davidbhead

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by davidbhead 3mo ago
This horror story is what happens when you prioritize growth before anyone loves your product
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by davidbhead 9mo ago
I've thought about the same thing. My company specializes in blocking candidate fraud and we have yet to see anyone who's sentiment isn't "get these people out of here". Employing a North Korean can create sanctions
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by davidbhead 9mo ago
The sophistication of these guys is high. They're hiring US citizens to interview for them and then if they get hired, their work quality is high so they fly under the radar for awhile.
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by davidbhead 9mo ago
Founder of Endorsed here. We help employers block situations like these where job seekers are collaborating with the scammers. As other have pointed out, there are multiple types of scammers here. The most benign are people who just want US
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by davidbhead 7y ago
I'm wondering why it's just now they've become popular. Maybe they just needed a successful initial usecase and found it in Lambda School (unless I'm missing another successful ISA use case before Lambda School). Regardl
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by davidbhead 7y ago
2nded
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by davidbhead 8y ago
This is awesome. Segment has always been a tool that speeds up our experimentation dramatically but the cost has been tough to swallow. I’m grateful your team has built this new program!
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Upwork Is Like Soviet Russia(usesixty.com)
1 points by davidbhead 8y ago|0 comments
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The Declaration of Freelancer Independence(usesixty.com)
17 points by davidbhead 8y ago|1 comments
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by davidbhead 9y ago
Kindof. It could evolve into something like a forum (presuming that's what you're meaning). Right now we're focused on strictly getting the end-users problems solved as fast as possible by connecting them with freelancers via
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by davidbhead 9y ago
Bingo :)
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by davidbhead 9y ago
I hear you on Zapier! I was in the same boat initially. I actually built the initial prototype for Sixty using Zapier and Google Sheets. Then built it on Bubble.is until we got Andrew (our technical co-founder) on the team. Wished I had exp
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by davidbhead 9y ago
All of this is correct. Both parties are our target audience. Our goal is to partner with the SaaS companies and give them control over the freelancer ecosystems. We're also building for the end-user though because we think that mindse
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by davidbhead 9y ago
Yes to everything except the embed. We have a lot of ideas for embeds! Right now, the product is a subdomain (experts.[domain].com) that SaaS companies can link to from their site & support.
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by davidbhead 9y ago
Would love to have you as a user! Which tools do get stuck on most frequently?
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by davidbhead 9y ago
Appreciate your feedback here. Can definitely see ways we can improve the messaging. I know you're asking some questions to probe our thinking but I'll answer them here anyway for clarity. Marketplaces are good because a lot of ti
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Launch HN: Sixty (YC S17) – Freelancer Marketplaces for SaaS Companies
46 points by davidbhead 9y ago|25 comments