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ideas101on Ask YC: have you ever hired hacker freelancer from elance.com or rentacoder.com?

thanks - that's good suggestion - have u ever hired one or do u know someone who had used these services?

ideas101on Ask YC: Best cheap(/free) hosting

why did u move from free to paid service?

ideas101on Ask YC: Best cheap(/free) hosting

https://ssl.jumpline.com/order/?c=2EDTEQGG

https://ssl.digitalspace.net/order/?c=3PALPWTQ

Above 2 are free for a year ... if the links doesn't work then visit http://www.free-webhosts.com/ and click on links for jumpline and digitalspace - it takes u to autolink for 12 months free offer.

the link below will take u to the top 10 cheap/free list

http://www.100best-free-web-space.com/

ideas101on Any mobile entrepreneurs in the house?

and your email contact is??

ideas101on Best Places to Launch a Business

each place has some kind of tax benefit - it makes me wonder why Deleware is not included OR why most of the startup is incorporated in Delaware if it is not the top 10 place to start business??

ideas101on Communicate Acquires Y Combinator Startup Auctomatic, Unveils New Business Strategy

congrats - another payday for pg & company.

ideas101on Looking for advices, ideas...a partner maybe?

do u have budget for these strategies? are u generating any revenue at present?

ideas101on Looking for advices, ideas...a partner maybe?

what's your marketing strategy for offline and online? u may also hire a small mktg/pr firm but they need to be paid in cash ... which i dont think u will opt for???

ideas101on Even Apple will be hated one day

Apple is no different than google, ms and ibm ...I just read the extract from the book "The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies". The author and well known academic Jagdish Sheth says that he's closely watching a clutch of hugely successful companies such as Google and Cisco and he is convinced that on their way to success, these companies have unintentionally acquired certain bad habits which might lead to their downfall. With success, Google will become arrogant and complacent. Google is today's avatar of Microsoft, which is yesterday's avatar of IBM.

"I used to think that competition destroys good companies. Strangely, I found that's not true: companies destroy themselves," says Sheth. "On the way to becoming successful or achieving survival or greatness, companies begin to acquire bad habits." None of these habits, he says, are acquired intentionally but it happens as a side effect of growth.

ideas101on How to name a startup

also visit

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=142002

ideas101on Looking for advices, ideas...a partner maybe?

congratulations for beautiful web-site .... though there are too many things on the home page - you may want to tweak it so that it doesn't look crowded ... also if u r in italy then may be u will require someone to do off-line marketing for u in north america (the biggest pet market) ... by the way u need to provide ur email add so that enthusiast can contact u.

ideas101on Even Apple will be hated one day

Apple is no different than google, ms and ibm ...I just read the extract from the book "The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies". The author and well known academic Jagdish Sheth says that he's closely watching a clutch of hugely successful companies such as Google and Cisco and he is convinced that on their way to success, these companies have unintentionally acquired certain bad habits which might lead to their downfall. With success, Google will become arrogant and complacent. Google is today's avatar of Microsoft, which is yesterday's avatar of IBM.

"I used to think that competition destroys good companies. Strangely, I found that's not true: companies destroy themselves," says Sheth. "On the way to becoming successful or achieving survival or greatness, companies begin to acquire bad habits." None of these habits, he says, are acquired intentionally but it happens as a side effect of growth.

ideas101on Yes, just like manufacturing facilities and call centres, health care is moving offshore.

i would love to see how much a medical procedure / surgery cost in different parts of the world with the ranking for each medical service provider combined with regular tourism information...

ideas101on Ask YC: focus / knowing what to stop working on ?

i would work on the project for which i (and my team) have strongest passion ... and if it is a commercial startup then i will also see whether it can generate revenue right away ...

ideas101on Ask YC: Best Way to Send Out a Small Targeted Commercial E-Mailing?

there are many email marketing service providers... i just came across this particular company, they look professional - u may check it out - its free for 60 days so may be u can try it out ... in the future let us know which service you used and whether it helped ... thx

visit: http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp

ideas101on Apple Safari: Do you see problems with the fonts' sharpness?

the fuzziness is only on the web-pages in safari - same web-page is okay on firefox - i think firefox is the best and with ver3.0 there is no competition.

ideas101on Seeking a Boston YC Co-founder

r u looking for hacker co-founder?

ideas101on Ask: OK, I've got my Web 2.0 website. How do I promote it?

first congratulations for ur effort - u shud start using blog as one of the tool, visit the site below and see whether that can help to spread the word .

http://innovation.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/19/top-13-ways...

ideas101on Ask YC: quitting job and starting a startup

the contradicting voices will bother you all the time till u get settled with ur startup - in the beginning you will feel very lonely but doing something from scratch will make u happy as well - i'm in the same boat so i understand u well - make sure that u can survive for at least 6-12 months financially. if u want to contact me then visit my profile "ideas101" on http://programmermeetdesigner.com/ - u can send me a message from there. good luck

ideas101on Ask YC: How did you name your startup?

the following 2 links should help you - good luck

http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/223/The-Startup-Na...

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/the_name_game.html

ideas101on Ask YC: incorporation or LLC for new startup?

do u mind sharing the name of the attorney - thanks

ideas101on Ask YC: incorporation or LLC for new startup?

thanks a lot ... one more thing to know do i really require an attorney for this? or is there any resource where i can do it by myself and save some bucks.

ideas101on What's the best way to get started?

visit http://programmermeetdesigner.com/

this is one of the best resourceful website/community , post your profile there - if you are looking for entrepreneur or other techies then u can visit their profile and postings to comment and contact them.

I have posted my profile there under same user name "ideas101" - contact me there for more ideas and details.

Good Luck.

ideas101on You can run windows on Mac then why can't you run Mac OS-X on PC? Is it the intel chips for PC not designed for Mac OS-X?

dont you think that if apple allows users to install their OS on PC then it will turn the market/industry up-side-down. There has to be something more than that !?!

ideas101on Why good developers don't need a resume

because developers are like the brain of the IT DNA - so a good developer can just shine by showing the portfolio of his/her skills and projects.

ideas101on Ask YC: What important lesson did you learn from this site?

i learned how diversified hackers could be; and almost all of them are very interesting ; i learned that 'sharing is giving' and u gain so much by sharing n giving - it is truly a knowledge hub !!!

ideas101on Yahoo's "Unlimited" Email Hits Its Limit

all the yahoo loyalist are concerned, because if microsoft takes over then the party of unlimited mails is also over !!! let us hope this doesn't happen ...

ideas101on Any resources for graduate project ideas?

the hottest topic you may work on are mobile phone apps, e-commerce with the help of biometric technology, web 3.0 etc.

ideas101on Sizing up the coming Recession

that even FED can't do - but according to warren buffet, we are already in recession ...

ideas101on Ask YC: Impact of Recession on Startup Financing?

seed funding from the people like YC may not go down - VC funding may slow down temporarily - but if the startup has something innovative and unique stuff to offer then funding shouldn't be a problem ...