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Genuinely curious about how this is a venture-funded company. How is this scalable? Is there any tech involved at all? (Not that technology is necessary to be v

by abhiv 13y ago

Genuinely curious about how this is a venture-funded company. How is this scalable? Is there any tech involved at all? (Not that technology is necessary to be venture-funded, but it helps with nonlinear growth.)

randomdrake 13y ago
We believe that this is absolutely scalable as we've watched successful growth into national and international markets. On the technology front, we have created an incredible on demand geolocational dispatch and communications service. Our unique iOS app for our worldwide iTechs empowers them to be connected to this service at all times allowing them to successfully run their businesses. We're really doing some pretty exciting things beyond fixing phones and we can't wait for everyone to see what's next with our technologies.
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- halcyondaze 13y ago
  Use more buzzwords, please.
  - jusben1369 13y ago
    Thanks for the chuckle.
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akg_67 13y ago
It is just a PR piece to get attention of potential funding sources. As I mentioned previously in my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5272017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5272017, I don't believe numbers add up. Business is unlikely to be scalable or around in next 5 years.
- kenrikm 13y ago
  Your math is wrong, and your assumptions incorrect.
  - akg_67 13y ago
    Do you care to enlighten or this is the best you could do to make a counter-argument?
jusben1369 13y ago
Well venture funding helps you take advantage of a time window really. That is, if we added substantial cash resources to this company could it capture way more market share and be in a much better position in 5 years (vs not taking cash now and growing organically) If yes, great. How big is the market? Needless to say there are a lot of screens out there and they're growing fast. Tech should only matter here in that is it being used well to out execute competitors as a service based business.

by abhiv 13y ago

randomdrake 13y ago

We believe that this is absolutely scalable as we've watched successful growth into national and international markets. On the technology front, we have created an incredible on demand geolocational dispatch and communications service. Our unique iOS app for our worldwide iTechs empowers them to be connected to this service at all times allowing them to successfully run their businesses. We're really doing some pretty exciting things beyond fixing phones and we can't wait for everyone to see what's next with our technologies.

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halcyondaze 13y ago
Use more buzzwords, please.
- jusben1369 13y ago
  Thanks for the chuckle.

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akg_67 13y ago

It is just a PR piece to get attention of potential funding sources. As I mentioned previously in my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5272017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5272017, I don't believe numbers add up. Business is unlikely to be scalable or around in next 5 years.

kenrikm 13y ago
Your math is wrong, and your assumptions incorrect.
- akg_67 13y ago
  Do you care to enlighten or this is the best you could do to make a counter-argument?

jusben1369 13y ago

Well venture funding helps you take advantage of a time window really. That is, if we added substantial cash resources to this company could it capture way more market share and be in a much better position in 5 years (vs not taking cash now and growing organically) If yes, great. How big is the market? Needless to say there are a lot of screens out there and they're growing fast. Tech should only matter here in that is it being used well to out execute competitors as a service based business.