kris-jagasia

Joined 13 years ago

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interested in all aspects of more efficient education experiences online
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Comment · 12 years ago
doesn't deal with Turkey unfortunately, looks like a kick ass product though
Comment · 12 years ago
sorry, forgot to post as reply, how do you get your head around changes (often volatile) in bitcoin value, when you're just using it as a money transfer protocol
Comment · 12 years ago
unfortunately, dwolla is US accounts only, Xoom, transerwise don't deal with Turkey, xe or Bitcoin may be the only options
Comment · 12 years ago
unfortunately, dwolla is US accounts only, Xoom, transerwise don't deal with Turkey,

xe or Bitcoin may be the only options

Comment · 12 years ago
For people that use bitcoin as their international exchange protocol, how do you get your head around the possible changes in Bitcoins value, especially if it's going to take you a week or so to do the transfer (by the time your transactions get processed/validate)
Comment · 12 years ago
thanks guys
Comment · 12 years ago
this! as a non-technical guy, I can even work with Stripe examples
Comment · 12 years ago
have to agree with this. if a user signed up and you are sending them serious updates rather than marketing (and of course, if you honour their opt-outs) you're fine
Comment · 12 years ago
Ah. From being on the other end of hiring decisions, my general advice would be to aim high on initial conversations and gauge reactions + adjust downwards from there. You can always adjust down, hard to adjust up!
Comment · 12 years ago
I used to be involved in the hiring decisions of big corporate consulting co. (software + other stuff) and they would consistently negotiate salaries that were 50% above the initial offer. Their strategy was to low ball, and work up from there. I'm not sure how many companies employ this strategy, but I report that it definitely does happen. Another point is that as you move away from fresh grad opportunities and more experienced, it's less obvious what "market rate" really is.
Comment · 12 years ago
Have you thought about re-evaluating which product verticals you go after first, based on cost of Adwords (or similar PPC) clicks? Sounds like your site/search solution can be targeted to any product bought over the web, so maybe you should re-consider which product searches to focus on as a matrix between the overall attractiveness and the marketing cost to get your initial users. I haven't looked at the cost of PPC for different verticals in a long time, but I'm pretty sure electronics is a very competitive vertical.

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