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labaraka··on Ask HN: Locked out of Google Aps email with no recourse - advice?
Unfortunately it's the same deal for free and paid.
labaraka··on Ask HN: Locked out of Google Aps email with no recourse - advice?
Which email provider do you recommend? I am ready to switch after another full day of BS from their support staff.
labaraka··on Ask HN: Locked out of Google Aps email with no recourse - advice?
Yes. I enter my credentials and it says my account is suspended.
labaraka··on Ask HN: Locked out of Google Aps email with no recourse - advice?
I totally agree with you for the medium term. My challenge right now is that I don't have access to the DNS records and migrating to a new email service will take days/weeks.
labaraka··on First Look: The Future of Subscription Analytics
Hey guys - looks cool. How are you different / better than Baremetrics?
labaraka··on Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets
Thanks - just did.
labaraka··on Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets
Thanks for the response. Will keep an eye out for that functionality. Fyi, would be willing to pay $100-150/month to give my sales team the ability to run scenarios.
labaraka··on Show HN: Opstarts – Startup planning and forecasting without spreadsheets
Love the idea! Would gladly pay for it if it supported physical product sales. i.e., ability to add COGS, have a gross margin, etc. Correct me if I am wrong but your current iteration is more geared towards SaaS startups.
labaraka··on Ask HN: How can i help my dad?
I don't have any specific ideas for you but just came here to say that your dad is very lucky to have such a caring son/daughter.
labaraka··on How startups can compete with big company perks
Individual offices are far from free.
labaraka··on Show HN: Funded.io rapid prototype
Mostly the accounting for COGS
labaraka··on Show HN: Funded.io rapid prototype
This is absolutely fantastic. I would pay real money for something similar tailored to product sales model (vs recurring SaaS).
labaraka··on Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes
Q: What happens if the startup does well after the safe and doesn't need to raise any money and doesn't have a liquidity event? Are the safe investors stuck with a security which does not derive any economic (e.g., dividends) value and they don't have any control?
labaraka··on FDA Warning Letter to 23andMe
> For instance, if the BRCA-related risk assessment for breast or ovarian cancer reports a false positive, it could lead a patient to undergo prophylactic surgery, chemoprevention, intensive screening, or other morbidity-inducing actions, while a false negative could result in a failure to recognize an actual risk that may exist.

I cannot imagine someone getting surgery or chemo solely based on a 23andme heads up warning and without consultation with a specialist physician.

As someone working in medical devices, this dramatic language is extremely frustrating.

labaraka··on Amazon selling fake cycling gear
1/3 fake? That is shocking. Didn't know this was an issue until a couple of weeks ago.
labaraka··on Ask HN: How can I market to young parents?
Link: http://www.instagrad.com/
labaraka··on Working alone sucks
You've nailed it!

I should have been clearer in my post and maybe titled the post "Not having co-founders sucks".

labaraka··on Working alone sucks
Pure genius
labaraka··on Working alone sucks
Nice. Good luck!
labaraka··on Working alone sucks
+1 Yes, this is exactly it. You've articulated this point better than I have. Thanks.
labaraka··on Working alone sucks
That's how I also started. After too many unshowered days eating cereal, I decided I needed to get an office :)
labaraka··on Working alone sucks
I am not yet 100% comfortable giving up our office. But we have some extra desks and we are located in a very nice part of town. I think offering these to interesting local entrepreneurs might achieve a similar goal.

If you are en entrepreneur interesting in a space in Old Montreal, leave your contact info here and I'll contact you.

labaraka··on Working alone sucks
Seems from the comments that coding is an activity particularly well suited to working alone.
labaraka··on Working alone sucks
Not to nitpick on a trivial point but extrAverted is an accepted spelling alternative to extrOverted. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraversion_and_introversion
labaraka··on Working alone sucks
There is a difference between general human interaction and specifically having a peer working with with you on a common goal.
labaraka··on Working alone sucks
Good point. I have also successfully experimented with this in the past.
labaraka··on Show HN: I love Essential Mixes. So I made this.
This is fantastic. I love the EM's but I hate the BBC player so I am always trying to find the mixes on SoundCloud or the other shady download sites. Now they are all neatly packaged in one place.

Well done, dude!

labaraka··on No way I am calling you for a price
Screenshot: http://d.pr/XXCj
labaraka··on No way I am calling you for a price
So it turns out that you guys don't support Quebec. 2 things: 1) When are you planning to roll out that feature? Is it possible to sign up as a beta user now? 2) In the spirit of transparency, this should have been made clear before I signed up.
labaraka··on No way I am calling you for a price
As you imply, there are segments in every market. Of course there is a segment of companies with hundreds or even thousands of employees with gigantic budgets. These guys are going to do RFP's and spend months evaluating the different payroll providers.

Then there is the segment of small guys lik me who have under 10 employees who frankly don't need anything too complicated. You can say "I am only going to serve large enterprise customers through a complex sales process" and that's completely fine with me. But don't pretend to cater to my segment if you are not to adapt your model.

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