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dawie

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Email: davidsmit at Google's email service

2017: FilteredHq.com

2016: Sold 7-min.com

2013: Currently http://7-min.com

2012: (All these projects are dead) I was working on something cool: http://docley.com.

I am now working on something cooler: http://tabtrick.com/

I pivoted TabTrick to focus on Facebook Pages for Realtors...

2011: I have always been very interested in the startup scene. I have been to startup school twice and applied to YC once with Docley (I didn't get in).

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x.ai 16d ago

x.ai Voice Agent Builder

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www.lutasecurity.com 1mo ago

The Fable 5 Export Controls root of takedown request

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www.careervectorhq.com 3mo ago

Show HN: Get Hired with AI, a free book I wrote on using LLMs for a job search

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news.ycombinator.com 8mo ago

Ask HN: What is the black line for at the top of the screen?

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www.transformernews.ai 9mo ago

Claude Sonnet 4.5 knows when it's being tested

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news.ycombinator.com 10mo ago

Ask HN: How are you using AI to find jobs? What worked (and didn't)?

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news.ycombinator.com 11mo ago

Ask HN: Why aren't more developers using AI tools?

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worldslargesthackathon.devpost.com 1y ago

World’s Largest Hackathon

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news.ycombinator.com 1y ago

Tell HN: Cloudflare billing issue that is over 6 months old and no support

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githubnext.com 1y ago

GitHub Spark – build web apps in plain English

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www.aboutamazon.com 4y ago

Amazon 2021 Letter to Shareholders

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: What is the new black bar above the nav

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www.instaaa.com 6y ago

Press Releases for Startups: How to Write a Great Press Release

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www.instaaa.com 6y ago

PR Mistakes Startups Make

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www.instaaa.com 6y ago

How to Pitch Tech Journalists

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www.taskdonehq.com 6y ago

The Coach Behind Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Ask HN: What productivity hacks work for you?

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arstechnica.com 7y ago

Brains scale better than CPUs. So Intel is building brains

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www.taskdonehq.com 7y ago

Why You Procrastinate

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www.taskdonehq.com 7y ago

Show HN: TaskDone – Execute and get stuff done

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Tell HN: Style So Broken on Mobile

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news.ycombinator.com 8y ago

Ask HN: Simples way to create a personal Website with Blog

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news.ycombinator.com 8y ago

Ash HN: What software can I write for $39 per month?

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news.ycombinator.com 9y ago

Ask HN: Who has an old sideproject they want to sell?

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news.ycombinator.com 9y ago

Ask HN: Want to sell your side project?

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news.ycombinator.com 9y ago

Ask HN: Where can I purchase an Saas or App?

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thesoftwaresummit.com 9y ago

Free Course: Start and Scale a Software Business

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

ASK PG: Startup News Radio interview: How did you get users for Viaweb?

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resultspoint.com 10y ago

Roadmap to Landing 6 and 7 Figure Deals for Startups

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wpengine.com 10y ago

WP Engine Got Hacked

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I have 6 Kettle bells at home and I have a program designed with 4 different options by an exercise physiologist.

I also run/bike/swim and walk the dog for 30 min per day generally with a 12kg weight vest (strength and cardio at the same time). I try to so 1 triathlon a year and 1 marathon a year and I find that is good motivation to prepare for an event.

I do 75 Hard (Google it) 2-3 times a year.

I started running at lunch time while working from home to get out the house and started doing longer and longer distances… I ended up running a marathon last year.

Another aspect is that I did 75 Hard last year, which is a life/game changer!

Assuming you have a LinkedIn profile, here is what I would do:

1. Optimize your LinkedIn profile to explain that you are a Software Entrepreneur

2. Search for Realtors on LinkedIn.

3. Connect with them on LinkedIn.

4. Once connected thank them for the connection

5. A few days later, ask them for a conversation. Talk to them about their business and problems.

Steps 3-5 can be automated with a tool like this: https://linkedprospect.com/

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This dude has tried a lot of things... he deserves to hit success

The idea is accountability for Entrepreneurs, Freelancers and Consultants.

- My team helps me to get shit done, by being a human todo list. We helped a few beta users and now I want to scale things up.

- Knowing that someone is looking at what I am doing, makes me more productive. My team nudges me to complete outstanding items and it moves me forward every time!

- I had someone simply look at what I ate each day on an app and I lost 30lbs.

I would love your feedback on this idea. Are you more productive if you know that someone is watching/keeping you accountable?

This is amazing and inspiring! I would love to follow this and help in some way if I can. I would donate money to this cause. Please get in touch with me. My email is on my HN profile.

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1) Find a market that (a) is using software (b) make $100K a year and (c) is reachable 2) Reach out to business owners telling them you are doing research and are looking for business problems. 3) Get on the phone with these people and talk about their problems. 4) Once you have found a problem build a quick MVP and share it with them.