jdileo

My 21 year old son is considering driving for uber/lyft while attending college.

Does there exist a "playbook" of tips/tricks the most profitable drivers have learned to maximize income? (Rochester, NY and surrounding small(er) towns would be his market)

Hello! I'm Italian on both sides yet have never visited Italy, or any European country for that matter. [Context: I've traveled the U.S., Canada, Mexico & Caribbean extensively. Also Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand & Seychelles]

I'll be turning 50 later this year, thus my "bucket list" is consistently dominating an ever-growing percentage of mindshare.

I'm enamored with the small villages, family-first ethos and local artisans seemingly delighted in their quest to produce the best cheese, sausage, salumi, etc. Most recently Stanley Tucci's "Searching for Italy" series leaves me searching for plane tickets.

I'd be grateful to hear if the Italy of my dreams is real vs. fantasy.

My 19 year old son is launching a food startup that will appeal to Omaha Steaks, Goldbelly, Harry & David customers. Truly appreciate any guidance on best-practice of acquiring email/phone lists of customers who've previously bought from them or equivalent.

Ellison, Horowitz, PG, Nadella and countless others of import have espoused the critical role elite salespeople play in startup cultural and financial success (hustle, relentlessness, fierce advocacy of product teams, iterating user value prop, etc.) Yet hiring managers remain routinely and unapologetically bias towards salespeople. Bias increases by multiples when the record of sales achievement isn't related to a technical product.

For context, I've earned a 7 figure income for 10+ years as an individual contributor and have also recruited, hired & trained extraordinary achieving sales teams.

Please, please dear HN I implore you to counsel me on this subject. --->Does it not strain all credulity to believe that the totality of skills + IQ + EQ, etc. possessed by a high achieving sales professional are incompatible with mastery of a technical product, rapport with engineers & PM's, ability to facilitate TAM & competition due diligence, etc, etc, etc.?

As it stands presentlythe status quo is lose-lose. I lose an opportunity to join the tech pioneers building the future.....and they lose a 80-100 hours a week sales machine with instant ability to move the needle.

Our clients, primarily high achieving real estate & mortgage professionals, win by regularly engaging their database to raise awareness, provide value & secure referrals.

What are the most compelling startups working on producing, editing & distributing video via email, social networks, etc?

Details: 1. We would create one kickass video each month to be pushed to each client's network. 2. Personalized video intro & exits by individual clients need be recorded & edited into primary video ( A top real estate broker, for example, will not send a generic video to their trusted database ) 3. Live links to request information, schedule appointment, etc. need appear at video's end. 4. Share functionality is huge, so the clients network of 600 can one-click share/produce network effects. 5. Analytics