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I remember having seen a job post for a YC company but I can't find it anymore. The company was working on some kind of browser-based game where you can build whatever you want using elementary blocks. Sort of like Minecraft. I can remember reading that one of their advisor was one of the lead directors of The Sims or a similar game. Does anyone know what company I'm talking about?

thank you!

You have $200. You can spend it on whatever you want. How would you drive mobile app installs most effectively?

My mom is a travel agent working in a physical travel agency. Needless to say their business isn't going well, and she'll have to look for another job, which can be hard for a 50+ woman.

So my goal right now is to help her create some kind of a lifestyle business where she could work from home.

Right now I could only think of helping her to set up some kind of blog/e-magazine about travels and hopefully make money from hotel lead generation / affiliation. Though that would require to have some critical mass. I also thought about ebay, but I don't have any experience on the seller side so it's hard to see what's possible.

Any HNer set up a business lifestyle for his mom before ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks !

Here is my situation.

A friend from college and I are ready to start building a product now. So we're at the "idea exploration" stage.

My dad works in a big corp (sales side), and after having talked to him I think I spotted an opportunity ( something that can be fixed using technology ). It's ideal for customer development because the product would be targeted at people like my dad !

The question I have is : do you think it's possible to sell software to big companies when the team is composed of 2 CS grads ( 23 years old ), at least at the beginning ?

What are the different techniques to sell to big and middle corporations when you don't come from inside ( but can have some connections, in this case through my father ).

Has anyone done it before ?

Thank you.

Hi HNers, So here is the situation : having recently graduated ( in CS ), I'm currently refusing job offers as I want to start a company.

I've been reading HN and startup-related news for a while, but it turns out I'm still extremely confused when it comes to my next step : in which direction to go ?<p>I mean, should I think about starting a company that can clearly generate revenus ? Or should I aim at doing something that add value, build traction and then figure out how to monetize it ? ( let's say for instance a web/mobile app for a new kind of social photo sharing )

I have the feeling that starting a company based on a "fun" or/and useful product without any idea on monetizing it works only if you're in the Sillicon Valley area. Does anybody else share that feeling ?<p>So basically I'm just wondering if I should really focus on a product that generates revenue from day 1 ( à la Wufoo ), or do something more risky that might one day make money once it has traction ( à la social apps ).

Reading blogs/HN etc make me even more confused since a lot advices/recommandation contradict themselves.

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

I just graduated. I have $5000 on my bank account and want to dive into a project of my own, full time.

I wonder if I should earn a bit more by working for a while, how much did you have when you started ?