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Ask HN: Submitted startup looking for feedback

3 points by klimchitsky 17y ago

Hey guys. We've just submitted (as some of you here) the last edition of our YC application form. On quarket.com you'll find a demo video describing our project. Any opinions, advice, questions are welcome.

RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
Clickable: http://quarket.com/ http://quarket.com/ OK, some feedback - this will sound harsh, but it's how it happened ... I can't understand the first 10 seconds of speech because I haven't yet got used to the accent and tone. Then it's 52 seconds before I get any clue as to what it's about. I nearly gave up at 40 seconds. Then at 1:05 it looks like things I know, and it's 1:12 before you say that it's not something I know, it's different, and I still don't know what it's doing. For someone who's looking to invest, maybe they'll sit through it, but for me, I'm out. Probably it's cool and useful and interesting, but I've got other things to do. Finally, you might want to resubmit, putting the URL in the URL field, your request for feedback in the title, and then expand on your reasons and request in a comment. Then two things happen. Firstly, it's automatically clickable. Secondly, you don't get penalized in the rankings for not submitting a URL.
ryduh 17y ago
I would probably only use this application if I was traveling to some place where I am not familiar with the surroundings. I don't live in a metro area either so I know everything in town already. If you could clean up and simplify how I order food/movie tickets into one screen, I might be interested in checking this app out again.
keefe 17y ago
Two minutes into the video I lost interest and moved along. The entire first minute can just be cut. A lot of the video looks like a test script on your site vs a demo - do I really need to see you enter your CC#? I also don't need to be told what a picture or a description are. Why not just completely cut all that and just run the demo while explaining to me why I don't just search google maps on my android phone?

3 points by klimchitsky 17y ago

RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago

Clickable: http://quarket.com/ http://quarket.com/ OK, some feedback - this will sound harsh, but it's how it happened ... I can't understand the first 10 seconds of speech because I haven't yet got used to the accent and tone. Then it's 52 seconds before I get any clue as to what it's about. I nearly gave up at 40 seconds. Then at 1:05 it looks like things I know, and it's 1:12 before you say that it's not something I know, it's different, and I still don't know what it's doing. For someone who's looking to invest, maybe they'll sit through it, but for me, I'm out. Probably it's cool and useful and interesting, but I've got other things to do. Finally, you might want to resubmit, putting the URL in the URL field, your request for feedback in the title, and then expand on your reasons and request in a comment. Then two things happen. Firstly, it's automatically clickable. Secondly, you don't get penalized in the rankings for not submitting a URL.

ryduh 17y ago

I would probably only use this application if I was traveling to some place where I am not familiar with the surroundings. I don't live in a metro area either so I know everything in town already. If you could clean up and simplify how I order food/movie tickets into one screen, I might be interested in checking this app out again.

keefe 17y ago

Two minutes into the video I lost interest and moved along. The entire first minute can just be cut. A lot of the video looks like a test script on your site vs a demo - do I really need to see you enter your CC#? I also don't need to be told what a picture or a description are. Why not just completely cut all that and just run the demo while explaining to me why I don't just search google maps on my android phone?