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pallian··on Show HN: Book flights with Trippeo (exclusive rates)
Hi everyone, CEO of Trippeo here. We just released our flight booking portal this morning where you can book flights (and track expenses) with Trippeo. We don't re-direct you to a 3rd party booking site - you search and booking directly with Trippeo. We have secured some pretty decent rates for North American flights and I welcome you to give it a try. You'll have to sign in to Trippeo to view the flight portal.
pallian··on Slack Platform Launch
At 2M DAU, there's a lot of upside in building a bot for that audience. We just launched a simple expense management slack bot last week and in the past few days, our engagement has gone up... will post some numbers shortly. https://medium.com/trippeo-blog/introducing-expense-manageme...
pallian··on [dead]
Please get help if you're depressed and thinking about killing yourself. It's not worth it. http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html 1-800-SUICIDE
pallian··on Ask HN: My lawyer has asked for 5% equity. Is that fair?
I've never heard to lawyers take equity for their services - is this common?
pallian··on $500k of Azure credit for YC startups
Pick a few of these folks and email them directly: https://www.linkedin.com/title/developer-evangelist-at-micro...
pallian··on $500k of Azure credit for YC startups
Hmm thanks for that. Are you by any chance on a chromebook using Chrome? We noticed this issue with chromebooks... but for Macs and Windows using chrome, it seems to be fine (at least from our tests). Can you shoot me an email at adarsh[at]trippeo?
pallian··on $500k of Azure credit for YC startups
I just emailed a developer evangelist at Microsoft - tons of them around and more than willing to help startups, especially new ones with under $1M in funding.
pallian··on $500k of Azure credit for YC startups
Just FYI - the $60k/year Azure offer is technically available for any startup just willing to ask nicely (not limited to just incubators). My company, http://trippeo.com just qualified for it last month (we get $5k/mo free hosting).
pallian··on Show HN: 2100 signups and counting for being “site of the day” on design website
This site has given us more signups than Product Hunt + Venture Beat combined - and this is only in the past few hours. Total traffic so far - 12k.
pallian··on The Town Without Wi-Fi
"In Green Bank, you can’t make a call on your cell phone, and you can’t text on it, either. Wireless internet is outlawed, as is Bluetooth. It’s a premodern place by design, devoid of the gadgets and technologies that define life today. And thanks to Uncle Sam, it will stay that way: The town is part of a federally mandated zone where a government high-tech facility’s needs come first. Wireless signals are verboten."
pallian··on Sandwich Video: The company that makes nearly all startup videos
I remember watching an interview a while back (or I think it was a Quora thread), but he claims most startup videos fall in the $50-$75k range.
pallian··on Show HN: Trippeo – Simple travel and expense management
Thanks Ryan - appreciate it.
pallian··on Show HN: Trippeo – Simple travel and expense management
Direct link to download the app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trippeo/id892522845?mt=8&ign...
pallian··on Behind the 'Bad Indian Coder'
"I think the Indian education system as a whole is greatly flawed in that it does not urge students to think, but rather to memorize, or ‘mugging' as they say in India" - sadly, that one sentence pretty much sums up the Indian higher education system (from a guy who "mugged" his way to grade 12 before coming to North America and having to learn to think).
pallian··on I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb
Thanks for posting this. I've been debating getting one of these micro homes (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nomad-micro-home-easily-as...) and setting it up in Whistler to do exactly the same thing as you are... Airbnb it year round.
pallian··on 3D printed luxury homes for hermit crabs
Now this is brilliant!
pallian··on Show HN: Simplifying your business travel and expense needs
Really? It should just be a simple css hover effect.
pallian··on Making the travel site people want, even if it’s impossible
Hey Tom - have you checked out Vayant? I've been playing with their API for my upcoming travel startup and it's been really good. Results in less than a second for most of Europe and Asia.
pallian··on Hipmunk Launches Flight Deals
keep an eye on http://gosillk.com - all your travel wishes will soon come true.