misstercool

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Show HN: Quantus – Break into Finance, from 0 –> LBO(quantus.finance)
1 points by misstercool 1y ago|0 comments
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by misstercool 2y ago
would mind try it again?
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by misstercool 2y ago
- Adding the hotkey on the top my priority list. - Agree with you on adding more challenging quizzes! - Having the various mini assignments in a module on the same tab is an interesting idea. - Regarding the bird lol, yea, I do plan to rede
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by misstercool 2y ago
Just my personal opinion, feel free to disagree ;). There are few issues preventing finance being replaced by AI. 1. The large portion of finance is customization. AI works on the simple models, but it may struggle to perform adequately wit
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by misstercool 2y ago
oh...thanks, apologize for my typo
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by misstercool 2y ago
love this idea!
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by misstercool 2y ago
+1, so true!
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by misstercool 2y ago
Yep, no stats or advanced math is needed. My primary focus is to cater to beginner and intermediate users. For beginners, it is a good tool to understand the basic finance and accounting concepts. It is interactive, you can practice the for
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by misstercool 2y ago
Yea, I might do more in depth AI integration in the future. The hint function has been the most popular one in assassinating users learning how to solve the financial modeling problems. This platform is designed with the goal of assisting u
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by misstercool 2y ago
Sure! While beginner content isn't unique, chatGPT can handle such questions effectively. Our main aim is to create a mind map that helps users understand concepts deeply and apply them to build various financial models.
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by misstercool 2y ago
Absolutely, the current platform is designed to help beginners and intermediate learners to hone their technical skills. I am considering expanding in areas such as allowing users to share their models and strategies. I understand it can be
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by misstercool 2y ago
The current stage of finance interview is a little bit like coding interview 20 years ago, pre-leetcode time, where you write sudo code on a paper to answer some coding challenges. The coding interview nowadays are quite advanced, I believe
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by misstercool 2y ago
great suggestions, thanks!
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by misstercool 2y ago
Our goal is to help users improve their finance and accounting knowledge. This includes acing job interviews and learning how to create different financial models for varied sectors. Currently, we have no plans to provide coding lessons or
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by misstercool 2y ago
thanks! IMO, excel spreadsheet is like the compiler for finance folks, there is no better way to learning and practising finance on this interface.
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by misstercool 2y ago
That's an excellent query! Many have asked for a mobile app. Right now, we're improving the desktop version as Excel works best on it. Making Excel easy to use on a mobile app isn't easy. Our plan is to first make a mobile ap
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by misstercool 2y ago
Thank you!
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Show HN: Quantus – LeetCode for Financial Modeling(quantus.finance)
279 points by misstercool 2y ago|50 comments
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by misstercool 2y ago
I think this article is much more than this. > First, you have to get clear on what the company is looking to get out of the project. You are not just pleasing the executives. Assuming the company described in the article is a goo
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by misstercool 2y ago
Well, to be honest, I have never heard any of many FAANG turned startup founder friends told me that the want to build a life style business from the beginning. Every one wants to build a vc-backed startup with a home run idea. Many of them
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by misstercool 2y ago
Quote the author “To continue advancing my career, I’d need projects that were even larger in scope and involved collaboration with more partner teams. But that just meant the project could fail due to even more factors outside my control,
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by misstercool 2y ago
From my observation, staff eng is a person that has the capability to handle many type of tasks, like what described in the article: Eng, Idea direction, project management, risk management, cross-function communication. Not every eng can g
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by misstercool 2y ago
Saw your demo video. Are you focusing on the finance sector primarily? It is a challenging industry IMO, requiring high accuracy and has strict privacy/security bar. How do you address these concerns? Curious what are the biggest compl
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by misstercool 2y ago
It is a good problem to have for a startup, most startups are struggling finding customers to use their thing. Better to go with "good enough" shortcut and prioritize on growth. Recall is a YC company, I am sure they took advantag
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by misstercool 2y ago
I would advice testing this idea on iOS only, find PMF, find SEO patterns, then consider expand. It also depends what framework you are using to build the app, cross platform vs native. It is not worth maintaining two platforms in the begin
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by misstercool 2y ago
Perhaps, picking one consumer app/tool everyone knows and tell a positive story how it changed the world. When I was volunteering in autism school, I saw many kids have talent of drawing, despite communication challenges. They use inst
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by misstercool 2y ago
I felt generate recipe repositories is quite a friction, not sure how many user would like to go through this process. But if you have nearby restaurant pictures, swipe right for matches seems a better use case. People don't need to po
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by misstercool 2y ago
Nice job! Do you have hypothesis why this is particularly popular in Japan? Did you launch to specific market?