mkbrody

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Hedge Fund Billionaire and Heir Apparent Use iPad App to Battle Eachother(wsj.com)
7 points by mkbrody 11y ago|3 comments
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California Labor Commission Rules Uber's Drivers Are Employees(businessinsider.com)
5 points by mkbrody 11y ago|1 comments
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by mkbrody 11y ago
As someone who dropped out of college and had to cope with the consequences, I often think if college is worth it for the typical use-case in HN discussions: an ambitious & hard-working American citizen < 24. While there's plent
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by mkbrody 12y ago
I took a course on DesignLab, a platform for learning how to design as a hacker, and it was really good. Learned all the basics of how to MVP my own sites with some polish. www.trydesignlab.com
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by mkbrody 12y ago
Does this package include priority SEO placement? That would be a real value add ;)
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by mkbrody 12y ago
I'm sure I still would have had plenty of hurdles even with a degree, and I don't mean to discount that starting a career is hard for anyone, but the matter at stake here is whether it's optimal for smart, young people to go
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by mkbrody 12y ago
As someone who was influenced by Peter Thiel to drop out of college and do a startup with my room mate, I can say it was a mistake in hindsight. Even though I was able to land on my feet (I'm now 25 and making 6 figures), I had to go
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Ask HN: What's the best VoiP service for startups?
6 points by mkbrody 12y ago|3 comments
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by mkbrody 12y ago
Thanks Nick, I just emailed you with more details. It appears to be working now!
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by mkbrody 12y ago
All teams who applied by the application deadline have been, but YC's homepage states they'll review late applications that are submitted on a rolling basis until June, before S14 actually starts.
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Ask HN: Are late applications to S14 no longer being accepted online?
1 points by mkbrody 12y ago|4 comments
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by mkbrody 12y ago
Amazon's UI will never be considered beautiful, but it's core strategy of focusing on the numbers has allowed it to accomplish more than 99.9% of companies ever formed. I'm sure they've sacrificed many redesigns in the n
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by mkbrody 12y ago
Culture is internal marketing. The numbers are what really matters.
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Would it be easy to sell a more advance EHR to hospitals if you could show it would cut down on malpractice? Sounds like all the comments are saying penetrating the hospital market has huge barriers. But if this is obviously better, and co
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Nice job Kyro!
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Hey Matt, I'm sorry to reach out to you directly on a public forum like this, but my company's website encountered a major negative SEO attack last month and we were hit with a manual penalty by Google today. I thought you might
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How MyClean made the first million(mixergy.com)
2 points by mkbrody 13y ago|0 comments
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by mkbrody 13y ago
What I'm trying to get at is that a bank is only as secure as it's regulators say it is. The Government is what insures all depositors money up to $100,000, as well as theoretically stops it from taking too great of risk and losing your ca
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Great synopsis. However, maybe this is more of a publicity stunt? He probably knows the case isn't going to work out in his favor, but perhaps he thinks the headlines will.
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by mkbrody 13y ago
“The bank that is storing my money is highly regulated by federal regulators and backed by a government with a huge army behind it,” James Angel, a business professor at Georgetown University, told Ars last month. The irony is that: 1. Bit
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Hello ThomPete, we actually do clean a ton of offices and hope to expand further into the facility management space :) Thanks for the post!
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Thanks Marcamillion, we have a lot of cool idea's around referral incentives and customer rewards points moving forward as well. stay tuned!
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Thanks sizQuarks, now that we have some technical expertise in-house. Stay tuned. The best is yet to come!
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Eventually Mike Scharf realized he needed some true technical expertise in house. Once we nail this component sky is the limit!
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Lots of challenges Bratsche. Most of the liability is handled by carrying very expensive insurance. The taxes are also expensive and there is a lot of paperwork involved with having so many employee's.
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Best of luck with this Jeffyee, to reach out to us email us at contact@myclean.com and mention that you'd like to get in touch with Michael Scharf.
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Sorry Aardwolf, https://www.myclean.com/
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Hello bkmartin, our strategy so far has been to hire and train cleaners from the ground up. We provide training, steady work, and a path to numerous promotions. I'm not sure we add much value for cleaners who already have a business?
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by mkbrody 13y ago
Exec and Homejoy are amazing companies and we have nothing but positive things to say about our competitors. However, I am fairly certain that they 1099 their employee's which means they use independent contractors. This is a different la
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by mkbrody 13y ago
You're right nthj, we didn't mean to complain or to understate the important of amazing development!

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