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Andre Goncalves Developer, Entrepreneur from Portugal Founder @ questionform.com andregoncalves.com
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ag··on Poll: How do you bill recurring payments?
Adyen (www.adyen.com) is based in Amsterdam, did you check them? Anyone has any experience with them?
ag··on Ask HN: How much did you spend on your startup before you got ramen profitable?
Around 10K€ or $15K in USD.
ag··on PayPal: Ten Days And Counting To Fix Drop Down Menu Bug
Unbelievable! I would have fixed that in less than one minute!
ag··on Paypal subscription API problems hurt a lot of small startups
Same here. It's causing us massive problems and it's not only the money we're not receiving, it's angry customers who are unable to cancel or view their subscriptions. I'm tired of looking, and haven't found, but, is there any good alternative to Paypal for merchants outside the US/UK?
ag··on What's your bounce rate?
Questionform.com bounce rate (last 30 days, google analytics) 37%
ag··on If ideas are worthless please dump a few on this thread.
A Browser based (with js, no plugins) screen sharing. Something like VNC for the web, for real time tech support.
ag··on The Golden Rule of Startup Success
I'm not giving up!!! ;-)
ag··on YouTube lets users map videos onto Google Earth
I have a mashup (http://mappeo.net) that does something similar on the browser with google maps; searches for geo tagged youtube videos. BTW, anyone has any suggestion on improving the site?
ag··on Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs
You're right, that's why i think european policy makers need to change that
ag··on Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs
I think PG is right. Ryan Carson wishful thinking is not going make it better. I due however think that Europe has an opportunity to attract hackers from everywhere (due to USA VISA policies) and build a vibrant startup community.
ag··on Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs
I'm in Portugal, we have very good climate and beaches but i don't think Lisbon or any other Portuguese city will ever be a hub. It's not just the climate.