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tarof

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CEO / Co-Founder of AnyPerk. http://anyperk.com/
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tarof··on ZenPayroll (YC W12) Raises $60M From Group Led by Google Investment Arm
zenpayroll is awesome. no more pain
tarof··on We Just Thought, 'This Is How You Start a Company in America'
Thanks for the questions.

1. We pivoted a several times during YC days. Initially we were trying to pivot into similar ideas. (standard "pivots") but after discussing really hard internally, we decided to think what we really are excited about regardless of what we had been working on, and we felt AnyPerk is the idea that we wanted to work for the next 10~ years.

2. I have to admit that it was not easy, but when you are working on your best idea with best people you know is so exciting that you can feel so positive about everything.

tarof··on We Just Thought, 'This Is How You Start a Company in America'
Thanks for submitting!
tarof··on We Just Thought, 'This Is How You Start a Company in America'
Thank you!
tarof··on How startups can compete with big company perks
AnyPerk.com (YC W12) has partnered many of those companies and provide that feature! https://anyperk.com/
tarof··on How I got hired at a Y Combinator start-up without the necessary credentials
It's great to hear that someone who didn't have the creds was able to get hired at a start-up. Too often the best people don't get noticed.
tarof··on YC without being in YC
I think the best way to get the "permission" should not be from any of investors, more from customers.

With many of customers who love your product,you should be able to attract investors or incubators more easily.

tarof··on YC without being in YC
"Sell before you build"

This is what I learned from YC. It was from Paul Buchheit.

tarof··on Ask HN: know any Japan-based startups?
AnyPerk.com (YC12w) has engineering team in Tokyo as well.
tarof··on AnyPerk (YC W12) Gives Your Startup Employees The Same Perks As Pinterest
Thanks for the support, we just redesigned our site! Please let us know if you have any other suggestions, design or otherwise.
tarof··on AnyPerk (YC W12) Gives Your Startup Employees The Same Perks As Pinterest
Thanks for the advice, I have reached out and learnt a great deal from some of their team members and hope to continue to learn from both failed and successful startups in the space. There are other similar and very successful companies in other countries, and thought it would be great to have US startup employees be rewarded as well.
tarof··on Show HN: AnyPerk provides affordable employee perks to startups for free.
Thank you for the comment, currently our perks are mostly for the companies themselves, we will improve it!
tarof··on Show HN: AnyPerk provides affordable employee perks to startups for free.
Sure! Just sign up from http://anyperk.com/
tarof··on Show HN: AnyPerk provides affordable employee perks to startups for free.
Thank you so much! We'll email you soon.
tarof··on A Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Visits Onlab, A Young Japanese Incubator
Mieple is on! http://mieple.com/
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Mieple is on! http://mieple.com/