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New comment by osakasaul in "Ask HN: How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant?"

osakasaul — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:08:45 +0000

This is solid advice. I'd add that community presence matters more than you might think—but it has to be genuine. Hanging out in Slack groups and actually helping people (without immediately pitching) builds real relationships. When you do mention you're consulting, people already know your work quality.

The portfolio/OSS combo is key because it removes risk. Clients can see what you actually ship, not just what you claim. Even small open source contributions help more than you'd expect.

One thing missing: referrals. Your first few clients are the hardest. But if you do good work, they'll refer others. That becomes your growth engine pretty quickly, so don't treat early clients as one-offs.

New comment by osakasaul in "[dead]"

osakasaul — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:14:46 +0000

I hope that something viral just happens for your brand. Here's how to make brand impressions happen, in any case.

Let's give some recognition to someone who helped you in your career or life

osakasaul — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 05:09:00 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/hashtag-academy/a-friends-tweet-inspired-me-a9cb4c07ef66

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20844701

Points: 2

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New comment by osakasaul in "What's wrong with every social and content network"

osakasaul — Thu, 02 May 2019 02:34:12 +0000

No one else sees things this way?

The link to the article I referred to: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/30/18523847/instagram-hide-l...

What's wrong with every social and content network

osakasaul — Wed, 01 May 2019 07:56:33 +0000

What's wrong with every social and content network: they're built by people who have never had to hustle

Instagram announced at its F8 dev conference that it’ll start hiding users’ public like counts on videos and photos.

“Focus on the photos and videos you share, not how many likes they get.” This is what you write when you have never known the need to hustle. Those that work in the companies developing social and content networks are always in conflict with the users who do the work to get something for their time for this reason. They think their time is worth money, but their users should be time-wasters. Make any attempt to promote something and you are deemed a spammer.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19795286

Points: 1

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New comment by osakasaul in "Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?"

osakasaul — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:40:11 +0000

Pocket: one man team for at least the first two years.

New comment by osakasaul in "Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?"

osakasaul — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:39:49 +0000

Pocket. One-man team for at least the first two years.

What would make you use Stripe Atlas (to move your project to the U.S.)?

osakasaul — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:34:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/forum/what-would-make-you-use-stripe-atlas-to-move-your-project-on-paper-to-the-u-s-fd6b69d1c5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17564681

Points: 1

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How should we transfer assets of a European startup to a new Delaware-C Corp?

osakasaul — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:04:29 +0000

We needed to operate under the umbrella of a corporation, just to be able to accept web payments to a bank in the Czech Republic and offer benefits (health, unemployment) to employees. We want to move the ownership to a Del-C corp. We plan to use Stripe Atlas but oddly, Stripe wont answer what should be a pretty common question - since the program is all about foreign startups moving to the U.S. Perhaps fans of Y Combinator, with experience in this area and also, a history of sharing documents, etc. publicly, would be kind enough to lead us in the right direction?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15016335

Points: 3

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New comment by osakasaul in "Why submitting a YV application late isn't as bad as you think"

osakasaul — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:37:56 +0000

The point of getting in last, after other projects have been evaluated, is strong. Just, not too far last, it would seem.

New comment by osakasaul in "Show HN: RiteTag – Hashtag grading system"

osakasaul — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 05:01:21 +0000

That discussion pertains to our last iteration. What we do now probably deserves a second look.

New comment by osakasaul in "Show HN: RiteTag – Hashtag grading system"

osakasaul — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:16:59 +0000

RiteTag offers the world's first real-time hashtag grading system which aids users in modifying their hashtags to nail the ones most likely to get their tweets discovered by topic-opted-in audiences.

Browser extensions provide this goodness within Twitter for free users and for paying users, also in Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, Buffer, SocialOomph, and SproutSocial.

Show HN: RiteTag – Hashtag grading system

osakasaul — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:16:48 +0000

Article URL: https://ritetag.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8145814

Points: 4

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Growthhacker sought for launch of an interactive hashtag grading system

osakasaul — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:11:43 +0000

contact us through the site to discuss an unpaid but career-making and very prominent position. Work with the founders directly.

RiteTag offers the first real-time hashtag grading system which aids users in modifying their hashtags to nail the ones most likely to get tweets discovered by topic-opted-in audiences. Free users get this in Twitter/paid users in 6 Twitter clients.

RiteTag.com offers the world's first real-time hashtag grading system which aids users in modifying their hashtags to nail the ones most likely to get their tweets discovered by topic-opted-in audiences.

Browser extensions provide this goodness within Twitter for free users and for paying users, also in Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, Buffer, SocialOomph, and SproutSocial.

http://ritetag.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7495491

Points: 2

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New comment by osakasaul in "Maximize your tweet's chance of discovery via hashtags"

osakasaul — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:31:27 +0000

Yes, and many people set up a column in Hotsuite/Tweetdeck/etc. to track a few hashtags passively. When someone's using #ritetag or #startuplife, #hashtagmarketing, I see it this way.

New comment by osakasaul in "Maximize your tweet's chance of discovery via hashtags"

osakasaul — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:27:34 +0000

There is personal experience - from our people and the many that talk about hashtag successes. As examples, "operation wallstreet" rallied tremendous community support with #ows and then related hashtags like #owsboston etc. When there was media blackout about a rigged election in Iran and phonelines were even blocked, a hashtag spread the truth. What's more, it was my personal experience, during the big earthquake and tsunami (tidal wave) in Japan, and seeing how I could find very relevant tweets from hashtag streams rather than the cover-up on Fukushima on TV that led me to understand that hashtags have power - but that no one knew which was any better than another.

New comment by osakasaul in "Maximize your tweet's chance of discovery via hashtags"

osakasaul — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:59:46 +0000

Actually, hashtags are not just for marketing, nor is RiteTag. People get plenty done, such as bringing people to #hackforgood or hackathon events, search for lost children, and more. But without a hashtag grading system, they really have no idea which hashtags are best for getting discovered.

New comment by osakasaul in "#noguessing: tweet density and popularity of hashtags assoc. with 'hackernews'"

osakasaul — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:54:44 +0000

Saving tagsets for quick access from the RiteTag browser extensions is so easy and fast, I demonstrate in an animated gif in this post: https://plus.google.com/100575455878135404735/posts/5JcB6jsd...

(Just doing this for those who don't login/register, but want to see the other tabs and one of the things to use them for)

New comment by osakasaul in "#noguessing: tweet density and popularity of hashtags assoc. with 'hackernews'"

osakasaul — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:38:36 +0000

Note that this interactive Hashtag Scan is free and open to all, but to see the data beyond the "Summary" tab, and to save tagsets so they'll be at hand in Tweet Composer, just register or login (free). You can even create your own Scans in "Alerts" at the top - and set which ones to turn on/off - so they'll let you know when new hashtags are associated with your query. Remember: queries are topic words, hashtags, events, products, brands, schools, anything.

#noguessing: tweet density and popularity of hashtags assoc. with 'hackernews'

osakasaul — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:30:27 +0000

Article URL: http://ritetag.com/best-hashtags-for/hackernews

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7471383

Points: 1

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