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Wrong do-gooders are more dangerous than evildoers.

I got a loan ($38k, 0% interest, 25-year term) from the Spanish government to pay for my master's in the US - after I graduated and had already paid for it (50%-off scholarship made it easier). I'm using this money to bootstrap.

Did a three-day cruise in the Baltic sea with my girlfriend for free after applying social engineering to a Swedish-only rewards program.

I love this stuff :)

If you are in the US, then it has to be opt-in. It's the CAN-SPAM law.

I'm sending you an email.

I've had good experiences with Drools too. Never used FICO Blaze.

Even the US has more Spanish-speaking people than Spain.

However, Spain is still very influential in the development of the language. The "Real Academia de La Lengua" dictates the rules, and there's a network of "Instituto Cervantes" throughout the world. There's even one in Chicago, where I live now.

I'm from Spain. We do refer to São Paulo as San Pablo. I actually never heard a fellow Spaniard say São Paulo.

http://improffice.com - online email transfer / email migration for Gmail/Google Apps.

I built the prototype myself, then my current partner came onboard when the app started making money. He dramatically improved the code and I'm mostly working on the business stuff now.

Google Checkout does have recurring: http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...

Google Checkout can do subscriptions for sure. It's in beta, but works very well:

http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...

Congrats from Chicago!

We did it in a company I was working before and it was a little above $3k (in Chicago).

Chrome: LastPass, Google Voice, Google send to phone.

I don't think it's damning of American-borns, I think it's actually the opposite. As a foreign-born founder of a US startup, I wish my home country was as attractive as the US for starting my business. I think America should be proud of its capability to attract top talent.

I'm from Spain (though I live in Chicago) and I have to agree. If you get mad at every Spaniard who is late to meetings... well maybe you should stop dealing with Spaniards at all. It's what it is, and it's going to be difficult to change it.

Try to reach out to Andrew Warner (the guy behind mixergy.com). I believe he lives in Argentina. He frequents HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=AndrewWarner

Take a look at OpenDNS' terms of use. It's also under a Creative Commons license.

Looks good! Could you share how you did the video? I'd like to do something like that for my app (it's in the Google Apps Marketplace already by the way).

I have the oauth stuff already working in my app (different app, using php and ruby). I can help get this done (or a similar idea) very quickly. Get in touch with me if interested (email in profile).

The Lean Startup Circle is great, but there are lots of local Lean Startup meetup groups:

http://www.google.com/search?&q=+site:www.meetup.com+lea...

If there's a local Lean Startup Circle in your area you're likely to benefit a lot, in addition to the Google group and HN. I've been an organizer of the Chicago Lean Startup Circle for the last couple of months and it's been great for learning and networking. We're having Mike Evans (cofounder of GrubHub) this month talk about MVP and unit economic models:

http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Lean-Startup-Circle/

Linode is inexpensive and the control panel is great to do lots of tasks. If you want a _big_ dedicated server, go for 100tb.

Things I do:

- Take half a day off and try not to think about your startup for the first few hours

- Go watch a movie

- Go sailing or any other outdoors sport

After a few hours I usually start seeing my problems in a different light. That helps a lot.

First of all fill your HN user profile! You are missing on potential connections that you can make through this thread.

Oh and shoot me an email (address in my profile), I might be able to help.

I use 12voip. It's cheaper. http://www.12voip.com/en/calling-rates.html

Wrong. Read the OPT Policy Guidance, section 7.2.1:

All OPT employment, including post-completion OPT, must be in a job that is related to the student’s degree program. For students who are not on a 17-month extension, this employment may include: (...) Self-employed business owner. A student on OPT may start a business and be self-employed. The student must be able to prove that he or she has the proper business licenses and is actively engaged in a business related to the student’s degree program.

I quit because I wanted independence and I felt I couldn't learn new things in my previous job. But the perspective of making money helps me focus and continue working hard in my startup.

It's a good idea, but marketplace companies are notoriously difficult to start. You have to find customers that want to get an MVP and programmers willing to build it. It's like trying to do two different startups at the same time.

I have it, and love it. You can just disable 4G to save on battery.

I have one in Atlanta and another in Fremont, both working perfectly. Dashboard is fine too.

The OP forgot to mention the F1 Visa (student visa). I'm starting my company on F1.