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First of all for those who are confused what it does: it's basically an RSS reader. EDIT: Maybe not actually. I am also from Amsterdam and I am glad to see a s
by ma2rten 14y ago
First of all for those who are confused what it does: it's basically an RSS reader. EDIT: Maybe not actually.
I am also from Amsterdam and I am glad to see a startup from here. I feel like I should give my feedback: Other people have already mentioned that the landing page is a bit confusing. Too many things at once. I think the main thing is that making a good landing page takes a lot of time and effort plus iterations. There is also a lot of helpful material on Hacker News about this. Here is a good article about copywriting that might be useful for you: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3992500 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3992500 .
I have a comments on a few minor details:
1. I am not sensitive to swearing or anything, but I think you could have chosen a better title. To me I sounds a bit negative, like "F*uck, I'm releasing. I'm done with this, I hate this project.". It would be better if it was positive "Yeeesss, I am releasing" or even better if it would make me curious as the reader what the project does, instead of focusing on yourself.
2. You need a logo. Don't be cheap about this. You spend 6 month of your time, so you can also spend couple 100 euros on a logo.
3. Vanilla Bootstrap is getting a bit old (to the HN crowd, not necessarily to normal people), I think you should at least change some colors.
4. Notifications and "Access your content on any device" tabs look broken because they don't have any content.
5. I think the visual flow of the landing page can be improved. The first thing I look at is the screenshot, and then I get confused because I try to understand what it does.
6. The login button looks misaligned.
7. Make the link to the tour more obvious.
8. Say that it is mobile compatible on your homepage, not just in the tour. Maybe even make an app out of it with PhoneGap if possible. (Mobile developers will murder me for this one)
9. "Using Social Statistics to find important", "Listen Twitter, Facebook, Blogs." are not proper sentences. It was not clear immediately to me what you were trying to say.
10. It was not clear immediately to me what Social Statistics are. I was first assuming it's something about your personal friends. You don't really explain that. I think if you look at the screenshot it's clear, though.
I am sorry I can't comment on the product itself. I don't use an RSS reader (the internet is enough distraction as it is already), so I can't compare and can't really say anything about it without using the product. I hope other people will comment on it.
I also have some questions for you:
1. Why did you incorporate in the Netherlands? I thought everyone incorporates as a British Limited these days. Also why did you incorporate as a BV and not VOF?
2. You have an office in Science Park Matrix ?! Are you already a profitable business?
3. Do you go to any start-up meetups in Amsterdam or anything like that?
- bcambel 14y agoThanks for the suggestions. Yes, we have an office in Science Park. No we are not a profitable business. We're not even a business yet. B.V. has advantages for our own reasons. We're committed to this project. We have rented the place on 1st of January 2012 and started working on. I was at Hackers and Founders in its first 5-6 meetups. But I missed the last 5-6 meetups We're bootstrapped but does not mean we will always be.
- ma2rten 14y agoI was just surprised about the office because I thought most startups at this stage work from home or coffeshops (even though that would not be very productive in Amsterdam [1]). I have never been to any meetup, maybe I should go. Anyway, good luck! [1] see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_coffee_shop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_coffee_shop
- bcambel 14y agoI need a quiet space and no distractions otherwise I cannot code.(Coffeeshops eliminated) I was at home for 6 months before we've started Followords. I am a bit tired of it. It's nice to be at home once in a while, but not for a looong time. You should definitely check out http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders-Amsterdam-NL/ http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders-Amsterdam-NL/ Thanks Maarten