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January 16, 2025
saenyc
saenyc 1:11 PM
Hi Heather, happy to take a look if I can be helpful.
January 17, 2025
Scott Tillitt
Scott Tillitt 1:29 PM
I’ve used Todd Gocha on Main St in Fishkill for years.
https://gochacpa.com
stephen.steve
stephen.steve 10:42 PM
Welcome Alfie! There’s a bunch of Ux and brand designers here in the valley. 👋
January 19, 2025
Bjorn Hansen
Bjorn Hansen 11:07 PM
Hey all 👋 Looking to connect with anyone who has experience (as either founder or early employee) navigating compensation structures and salary bands in early-stage startups. Would love to learn from your insights on best practices. Feel free to DM, thanks in advance!
January 20, 2025
Mike Thicke
Mike Thicke 9:02 AM
This is really cool, thanks!
Graham Colligan
Graham Colligan 11:59 AM
Hey

I was wondering if anyone here could provide intro's to VC/Angel Investors. Been working towards getting read to raise and want to fill out February. So if you know any who are interested in the consumer social/media/news early-stage startup world, would love to chat!
Daniel Teweles
Daniel Teweles 1:39 PM
:scales::scales::scales:
If anyone has a real estate lawyer, specifically a litigator, who practices upstate, I would be SO appreciative of an intro. We have really struggled to find someone great, and figured this community might know of someone we could hire for a pressing issue!
With thanks...
stephen.steve
stephen.steve 3:03 PM
Bookmarking this!
January 21, 2025
dawn.kang
dawn.kang 7:31 PM
Hi! Does anyone have any babysitters or a babysitting service they can recommend for 2 pre-school/kindergarten kids in Rhinebeck for a part-time gig? Thanks in advance.
January 24, 2025
Yulia Ovchinnikova
Yulia Ovchinnikova 3:38 PM
Hi Afne, there are two professional groups here - one is tech pros and another is design pros. Given your background you are welcome to join HV tech community. We use different slack and this meetup: https://www.meetup.com/web-development-coding-computing/
Teressa DelCampo
Teressa DelCampo 11:47 PM
My uncle owns Taxpert in Hopewell, tell him I sent you!
Looking for a webmaster who knows about pair domains and emails connected to it; don’t even know how to describe what I am looking for but maybe someone who knows, knows :)
January 26, 2025
Robin Fischman
Robin Fischman 4:55 PM
HI all, does anyone have a recommendation for someone who does taxes. Specifically someone who works with solopreneurs or small businesses. Thanks.
January 31, 2025
COACH.AL
COACH.AL 5:19 PM
Hi everyone, I'm launching a group coaching series and would love to invite HV entrepreneurs to join. This is a way to get coaching that is normally between $1k/month - $2k/month for less than half the price AND gain insights and relationships from your peers in the group. If you're interested, please DM me!
February 1, 2025
hadyontheweb
hadyontheweb 7:07 AM
I just started a substack to share my author journey and other musings. If you’d like to follow along, here is the link:

hadyunfiltered.substack.com
February 3, 2025
Micah A. Martin, M.S.
Micah A. Martin, M.S. 9:07 PM
Anyone here edit/create logos?
Jaclyn
Jaclyn 9:07 PM
I do @Micah A. Martin, M.S.
February 4, 2025
Carmelo Santana
Carmelo Santana 11:09 AM
Does anyone have a small workspace available for rent, 10 or so miles from Newburgh?
February 10, 2025
Noelle (she/her)
Noelle (she/her) 1:47 PM
ASK: Introductions to SMB Owners, HR Professionals, or Insurance Brokers

WHAT TO SAY: Interested in learning more about a new employee benefit? This Hudson Valley based startup, Legado makes estate planning (wills and trusts) simple, accessible, and affordable as an employee benefit. Their packages start at $2.31/paycheck and they have NET pricing. Check our their site (https://hellolegado.com/employers) or email Noelle (<mailto:[email protected]|[email protected]>) to learn more.

GIVE: DM your email address and I'll give our our Essentials Package for free (consumer retail is $99).
February 11, 2025
Eli Walker
Eli Walker 2:15 PM
Does anyone know any videographers in the Dallas area? I have a potential gig for ‘em next weekend 🙏
Graham Colligan
Graham Colligan 11:08 PM
hey I need a business tax accountant, someone who can like do c-corp filings and has done it for years.
February 12, 2025
Lindsey Grossman
Lindsey Grossman 2:15 PM
[Working in financial services, banking, or fintech, and have experience with employee healthcare benefits?]

