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What I learned after selling my startup

waterside81 — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:39:02 +0000

Article URL: https://retiredsoftware.substack.com/p/tales-of-an-earn-out

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996314

Points: 2

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New comment by waterside81 in "Ask HN: What companies offer maternity/paternity leave immediately?"

waterside81 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 23:22:55 +0000

Sprout Social

New comment by waterside81 in "Consultants: the real reason it costs so much to build new subways in America"

waterside81 — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:35:31 +0000

Assuming you mean McKinsey, this is such a great Canadian typo.

New comment by waterside81 in "OpenAI used Kenyan workers on less than $2 per hour to make ChatGPT less toxic"

waterside81 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:55:26 +0000

Argentina is littered with them. Walk down Florida Street (ironically named) in Buenos Aires and hear "cambio, cambio, cambio" being yelled out constantly.

New comment by waterside81 in "Paige Thompson convicted over data theft from AWS user accounts"

waterside81 — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:48:48 +0000

Any idea what kind of sentence she faces?

New comment by waterside81 in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell"

waterside81 — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:59:51 +0000

Personalized kid's e-books http://www.littleheroes.com

Web + app store purchases

Up for sale if anyone's interested

New comment by waterside81 in "Show HN: Simple CRM and Sales Automation"

waterside81 — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 14:03:59 +0000

That doesn't strike me as being entirely true, unless I misunderstand your needs? Hubspot does this - my sales guys send emails via Google, I see everything in Hubspot. Prior to Hubspot we used Close.io - same thing. Every email sent (and every reply) showed up in Close.io in the context of the contact(s).

As for IMAP tags etc. - yes I've never seen that. Although you can probably use Streak for that (streak.com)

New comment by waterside81 in "Companies that are avoiding hiring in Colorado"

waterside81 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:41:36 +0000

You're right. It's kind of like marijuana legalization. The feds refused to but it's almost become defacto law of the land when enough states do it themselves.

New comment by waterside81 in "Companies that are avoiding hiring in Colorado"

waterside81 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:09:45 +0000

Yeah these labor related laws really need to be administered federally to be effective.

New comment by waterside81 in "GoDaddy is cutting off Texas Right to Life’s abortion ‘whistleblowing’ website"

waterside81 — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:15:28 +0000

Your clarification is important and I've seen all too often these past few days a critical misunderstanding of the case. The baker offered the couple any other cake in the shop and offered to bake any cake they wanted - other than one specifically for a gay wedding.

New comment by waterside81 in "Replay-based attack on Honda and Acura vehicles"

waterside81 — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:38:07 +0000

Yup. A Land Rover was stolen right near my house in broad daylight and I live in a very good neighbourhood. Cops came by and asked me if I had home cameras, but they explained to me this is very common. High-end SUVs are targeted and this is run by organized crime. Cars are overseas within days to be re-sold.

The thief just hangs around the target, waits for the fob to be used, clones the signal and can steal the car within 3 minutes.

The problem is so pervasive that Land Rover offers discounts to previous customers who are victims of theft:

https://www.landrover.ca/en/ownership/protection-program/veh...

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waterside81 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:19:44 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICON_(microcomputer)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28345828

Points: 9

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New comment by waterside81 in "Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40%"

waterside81 — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:30:02 +0000

Can someone explain to me why this wasn't the case before covid? Are the companies who are ahead of the automakers "in line" ordering more than before covid?

New comment by waterside81 in "As cities grow in size, the poor 'get nothing at all': study"

waterside81 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 01:23:21 +0000

Hey you got Tacofino so there’s that.

No but seriously it’s nuts how expensive the island is and I’m from Toronto

New comment by waterside81 in "Launch HN: HomeBreeze (YC W21) – Easy booking of home repairs"

waterside81 — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:17:54 +0000

I’ve used a similar app (Jiffy) and it’s awesome. Payment is fixed hourly and goes through the app so no money is exchanged with the contractor. Got my dishwasher fixed next day no problem.

Good luck guys it’s a good market to be in

New comment by waterside81 in "Launch HN: Hedgehog (YC S21) – Cryptocurrency Portfolio Manager"

waterside81 — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:43:31 +0000

I'm on FF 89 on macOS and see the same thing. I right-click a footer link and it takes me to the link while briefly seeing the context menu.

New comment by waterside81 in "Evaluating necessity of Covid-19 vaccination in previously infected individuals"

waterside81 — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:01:33 +0000

For those fortunate to be able to work from home during this pandemic, as I'll guess most on HN can & do, I'm very curious how they're getting it assuming they:

a) Just go to the store and back wearing a mask while indoors b) Spend most of their leisure time outdoors - because what else can you do?

I haven't been holed up this whole time. I'm outside multiple times every day (dog walks, kids playground etc.) and I don't know anyone who works in a factory, meat processing plant, hospital etc. hence my curiosity how people think they're getting it.

New comment by waterside81 in "Evaluating necessity of Covid-19 vaccination in previously infected individuals"

waterside81 — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 23:42:34 +0000

Hey I'm curious, if you don't mind sharing, how do you think you got it? Throughout this whole pandemic, I'm still kind of amazed how people are getting it

New comment by waterside81 in "Fierce Nerds"

waterside81 — Tue, 18 May 2021 13:48:28 +0000

Try reading his Twitter feed. He went from VC visionary to Facebook mom.

New comment by waterside81 in "I booked my cheapest one-month trip"

waterside81 — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:20:33 +0000

Checkout /r/awardtravel on reddit