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news.ycombinator.com• Nov 12, 2013• 1 min read

To the Idea Guys and Growth HackersI am a software developer (iOS, frontend, and backend) and like most developers, prefer to spend my time coding rather than promoting. My current project is a weekly fantasy football site (think: Fan Duel and Draft Kings) called First Round Fantasy: www.firstroundfantasy.com.I am looking to partner with someone to help with promotion. So far I am improvising and do not really know what I'm doing. I have decided this is better left to those with experience and/or actually enjoy this aspect of the business.My proposal: If you are able to hit certain metrics within a timeframe (both determined by mutual agreeemnt), then I will agree to do the following:A) Split First Round Fantasy with you. You will own a considerable portion of a site which is already developed and will have development support which is hard to find - just ask your programmer friends. The equity portion will be at least 25%. Considering that the development is done and I am paying for the football data out-of-pocket ($80

online.wsj.com• Jul 29, 2013• 1 min read

Upstart trading platform pitching itself as an antidote to predatory HFTWASHINGTON—Some big Wall Street firms are throwing their weight behind an upstart trading platform pitching itself as an antidote to a mounting problem in the stock market: predatory high-frequency trading.The platform, IEX Group Inc., will go head-to-head in October with established stock exchanges and "dark pools," private trading venues that don't publish buy and sell prices for stocks. Its aim is to nullify certain advantages enjoyed by high-speed traders, such as the ability to detect large orders by less fleet-footed traders and make trades ahead of them.Its backers say IEX will provide a haven for firms that are looking to swap larger chunks of stocks, such as mutual funds and hedge funds. It plans to impose a uniform split-second delay on all trades executed on the exchange, offer a limited number of order types, and forgo the widespread practice among exchanges of paying firms that post orders on their venues.IEX has garnered interest from firms such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc

news.ycombinator.com• Feb 16, 2012• 1 min read

Ask HN: Hiring myself (web dev) out as a day laborer?I've been doing freelance consulting work for some time, sometime 3 months, some project based. I've got a nice little company (group of UX/ Front-End/ Back-enders) going where we do work for some design agencies or startups.A friend hired some guys as day laborers to help him with a painting job and I started thinking maybe that would be a good idea? Say $400 bucks where you get me for a day. Good way to mutually try out for a good fit for the company? Get to see a lot of different work styles. I feel like there is some beauty in simplifying on both the execution and project management side of things to slice off one day at a time. Anyone have any thoughts or experience with anything like this?

news.ycombinator.com• Sep 20, 2010• 1 min read

Ask HN: What's the big deal with startups anyways...My father is a custom's officer. My mom's a manager in a bank. Government employees. Middle-class.Dad focused on his mutual funds, mom on her promotions. And both, on everything in between. We now own three houses and close to a millions-worth.I wasn't taught to be egotistic, brash and adventurous. I was taught to be hard-working, loyal and obedient.I was told to maximize my intellectual, professional and social value for a company. Not for a client (the former offered better security and were easier to deal with anyways)Math and Chemistry, not Psychology and Political Science.Fixed deposits, not stocks.I started a local website development business recently. My goal? Have something to show at interviews.I want to know why this is so wrong today.I want to know why we fixate so much on the millionaire's presentation about some bread-crumb concept like,“Love your job”. Was anyone was not aware of that?What about an opinion by the 90k-salaried .NET developer. The one who probably couldn't