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telaandrews2 commented on Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales?    · Posted by u/nikasakana
telaandrews2 · a year ago
Founding Sales is a great book for non sales people who need to learn sales for their own startup / business. Sounds like this is what you're after. Free to read, too. https://www.foundingsales.com/
telaandrews2 commented on Show HN: JACoB – Open-Source AI Coding Agent for Real-World Productivity   github.com/jacob-ai-bot/j... · Posted by u/bfioca
telaandrews2 · 2 years ago
Agents that make front end development easier go a long way to making bootstrapped entrepreneurship more accessible. Love that this is open source!
telaandrews2 commented on Ask HN: What tool would you use to convert a whole project to another language?    · Posted by u/mike31fr
telaandrews2 · 2 years ago
Have you tried just opening it in Cursor.sh and saying "make this a [language] project instead of PHP"? Curious about the results you'd get.
telaandrews2 commented on Launch HN: Abacum (YC W21) – Easy collaboration and reporting for finance teams    · Posted by u/Juliomartinez
telaandrews2 · 5 years ago
Congrats on the launch, Jorge and Julio! The fintech space is crying out for better, easier experiences that lead to better decisions, faster. Your UI demonstrates that you've thought through the domain to its primitives and is well-organized, so well done!

One of the big challenges is onboarding customers and their data. The integration toggles and menu item for data mappings are thoughtfully organized, but how much of it is self service?

telaandrews2 commented on Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax   dyno-might.github.io/2020... · Posted by u/dyno-might
telaandrews2 · 5 years ago
I lead product for one of the leading US sales tax solutions, and have also built products automating EU VAT solutions. I came into these roles with little subject matter expertise, but with enthusiasm for making it easier for small businesses to thrive. So, take these inputs with that perspective, please.

VAT tax rate calculations are trivial, but filing returns is complex.

Sales tax calculations are complex, and so is filing returns. Also, the reseller tax exemptions are not easy (in fact, most tax audit fines come from poor records around tax exemption, not from collecting the wrong amount of tax). As someone operating a SaaS business in the US, I wish we had a VAT system.

It's also worth understanding that in many states, sales taxes are the primary way that local governments can directly generate revenues. To simplify the US tax system, we first need to solve how we equitably fund local governments.

telaandrews2 commented on Ask HN: How does onlyfans.com work around the “no porn” Stripe rule?    · Posted by u/capableweb
lovegoblin · 6 years ago
Unfortunately exactly 0% of this story surprises me.

> That processor sucks and their fraud protections are weak and their interface is garbage

I have three guesses and they're all CCBill.

telaandrews2 · 6 years ago
LOLZ I was waiting for someone to call them out. I haven't looked at their interface in decades, but last time I looked it was decades out of date. Payments is the most profitable niche in the porn industry.
telaandrews2 commented on John Peel Sessions   davestrickson.blogspot.co... · Posted by u/termau
glitcher · 6 years ago
Awesome list! I'm sure there are many more out there somewhere, hopefully this can grow as more recordings surface?

Brings me back the glory days of labels like Too Pure and Strange Fruit :)

telaandrews2 · 6 years ago
Strange Fruit put out so much quality music
telaandrews2 commented on John Peel Sessions   davestrickson.blogspot.co... · Posted by u/termau
telaandrews2 · 6 years ago
Peel Sessions were the best way for me to discover new music when I was younger. Still have Inspiral Carpets and Buzzcocks originals on vinyl.
telaandrews2 commented on Movies you should own: The Andromeda Strain   the-medium-is-not-enough.... · Posted by u/rbanffy
mrspeaker · 6 years ago
Also "The Quite Earth" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9KQrOx5cz8, Logan's Run, Silent Running - that's what it feels like out in the streets at the moment!
telaandrews2 · 6 years ago
I watched The Quiet Earth in a theater when it first came out. Great flic! Thanks for reminding me to watch again

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