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For a moment, I thought all these things were from 1 company that specializes in providing benefits to workforce... until I noticed it's "Launch HN", not "Show HN" :)
For a moment, I thought all these things were from 1 company that specializes in providing benefits to workforce... until I noticed it's "Launch HN", not "Show HN" :)
I was also attempting to work out how a company called "Sane IT" was undertaking such myriad endeavors. It was an accidentally good hook to get me to read more!
We are Ana and Luis, the founders of Glitzi ( https://glitzi.com.mx/ ). We provide certified beauty and spa services, same day and delivered at home, in Latin America. In Latam, lack of regulations and licencing means that people struggle to access quality beauty and wellness services. Beauty salons and spas also offer very poor working conditions to professionals, who live mostly off tips or low commissions. As a La…
Every Friday my Abuela calls a stranger for manicure/pedicure they've known for years that she heard about from another friend, from another friend... Word of mouth, like most things in LatAm. They're not certified or anything, but they do a decent job.
I've always wondered about their background because they seem to hang out for too long at the house, and it sketches me out.
On my end, finding a good barber shop or beauty salon for my hair has always been a huge pain. The quality of cuts is extremely variable and online reviews are scarce, aside from maybe Facebook. There's no scarcity for cheap $10 cuts but the variability is incredible in quality. Some dude at the $10 barber shop could be a fantastic, trained stylist. But then next time you come in some other asshat ruins your hair.
Aka it's a bit of a crapshoot but it's all you know and what's accessible. I'm a broke college student and can't afford much more than that.
You're damn right that the beauty industry in LatAm is a bit of a wild west. I have a quick question: what are costs for customers like?
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?
Perhaps with time we will recall this new format. This is my first time seeing it and I had to read the initial blurb before remembering you posted this 10 days ago
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…
Is this just for maintenance or includes repairs?
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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?
I think semicolons may help. Will have to see when I read the next one. By the way, I didn’t mean my comment to be mean-spirited.
Edit: oh - I guess I originally said that but then edited it out.
I'm seeing a trend of apps that help to (micro)manage distributed / remote workforces. Virtually keeps track of who is late and no-show to Zoom events, Dailybot has automated standups that basically keeps tabs on employee work and productivity. I'm curious to hear from the founders as to what motivated the creation of the apps and whether WFH plays a significant part in the value proposition. Would you need either ap…
DailyBot was born out of our own need - we’ve been WFH for many years and needed to stay in-sync with each other. There was a behavior we were not happy about: managers or people coming to others asking about what they’re working on or requesting status updates, often. We wanted to change that behavior with our product, if you get some written updates on a periodic basis, the team will get more aligned, managers won’…
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I was also attempting to work out how a company called "Sane IT" was undertaking such myriad endeavors. It was an accidentally good hook to get me to read more!
Launch HN in groups of 5 since there are so many companies now https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27877280
We are Ana and Luis, the founders of Glitzi ( https://glitzi.com.mx/ ). We provide certified beauty and spa services, same day and delivered at home, in Latin America. In Latam, lack of regulations and licencing means that people struggle to access quality beauty and wellness services. Beauty salons and spas also offer very poor working conditions to professionals, who live mostly off tips or low commissions. As a La…
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?