cvinson
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Founder of Bandzoogle.com
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Comment · 9 years ago
Bandzoogle | Front end designer | REMOTE | $60k-$100k
Bandzoogle builds tools that help bands succeed online. Our app powers tens of thousands of artist websites and helps them make a living by selling their music and growing their fan base. We've been "bootstrapped, profitable, and proud" since 2003 and are growing fast.
We're looking for a "designer who can code". Someone as adept in Photoshop and Sketch as they are in HTML/CSS. In this role, you'll be responsible for the look and feel of 30k musician websites.
Besides directly empowering musicians, this role offers:
- A fast paced startup atmosphere, with the stability of an established (14 year old!), profitable company;
- A family-friendly schedule — no overtime or weekends, flexible work hours;
- 100% health insurance coverage for US and Canadian employees;
- Reimbursement of home office expenses, computer, and coworking spaces;
- Time and resources for learning, including reimbursement of books and conferences;
- Yearly meet-ups in fun locations, family included!
More info: https://bandzoogle.com/jobs
Comment · 10 years ago
This is great info thanks.
The firm's suggestion was "comply or be at serious risk" Because it adds a ton of filing overhead, it seems to be the most beneficial option for them. That's why I thought to post here.
I'll reach out to you directly, if you are available to discuss this further.
Comment · 10 years ago
Aside from all the technical questions, don't underestimate the importance of knowing about the company you are applying to.
I've hired several developers over the last 10 years, and by the final round, there are often candidates with similar technical ability. The applicant that really understands the company they are applying to work for (the current state of their app, their competition, the direction you think they may need to go) will have an edge.
Comment · 10 years ago
I live here, and started the company here. It is massively difficult to move the company without incurring the ire of the tax authorities. Moving was my first response to this situation, but lawyers and accountants have advised against it.
Comment · 10 years ago
Very. We post multiple times a day on social media, create videos, do webinars, and long-form eBooks. Most of our staff are in the US, and don't speak french. Of our ~25,000 customers, 10 are in Quebec.
As you can imagine, hiring a full time french speaker just doesn't make sense. So, we have to "fire" our Quebec customers and block the province via IP. This is what dozens of startups (and big web companies) are doing now to circumvent the crazy laws.
Comment · 10 years ago
Try having a startup in Montreal. Our has been targeted by the language police, and is being forced to translate not just our front end, but our blog and social media presences. It doesn't matter that 0.01% of customers are in Quebec, and that we have determined that there is no market for our product in french.
Anyone can send an anonymous message to this government agency and it will audit your business to make sure you are compliant. Have more than 50 employees? Make sure the copy button on your photocopier says "copiez" or you'll have to put stickers over it (true story, happened at my brother's pharma startup).
The sad thing is that most Montrealers have the attitude that "you're in Montreal, you should learn french." The problem is, this law goes far beyond that, and is a serious impediment for Montreal startups.
Comment · 11 years ago
Bandzoogle | REMOTE
Bandzoogle builds tools that help bands succeed online. Our app powers tens of thousands of artist websites and helps them make a living by selling their music and growing their fan base. We've been “bootstrapped, profitable, and proud” since 2003 and are growing fast.
We're looking for an experienced, well-rounded Javascript developer to join our team. Bandzoogle's realtime website editor (built in Ember.js) is evolving quickly, and you will play a key role in its development. Our members love our product, and every feature you contribute to will be cheered on by thousands of artists from around the world.
More details: https://bandzoogle.com/jobs/201510-javascript-developer
Comment · 13 years ago
Bandzoogle - UI/UX designer - REMOTE (or Montreal)
We're looking for an experienced designer to take charge of the UI/UX of our app. Bandzoogle powers tens of thousands of artist websites, and help bands make a living by selling their music and growing their fan base. We've been "bootstrapped, profitable, and proud" since 2003 and were named one of the fastest growing companies in Canada the past 2 years.
Why work with us?
Other than the chance to work on fun projects that empower musicians, Bandzoogle offers:
- A fast paced startup atmosphere, with the stability of an established, profitable company.
- A great salary plus generous performance bonuses.
- A flexible & family-friendly schedule.
- Full health insurance for US and Canadian employees.
