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Ask HN: What problem is your startup solving?

3 points by brequinn 14y ago

Let us know what type of problem your startup is trying to solve and how you are trying to solve it

elboheme 14y ago
Tinmanoilchange.com is attempting to lower the national average price of an oil change from around $35 to under $10. The service is a loss leader and is meant to get customers in. This presents an amazing opportunity for small shops to begin and cultivate relationships built on trust with new customers. I plan on pressuring shops to lower their prices (and increase their quality) by posting the best deal in every major city in the US.
- orangethirty 14y ago
  At $35, the oil change is already a loss leader. And it also fails to get people in the door, due to how car companies these days include maintenance for the first 3 years into the warranty. I plan on pressuring shops to lower their prices (and increase their quality) by posting the best deal in every major city in the US. Are you a mechanic yourself?
  - elboheme 14y ago
    As of a year ago, the average vehicle age is at an all-time high. source: https://www.polk.com/company/news/average_age_of_vehicles_reaches_record_high_according_to_polk https://www.polk.com/company/news/average_age_of_vehicles_re... This means that there is a greater consumer need now for service and maintenance than ever before (at least in the last 18 years). I've seen a growing trend of shops, like LaFontaine, offering coupons approaching the $10 mark and hovering there. I should put together this data on a chart. source: http://www.995oilchange.com/ http://www.995oilchange.com/ I am not a mechanic but a family member owns a repair shop in Miami.
speeder 14y ago
My startup is focusing in providing high quality apps for children that educate and are not boring at the same time. We are doing this mostly on tablets, and we don't have much competition on Android (on iOS there are some heavy hitters already)
xackpot 14y ago
My startup/app is trying to make it easier to bring together nearby people with common interests under a casual community or a group (http://www.findero.us http://www.findero.us)
mindcrime 14y ago
Fogbeam Labs[1] are working on Open Source tools to facilitate better knowledge transfer inside organizations. We have an approach that's at the intersection of social networking, bpm, and knowledge management, that we think can help organizations become more productive by doing a better job of sharing, creating and reusing knowledge, and by providing better context for decision making. [1]: http://www.fogbeam.com http://www.fogbeam.com
spidr 14y ago
My start up is about removing the physical limitation of being at only one place at a time. More on it here http://blog.spidr.net/2013/02/05/hangout-anywhere-anytime/ http://blog.spidr.net/2013/02/05/hangout-anywhere-anytime/
mbdroid 14y ago
Giving developers the ability to put their app on sale. http://dailydroiddeals.com http://dailydroiddeals.com

3 points by brequinn 14y ago

Let us know what type of problem your startup is trying to solve and how you are trying to solve it

Tinmanoilchange.com is attempting to lower the national average price of an oil change from around $35 to under $10. The service is a loss leader and is meant to get customers in. This presents an amazing opportunity for small shops to begin and cultivate relationships built on trust with new customers. I plan on pressuring shops to lower their prices (and increase their quality) by posting the best deal in every major city in the US.

orangethirty 14y ago
At $35, the oil change is already a loss leader. And it also fails to get people in the door, due to how car companies these days include maintenance for the first 3 years into the warranty. I plan on pressuring shops to lower their prices (and increase their quality) by posting the best deal in every major city in the US. Are you a mechanic yourself?
- elboheme 14y ago
  As of a year ago, the average vehicle age is at an all-time high. source: https://www.polk.com/company/news/average_age_of_vehicles_reaches_record_high_according_to_polk https://www.polk.com/company/news/average_age_of_vehicles_re... This means that there is a greater consumer need now for service and maintenance than ever before (at least in the last 18 years). I've seen a growing trend of shops, like LaFontaine, offering coupons approaching the $10 mark and hovering there. I should put together this data on a chart. source: http://www.995oilchange.com/ http://www.995oilchange.com/ I am not a mechanic but a family member owns a repair shop in Miami.

speeder 14y ago

My startup is focusing in providing high quality apps for children that educate and are not boring at the same time. We are doing this mostly on tablets, and we don't have much competition on Android (on iOS there are some heavy hitters already)

xackpot 14y ago

My startup/app is trying to make it easier to bring together nearby people with common interests under a casual community or a group (http://www.findero.us http://www.findero.us)

mindcrime 14y ago

Fogbeam Labs[1] are working on Open Source tools to facilitate better knowledge transfer inside organizations. We have an approach that's at the intersection of social networking, bpm, and knowledge management, that we think can help organizations become more productive by doing a better job of sharing, creating and reusing knowledge, and by providing better context for decision making. [1]: http://www.fogbeam.com http://www.fogbeam.com

spidr 14y ago

My start up is about removing the physical limitation of being at only one place at a time. More on it here http://blog.spidr.net/2013/02/05/hangout-anywhere-anytime/ http://blog.spidr.net/2013/02/05/hangout-anywhere-anytime/

mbdroid 14y ago

Giving developers the ability to put their app on sale. http://dailydroiddeals.com http://dailydroiddeals.com