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New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to learn sales?

Ask HN: How to learn sales? 497 by northpoleescape | 143 comments on Hacker News. First time entrepreneur here. I am creating a product that will solve address a large potential. The more I think about it and read about startup, I am finding that a key to early and often success is Sales. I am been engineer by choice and engineering manager by profession. I have never done sales. I understand you learn by doing similar to driving. I am a bit talkative but sometime I have hard time not getting bogged down by emotions. How do I get started? Can you share books, videos, tutorials, prior recorded sales call references? Where can I learn about metrics to track? Any ideas?

New best story on Hacker News: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com

Never search for domains on Godaddy.com 649 by wasteme | 270 comments on Hacker News. searched a few days ago for felons.io, looked for unique names for simple game didn't know if I wanted it or not guess godaddy decided for me: 1 days old Created on 2020-09-16 by GoDaddy.com, LLC just a warning if you have a special name do not use godaddy to check if its available

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on 454 by snori74 | 51 comments on Hacker News. Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t be involved any longer. It’s a month-long course which restarts each month, so “Day 1” of September is this coming Monday. It would be great if you could pass the word on to anyone you know who may be the target market of those who: “...aspire to get Linux-related jobs in industry - junior Linux sysadmin, devo