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I'm not sure if this could be monetized, but I made this guide for some friends and it worked great for all of them. The idea is that over 50% of hiring managers google prospects, so college students could use a little…

I'm the second employee at tractechsystems.com - we're a start-up that supplies RFID technology to jewelry businesses. It's owned by Keven Peck, who runs a thirty year old jewelry wholesaler called Color Merchants. We…

I know a lot of HNers are building experimental e-com and consumer oriented businesses. The thought occurs to me that some new businesses just need "widgets" to sell, and it doesn't really matter what. I'm working now…

I'm looking for other effective forms of online selling and advertising for direct-jewelry.com, which is the online retail arm of a 30 year old jewelry wholesaler. We have plenty of budget to pay for ads if they are…

My company is in fashion and we're launching an important launch party in December. At the end I want to create a "scavenger hunt", giving text based clues at different locations in the city. For instance, I want to to…

My wishlist is mostly books on marketing, history, rhetoric, business, and etc. It's also 199 books long (link in comments). There's probably some books in there that other people would really want but have never heard…

Is there an easy way to do this, or an App? We're using Shopify, I know there's nothing built in. Interesting start-up idea...

I work for a sustainabke denim start-up, and our company is selling shirts on our site with profits going to charity that helps builds sustainable nutrition in African schools, + we're adding a $5 donation from…

I came think recently about how similar modern web marketing is to Benjamin Frankin's famous "Join, or Die" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join,_or_Die) political cartoon, which was used as political marketing. He made…

My fiance has a background in writing and is interested professionals would find her work useful. If you have any writing that you would like edited, whether for structure, target market relevance, flow, or just…

I will be walking 100+ fashion boutiques in NYC and I have a list ready put together. However, most route software only allows input of up to 25. Does anyone know a way to do this without figuring it all out by hand?

Hi HN, Pretty soon the fashion start-up I work at is going to have a bunch of retail leads available to us at an event we're hosting. I want to make a retailer plus program with incentives for stocking our brand. Does…

I'm thinking skills like magic tricks as opposed to skills like marketing/math. What are some neat things one could teach themselves in a couple weeks of study? Ideally they wouldn't require any products (like an…

I used an easy reddit-like website creator called slinkset to create a social news site for events in NYC: http://www.youvoteevents.com/ I made it on a whim to create a web property for the real start-up I work for,…

On Reddit, DAE are commonly voted to the top because people like to associate with their identity, have nostalgia, and speak their mind. Has anyone ever done this with an outside audience? For instance, using a banner…

I'm looking for business/start-up books that go over how to manage certain things, whether marketing, sales, press, etc., and gives a tons of details on how to actually execute the plans, rather than theory. Does…

Put down what you did and the profit you made. I'll start: 1) I sold homemade cookies in high school and made about $100 weekly (not pot cookies) 2) I sang on the subway in NYC with a friend making $100 a day each 3) I…

This includes being able to make pretty much any sort of computer or internet program or app, basic html not included. I ask because, though I do not code, I find HN great and wonder if others feel the same way.

I was just wondering HNs thoughts on this. There are things we all consider "fine art" - classical music, opera, paintings, etc. The common theme seems to be that they don't offer instant gratification and are designed…

I've done a lot of research on marketing (like many people here) and I've made a list of traits I think are universal in humans as related to persuading people. Most of it probably seems obvious, but I think it's good…