- Reimbursement of home office expenses, computer, and use of co-working spaces.
- A $1,000 yearly education expense account - reimburse books, conferences, whatever you want to learn about.
- Yearly meet-ups in fun locations, family included!
Full job post here: http://bandzoogle.com/jobs/
Comment · 14 years ago
Montreal (or REMOTE)
Bandzoogle is looking for an experienced, well rounded Rails developer to join the our dev team. Our app powers tens of thousands of artist websites, and helps them make a living by selling their music and growing their fan base. We've been "bootstrapped, profitable, and proud" since 2003 and were just named one of the 100 fastest growing companies in Canada.
As a core member, you'll have varied and challenging projects to work on, from building new e-commerce features, launching in new markets, building mobile solutions, and more.
Why work with us?
- A great salary plus generous performance bonuses.
- A fast paced startup atmosphere, with the stability of an established, profitable company.
- A family-friendly schedule -- no overtime or weekends.
- Health insurance for US and Canadian employees.
- Reimbursement of home office expenses, computer, and use of co-working spaces.
- A $1,000 education expense account; reimburse books, conferences, whatever you want to learn about.
- Yearly meet-ups in fun locations, family included!
Full job post here: http://bandzoogle.com/jobs/
Comment · 14 years ago
Bandzoogle - Montreal, QC or REMOTE
Rails Developer
At Bandzoogle, we build tools that help bands succeed online. Our app powers tens of thousands of artist websites, and helps them make a living by selling their music and growing their fan base. We've been “bootstrapped, profitable, and proud” since 2003 and are growing fast.
We’re looking for an experienced Rails developer to become a core member of our dev team, participate in key technical decisions. You’ll work on varied and challenging projects, from backend media encoding on EC2, to integrating external APIs, to adding new front-end features. Even better, our Rails 3 codebase is squeaky-clean and ready for you to jump in and start creating.
Requirements
* Sample code that we can take a look at (in any language).
* Solid Ruby on Rails experience.
* Ability to be productive in a distributed team environment. Our 12 member team is spread across Canada, UK and USA; we work where we love to be.
What we offer
Beside working on fun projects that empower musicians, Bandzoogle offers:
* A great salary plus generous performance bonuses.
* A fast paced startup atmosphere, with the stability of an established, profitable company.
* A family-friendly schedule — no overtime or weekends.
* Health insurance for US and Canadian employees.
* Reimbursement of home office expenses, computer, and use of co-working spaces.
* An education expense account - reimburse books, conferences, etc.
* Yearly meet-ups in fun locations (last one was in Montreal for the Jazz fest), family included!
To apply: Email [email protected] with the subject "Rails developer".
Comment · 15 years ago
As someone who has received >$5m offer that fell through, here's what I learned:
1) until the final documents are signed, don't consider any offer to be a done deal. There are many reasons for it to not happen at this stage.
2) Keep the project running as normal, and try not to get too distracted by this. You have something of value, don't jeopardize that by taking your eye off the ball.
3) As others have mentioned, get a lawyer who is experienced with these types of deals ASAP -- before discussing any more terms. Without help, you may be leaving a lot on the table, or conversely souring the deal.
Comment · 15 years ago
Anywhere (we're based in Montreal)
Bandzoogle is hiring an Interaction Designer.
We build tools that help musicians succeed online. Our app powers tens of thousands of artist websites and helps them make a living by selling their music and growing their fan base. We've been “bootstrapped, profitable, and proud” since 2003 and are growing fast.
As our design lead, you’ll own the visual Bandzoogle experience -- from the front end to emails to the UX of the app. We’ve recently revamped our entire codebase to Rails 3 -- now we need you to revamp the look of our app from the ground up.
Our 10-member team is spread across Canada, UK and USA; we work where we love to be. Remote work welcome!
More details: http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/9438
Comment · 15 years ago
Happened to me. Worse, competitors started copying my exact Adwords text and headlines as well.
I was able to remove the ads that included our trademark fairly quickly by contacting Google.
For the rest, you just have to start your own campaign against them. Since our own company's keywords are pretty low search competition they are extremely cheap to bid on. When competitors see that you are bidding against them, they might back off (they did in my case).