🙏 I’m conducting some interesting customer research for one of my healthcare clients and need help finding research participants.

:magright: I’m looking to conduct a 45-min long 1:1 virtual interviews with people working in financial services or fintech who are close to the decision-making process of choosing which healthcare benefits to offer to your employees or who influence the types of healthcare benefits your employer offers.

These folks should be close to things like deciding whether or not to offer employee benefits for things like women’s and family healthcare (e.g. IVF/IUI, adoption services, support for new parents) and mid-life care (e.g. career coaching, balancing family and work-life priorities). Additionally, insight into which companies are chosen to provide these types of benefits to your employees, and why, is helpful. The participants should be from companies with at least 500 employees, and ideally larger companies with thousands of employees.

:heavy
dollar_sign::stopwatch: You will be compensated $150 for 45 min of your time. More details in :thread:...
Eric De Feo
Eric De Feo 5:49 PM
Does anyone here use a loyalty program plugin with Shopify? Looking for a one that people like
February 18, 2025
Jordan Koschei (ConnectHV)
Jordan Koschei (ConnectHV) 1:22 PM
You should talk to @drew!
Tara Latorre
Tara Latorre 1:24 PM
second @drew
drew
drew 1:25 PM
@Rebecca Hi! Yes, this is very much what I do and I'm down the road in Kingston!
Yulia Ovchinnikova
Yulia Ovchinnikova 4:36 PM
My friend is looking for a help with CAD. She thinks about 4- 8 hours of time to work collaboratively on a design of a frying pan - yes, very unique and innovative. If you know any freelancers who know CAD and SolidWorks software - and possibly density and conduction of stainless steel, aluminum and iron - it would be greatly appreciated if you could send them my way.
Veronica Choroco
Veronica Choroco 10:04 PM
Hola chicos! I use Slack with an marketing agency as a contractor, and I like show when I'm not available to work/reply. For example: Ideally I love for someone sending me a message receive an automatic reply when I'm not available. Kinda like email automatic responses.
Beside changing my status on a daily basis, is there another solution, like a plug-in? A search online found a couple of apps (Vacation Tracker and Clockwise). Any help would be greatly appreciated 🙏
February 19, 2025
Julian
Julian 3:52 PM
Late to the party, but @drew
February 26, 2025
Cat Tosiello
Cat Tosiello 4:49 PM
👋:skin-tone-2:Hey all! I’m Cat and i’m a Creative Director | Video Editor in Wappingers Falls who is looking to make a job move. I am currently remote and exploring both staff and freelance work.

I’ve been in the media and entertainment industry for over 15 years can do anything from writing, scripting, producing , editing and creative directing! I’ve created and produced work for all sorts of clients and networks on various platforms and within all genres. I’m an expert in Avid, but also use Premiere and can successfully drive my way around After Effects and Photoshop though I would not call myself an animator or illustrator. 😉

Check out some of my work here and feel free to hit me up if you need any set of extra hands or want to know more about what i do! :hearthands::skin-tone-2:
March 4, 2025
Lindsay Farrell
Lindsay Farrell 9:54 PM
Hi all, random but mission driven question for the community.

A large group of parents here in HV are trying to do some collective organizing and have drafted a letter of demands. We were hoping an attorney could give it a quick once over and see if we are ok from a legal perspective.

Apparently a civil litigation or nonprofit law attorney would be best. Any references though would be awesome if they’d be willing to do a quick scan.
March 6, 2025
Hélène Lesterlin
Hélène Lesterlin 1:41 PM
NEEDS::apple: Hi all! We at GooD Work Institute are looking for local/regional PR support to send out a press release for a new grant program. Anyone have recommendations? Is this something YOU do? Relationships with local media, knowledge of how to get a press release picked up etc. Thanks!
March 9, 2025
hadyontheweb
hadyontheweb 6:12 PM
Looking for new headshots and brand photos for an upcoming book launch. I live in Beacon. Please DM if you offer these services. Thank you.
March 10, 2025
Robin Fischman
Robin Fischman 3:12 PM
Hi headshots are on the hot topic today. 'm a Holistic Health coach. I live in Hudson and I'm looking for someone who can do headshots and photos of me at the farmer's market. Please DM me if you are in the area and offer those services.
March 12, 2025
Kathryn Arffa
Kathryn Arffa 9:40 AM
Hi Folks - I am looking for some assistant type work to tackle digital organizing within google suite for my business. This would be hourly and short-term. Probably 10 - 15 hours of work. I am based in Kingston. This could be in person or virtual.

