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GroupRefer | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any startups in need of awesome support?

I know 37signals is looking for one. What better place to work at?

GroupRefer | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Education is broken, how do you fix it?

how about involving actual companies to come in and let them interact with the students? For example, the marketing department of an FMCG company could ask students to prepare a marketing campaign when students take up a marketing course.

GroupRefer | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Looking for a co-founder for my startup

Thanks, will do

GroupRefer | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Looking for a co-founder for my startup

Hey, thanks, will do.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Books on Sales?

In terms of Sales, I don't only mean cold calling, or b2b selling. My startup, Grosper.com is an ecommerce company, and for us sales is those customers who come to our website. But sometimes a subject ignored, is getting them to the website itself on a small budget, and no obvious viral component.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Tell HN: If I ran Twitter, this would be my business model.

Google used to do ads and then stared sharing revenue with Publishers. Would love to know more about the other companies doing what I described and why they have not worked.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Rate My Startup - Launched Today

Maybe we should make the 'Deals you Missed' and the other Bold?

Would you suggest plain black text for the product pages?

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Rate My Startup - Launched Today

The AED is the currency in UAE, which is in the Middle East.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Rate My Startup - Launched Today

Oh, yeah, we are supposed to have A Stamp there signifying the type of the deal.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Rate My Startup - Launched Today

Hi, not sure what you mean, white space on the left? Where is that?

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Rate My Startup - Launched Today

Here's a working link. http://www.grosper.com/site/index

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Looking for a PHP hacker

Hey, sure I would. My email is in my profile.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Would you ever use a group buying website for home rentals?

Yeah, that is the main issue. We have over 200 people moving houses a day in the city of Dubai, so that is something to consider.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Would you ever use a group buying website for home rentals?

Well, the group aspect would only be applicable at the time of rent. Once the rental transaction has been completed, each tenant is treated as an individual. The group is not recognized separately as a legal entity. This is only for the purposes of better price and terms at the time of renting

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Startup Marketing

hey akshay, that actually does. thanks a lot, appreciate it.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Startup Marketing

one of the issues in the Dubai is the lack of prominent bloggers. You'll find most users following prominent international blogs rather than any local ones.

Strong idea about trade resources though. We have started our own blog. We hope to get some sort of following for that.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Startup Marketing

this is actually one of the ways we considered. We called it the Tastemakers (interior designers), basically, getting people with good taste to recommend great products to put in your home, so users would be drawn to our website for the content.

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any great books on Sales and Marketing?

Thanks, any others?

GroupRefer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any great books on Sales and Marketing?

Awesome