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Yeah, you're right about being enthusiastic and professional. Thanks for the feedback. As for stats and data, I tend to buy Chris Dixon's argument that narrati
by livejake 16y ago
Yeah, you're right about being enthusiastic and professional. Thanks for the feedback.
As for stats and data, I tend to buy Chris Dixon's argument that narratives are more important than numbers: http://cdixon.org/2010/04/03/size-markets-using-narratives-not-numbers/ http://cdixon.org/2010/04/03/size-markets-using-narratives-n... Nevertheless, some statistics are useful.
I included additional details about potential users and what not in my application.
An example use-case, which I didn't get into in the video, is an entrepreneurial designers and developers event.
Here's how it works:
1) Designers and developers RSVP in advance for an online event that takes place at a set date and time.
2) Upon joining the event, each designer is presented with a list of developers in the event with basic bio info from their LinkedIn profile. Each designer can then check off who they want to chat with in the event. The same happens for developers.
3) Once the event starts, they are placed in a series of one-on-one chat with a designer (or developer) that they've previously indicated that they're interested in meeting. During the chats, each participant can view the other participants LinkedIn profile. These chats last for a set time, say three minutes, like speed dating. In the event, participants meet a lot of people that they're interested in meeting in short one-on-one chats. That's the general idea.
There are a lot of flaws with this concept. And I've actually started working on a different idea shortly after I submitted my Ycombinator app, but I still think this idea has some limited potential.
- citizenkeys 16y agoDo you have a working site or a demo or something to show off? If so, let me know.
- livejake 16y agoWhat I submitted was this: rapidintro.com:8000 You need two people to really demo it. Oauth with LinkedIn and then you video chat. The video chat is still buggy. We didn't finish the event system. This is the first ChatRoulette configuration written in Erlang. The reason the design looks like it was designed by Slovakian college student for $50 is, well, because it was designed by a Slovakian college student for $50. As I said before, we are now working on a different application and we should be completing that shortly. I'm considering releasing this application, with some design tweaks, as is to Hacker News and other entrepreneurial communities and seeing what happens.