If this sounds like you let me know via DM.
Thank you!
March 13, 2025
Robin Fischman
Robin Fischman 1:36 PM
Hey all, I'm still on the lookout for additional recommendations of someone in the Hudson area who can do some headshots and photos of me in action for my website.
March 14, 2025
Mat Zucker
Mat Zucker 7:59 AM
Is this where shameless self-promotion and begging for attention go? Cidiot podcast is a lucky finalist in Hudson Valley Magazine's Best of the Hudson Valley Awards for local podcast. Voting will be through April 6 if you can vote. (We're in awesome company, including alongside our new friend at far more popular, far more clever and wonderful show "Home From Here.")

Please vote when you can (just need an email address). Also, see other good categories and businesses to support across categories. For example, I just voted for @thecornercounter for Cheese Shop and @themeathook for Butcher Shop! Fun categories like best Columbia County Restaurant (I voted for @wmfarmerandsons), best Dutchess County Restaurant (@prettytothink.so), Ulster, Westcester, and more. As you know, awards are crucial to small businesses, so your votes mean a ton to everyone. TIA. 🏆 :microphone: ❤️

Link to vote, now through April 6: https://bestof.hvmag.com/arts-and-culture/local-podcast
April 15, 2025
Anna S
Anna S 9:55 AM
Hello!! Im part of the Hudson Valley Venture Hub, and I’m launching a new peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling pre-loved baby and kids’ clothes, toys, and gear — starting in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Im still looking for a couple more parents (BK and Manhattan) to join the Founding Circle before we pre- launch tomorrow to test the platform and list items before it opens to the public.

It’s super easy to use — AI writes item descriptions for you, and you can choose meetup spots, shipping, or local couriers to make handoffs smooth. It’s all community-based, with reviews for buyers and sellers to build trust.

If you’re interested, or know someone who may be I would be super appreciative if you could share this with them and sign up directly here: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=SPMyjq&amp;g=StBDRW
April 18, 2025
Eli Walker
Eli Walker 4:36 PM
Hi all! I'm looking for a wine sponsor for a weekly live rooftop event series my company is hosting in the city from mid-May to mid-October. Our marketing partner is @nybucketlist (over a million hyper-local followers). DM me if you know any cool (ideally sustainable) wine companies I should look into:)
April 24, 2025
maura.kate.costello
maura.kate.costello 4:01 PM
hey folks- i'm looking to pick up some $$ while I'm looking for my next job and would be interested in babysitting/dog-walking or sitting/freelancing in editing or graphic design. I'm based in Beacon, and happy to drive ~half hour. Message me with interest or questions!
April 28, 2025
Kate Birmingham
Kate Birmingham 2:28 PM
Are there any native Chinese speakers who would be willing to review a short translation and sanity check it for me?
Veronica Choroco
Veronica Choroco 3:13 PM
I'm looking for recommendations on a tool that would allow me to animate type-driven graphics that I can add to my website (gif or mp4 video). Not sure which tool is best. There a few out there, including Adobe Firefly. Help! Thanks 🙏
April 29, 2025
Joey Fulginiti
Joey Fulginiti 10:10 AM
Hey folks, I'm looking for a developer to finish coding a flutter app / music player.
Details:
App signing (creating a signed APK or AAB)

Setting up the Google Play Console

Handling Play Store requirements (privacy policy, screenshots, app description, etc.)

Submission and handling the first round of reviews or rejections.

Thanks
Jacob
Jacob 2:21 PM
Anyone having experience purchasing a parked/squatted domain or working with a broker to purchase a domain!?
May 6, 2025
Kathryn Arffa
Kathryn Arffa 5:42 PM
Anyone know a good trainer (nutrition as a part of their work is a plus ) - virtual or in person (near kingston). Thanks !
May 7, 2025
Eli Walker
Eli Walker 11:16 AM
Any Notion "savants" in the community? 👋 I'm working on building out a couple of specific automations between pages and I'm running into some friction. Hoping to find a Notion bounce-board buddy who might be able to help:)
May 8, 2025
Melissa Esposito
Melissa Esposito 11:58 AM
Hi everyone! Seeking two photographer reccs:
One, who do you trust for creative, modern headshots? (Client ask: “Professional without being stuffy or stock-photo cheesy.”)
Two, also seeking photographers specifically skilled in portraits of artists/musicians.
Names or websites/IG handles appreciated! Thanks!
mfhubeaut
mfhubeaut 1:13 PM
Hi Melissa, I am a professional photographer. You can check my websites and links. http://www.mariafernandahubeaut.com/commercialwork

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