gdhillon's comments

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: 2 guys -- Learned to code in 3 months and built this

Congrats. Can you share details on which programming language you learned and roadblocks if any?

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Using ODesk to get developers, as a developer.

sure will do.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN:Do my company own IP when I work on my personal app in freetime?

You should be fine, as long you are not using their property (hardware, software, phone etc) to work on your project. Also it should not be in competition with your company. Just to be on the safe side, you might want to tell your HR and see if they have any objections.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: What are best ways to find hacker+business co-founders in the Silicon Valley?

How is this different from google hangout?

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: What are best ways to find hacker+business co-founders in the Silicon Valley?

For which business chatwindow or hireplug? What is your background? Try here on HN, attend seminar's and hackathons etc.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Using ODesk to get developers, as a developer.

I worked with some really good .NET MVC developers on my last personal project. They worked USA Pacific time zone (9 to 5) and were available via skype and google chat. Let me know if you need their profile and I can shoot it to you in email.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you have extra office space for a 2-person startup team?

If you are ok with Union City then I can connect you with someone who offers very cheap office space. Its a commercial building which houses insurance agents and stuff.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Offer HN: User feedback for your project

Thank you.. Email is in my profile now

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Offer HN: User feedback for your project

Hi, we would love some feedback on (http://diglig.com)

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Would you review my startup idea?

checkout www.swaptree.com

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: anybody looking for design help?

Great Thanks. Please checkout http://jackpotbuddy.com

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anyone looking to pickup a python intern?

Check this out: http://freshplum.com/startupsummer/

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Growing a volunteer network for entrepreneurs

Gabriel, how can we reach you? We would love to have some advise for our start-up.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: How and Why I Sold Get Rich Slowly

Great post Cing. It would be great to hear your market strategies on how you acquired your readers, before you get rich slowly was acquired by quinstreet?

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Will you buy Facebook shares when it goes IPO?

I was thinking the same but I do think you can make some serious money if you grab it on 1st day at opening bell.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: what do you think of our idea?

Throwing everyone in a same pool could be a problem. One lottery cannot cross state-lines. Also, It would get complicated to claim the prize when 100's of people are involved.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: what do you think of our idea?

Connor, actually your risk of loosing too much money is also reduced. Because In a group you will not be pooling as much money as you would if you play alone. For example, if you play alone you might buy $10 worth of lottery. But if you play in a group of 10, you can get away with playing with only $2 and still have double with chances of winning. I'll add this to the landing page and hopefully it will make sense?

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: what do you think of our idea?

Kls, Thank you for the great feedback, we really appreciate it. We will definitely look at your suggestions.Regarding trust issues, everyone will get a copy of the ticket before the draw. Also, group will have name of each user who participated and the numbers they selected. I have looked at the state laws and there are few where lottery tickets cannot be purchased online (which we are not).

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: what do you think of our idea?

I'm thinking to let users pay the overhead of each transaction or setup a monthly plan that will allow only certain # of transaction per month. Regarding taxes, I havn't thought about that yet, maybe I can have group users directly pay the person who formed the group.

gdhillon | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: what do you think of our idea?

Why? You buy one lottery ticket by yourself then you only have 1 chance of winning. If you play in a group of 10-20 friends, then your chances just went up by 100's of percentage. Hope this help?