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Well... don't most start-up launch pages that make it to the HN front page have the same "We have solved the problem" attitude? Isn't that how you sell yourself

• mattzito 13y ago
  They mostly say they've solved the problem of how you and your friends will find each other at the concert, or how you're going to deal with the back breaking hassle of getting your mail, and these types of things. Not real problems, in other words. Soylent proposes to replace the need for the human consumption of food. That's an extra level of chutzpah
• dasil003 13y ago
  Most newly announced startups solve tiny problems. If your product is making extraordinary claims then the template is actually very long form content with a lot of bold, italics, exclamation points and testimonials to wear down the reader's skepticism from a million different angles. But it still helps to be something that a lot of people so desperately want so their willingness to believe is already primed. It's usually get-rick-quick schemes and workout programs.