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Ask HN: Looking for a ITSM App UI/Desktop Integrator
1 points by martinshen 2y ago|0 comments
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by martinshen 4y ago
Who do you think backs those Clearco loans?
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Tiny Capital goes public by merging with WeCommerce(newswire.ca)
1 points by martinshen 4y ago|0 comments
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by martinshen 4y ago
My 2 cents... you need to start doing cold sales and it'll be very difficult as you'll get flat-out rejected 95/100 times. Learning about sales will feel more productive and in your comfort zone but you should start by going
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by martinshen 6y ago
Zippin | https://www.getzippin.com/ | Toronto At Zippin we plan to banish standing in line—for good—with our checkout-free technology that’s easy and cost-effective for retailers to deploy, and greatly improves customer exp
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by martinshen 7y ago
Have you tried using object attributes/features to enable tracking instead of IOU-based tracking? I suspect this tracker falls apart when there are significant obstructions. Thoughts on a Recurrent YOLO or DeepSORT based tracker?
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by martinshen 7y ago
They generate ~$100 ARPU on US users. https://digiday.com/marketing/facebooks-making-money-per-use...
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by martinshen 7y ago
Why would they pay you for your data? How much is it worth? If you click on 0 ads per year, you generate $0 for Facebook and therefore your data is worth $0. For a personally targeted (using your data) ad click on FB, you're looking at
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by martinshen 7y ago
Passenger AI | ML & CV Engineer | Toronto, Onsite | $110-150K + 0.2-1.0% equity Passenger AI builds remote monitoring tools for autonomous taxis and shuttles. We’re looking for a creative machine learning engineer ideally with computer
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by martinshen 8y ago
Passenger AI | Toronto | $100-160K + 0.1-1.0% equity | Full-time Onsite I’m the founder/CEO. In 2017 I moved from startups in SF to Volkswagen in Detroit to learn about the massive industry we know will transform over the next decade.
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by martinshen 8y ago
By far the biggest problem in Toronto is that we do not have a deep startup tech talent pool. They all leave for the SFBay. Why? Startups here pay engineers 1/3 to half of what they'd make in the SFBay while only being ~25% less e
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by martinshen 8y ago
I believe investors aim at ownership percentages at Series A mainly for pro-rata. Lead Series A investors usually get pro-rata rights. Generally, the wisdom in startup investment is to double down on your winners and you typically can only
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by martinshen 8y ago
Passenger AI | Toronto | $100-160K + 0.1-1.0% equity | Full-time Onsite I’m the founder/CEO. In 2017 I moved from startups in SF to Volkswagen in Detroit to learn about the trillion $ industry we know will transform over the next decad
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by martinshen 8y ago
They do have an API Developer Platform ( https://developer.gm.com/ ) but you have to apply. For some other car companies, you can use www.smartcar.com. There are some ISO compliance rules that prevent the remote start functio
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by martinshen 8y ago
Passenger AI | Toronto, Canada | 100-160K + 0.1-0.75% equity | Full-time Onsite Passenger AI is building one of the other components essential to launch robotaxi operations: remote monitoring tools. I started the company in April after noti
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by martinshen 8y ago
Waymo will be first to market and will not likely sell their self-driving software to other would-be rideshare players (or their suppliers) for several years. All other OEMs, Tier 1s and startups in this space will be quick to follow with a
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by martinshen 8y ago
I recently moved back from the US (SF then Detroit) to Toronto to start a new startup. I was shocked when some entrepreneurs were upset that an Amazon HQ2 may raise the prices on engineering talent in Toronto. That may be true but is extrem
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by martinshen 8y ago
Passenger AI | ML/Vision Engineer | Toronto | $90-$140K + 0.25-2.5% We build services for passenger safety in shared autonomous vehicles. We're a small team previously at VW and Lyft backed by a leading VC in the AV space based in
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by martinshen 9y ago
Passenger AI | Developers | 1.5%+ equity + $90K-$150K | Toronto ONSITE We’re building teleoperations software for robotaxis. I'm a previous founder (UpOut) and have been working in connected car for past couple years (Smartcar API and
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by martinshen 9y ago
8 points by martinshen 30 days ago | parent [-] | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2018) Volkswagen | Detroit Metro Area | Full Time, ONSITE I moved from SF startups to Detroit to join Volkswagen Connected Services. Here, I have the auto
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by martinshen 9y ago
Honestly a lot of these "global" rating systems are ridiculous. The US easily produces the most innovation globally. This is similar to ranking systems that consider McGill the Harvard of Canada or consider Babson College the #1 f
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How to overcome five myths that are distracting your auto company [pdf](pwc.com)
1 points by martinshen 9y ago|0 comments
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by martinshen 9y ago
Volkswagen | Detroit Metro Area | Full Time, ONSITE I moved from SF startups to Detroit to join Volkswagen Connected Services. Here, I have the autonomy to build out mobility products and enhance connected car services. Help our small entre
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Lunar Wireless – No monthly bill cell plan. Pay $0.25/day per app(lunarwireless.com)
13 points by martinshen 9y ago|0 comments
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by martinshen 9y ago
Can someone explain to me why eBay is trading only at 5.5x P/E? I fully understand that it isn't growing tremendously but with all its classified assets, I can't help but feel that it should be trading at a much higher market
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by martinshen 9y ago
Delphi is one of the biggest Tier-1 automotive suppliers. They effectively supply parts, components and software to major auto manufacturers. Other Tier 1s: Bosch, Magna, Continental, Denso etc.
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by martinshen 9y ago
For startups... the biggest disadvantage to a SPAC is fee structure. The biggest advantage for a SPAC is timing. In tech startup-landia I believe timing greatly outweighs ~13% fee difference. Many startups start the IPO process which takes
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by martinshen 9y ago
Volkswagen | Product Manager | Auburn Hills, MI (Detroit-ish area) | Onsite | $70-$110K I recently moved from the San Francisco to Detroit to join Volkswagen (I know, crazy). We're starting to build products and services based on the c
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by martinshen 10y ago
This is a great guide but my biggest question is around compensation which was not covered by this guide. Do you hire and pay the 60th percentile at approx. local market rates? Do you hire the best remote people at SFBay market rates? How d
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by martinshen 10y ago
Smartcar API | Frontend, Backend | Mountain View | Onsite Only | https://smartcar.com/ I'm one of the first employees at Smartcar. I joined about a year ago after parting ways with a $3M VC-backed startup I cofounded 5

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