me think. A good question can do that. On HN, it's about the most precious gift you can give someone. There have even been posts that I disagreed with that I upvoted, because they made me think.

Re: Ask HN: How to ask questions in Ask HN

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Post by brudgers »

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #12
brudgers wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a bit puzzled on the trying to receive without giving though. How can a question give something? If you don’t believe it can, don’t ask it. Again, HN is a community. It is already built.

The very best posts here make me think. A good question can do that. On HN, it's about the most precious gift you can give someone. There have even been posts that I disagreed with that I upvoted, because they made me think.

I don’t disagree.

To me, this question here is pretty much in service of the original question which was a drive-by-solve-my-business-problem-for-free that got flagged (probably for being a drive-by-solve-my-business-problem-for-free).

And of course the question here is meta and then used as a platform to pursue solve-my-business-problem-for-free.

Re: Ask HN: How to ask questions in Ask HN

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Post by PaulHoule »

samikama wrote: post #8
PaulHoule wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Marketing is hard. I think the biggest argument I've seen between sales people is "Do you sell something that will increase the customer's revenue or reduce their costs?" For a well established business saving $1 in costs adds $1 to the bottom line whereas adding $1 in revenue also adds some cost of revenue so maybe it just ends 20 cents to the bottom line or something. I think every business using AI is different bu…

Thank you Paul, That is the problem I am having. What we built is addressing all the points you mentioned, reduces costs as well as adds revenue at the same time. There is no issues with model licenses and privacy because it is still your machine. Whenever you need it, it is available to you. It should be attractive to people. But you are making a very good point which I may have missed and in hindsight it matches so…

It's been more than a decade since I've done sales or BD, and I'd say many people today report an experience different from I've had but...

I had a lot of luck talking to prospects on LinkedIn. I had a really good profile, an impressive academic pedigree, a good CV and backstory, built out a network of 10,000+ connections, had heavy participation in groups, started my own group, did a lot of research on prospects, wrote messages that had a high response rate, etc. My memory has to be a little selective but I can't think of anyone I wanted an audience with that I wasn't able to get.

I was in a different situation in that I was pitching something that was 10 years ahead of its time, not quite ready, something that I knew there was a hunger for in some of the largest industries and just the glimmerings of competition.

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