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Show HN: Use Intercourse to improve your pitch – we'd love your feedback
- edhooper 13y agoUsing this at startup weekend / hackathons to involve the entire audience in the judging process for peoples choice would be amazing
- sideproject 13y agoI tried a similar idea last year. The gist was 1. Post a 60 second pitch about your startup/project 2. People provide feedback We ran out of steam after a few weeks, it was difficult getting people to post their videos (chicken & the egg thing), plus we got distracted etc. You said it's a part of a bigger project, so I wish you luck! (funny, I'm also based in Sydney).
- MurrayHurps 13y agoFascinating to hear, would love to discuss further if possible. info@intercourse.io if you have a spare moment :-)
- minimaxir 13y agoYou may want to consider using a different name if you're marketing to customers in the United States.
- MurrayHurps 13y agoPrepared to reconsider the name if people actually object to it, but quietly hoping we can reclaim the definition of "communication or dealings between individuals or groups". Fingers crossed...
- gmays 13y agoNo man, this name is awesome. See my other comments in this thread to take advantage of it.
- timtamboy63 13y agoDefinitely reconsider the name. Intercourse would work great if it was an app targeted to the general public, but definitely not in the education/business market.
- bushido 13y agoThe app is a great idea, and definitely has good potential. The name is not worth risking the future of the app.
- roadster72 13y agoOn the contrary, I don't think it's a bad name. However, one thing which is certain is, that it will definitely draw attention :)
- danellis 13y agoI think Americans will cope. There are towns in the US called Intercourse.
- inspiredworlds 13y agointeresting idea - keen to use it on some pitch practice
- MurrayHurps 13y agoIt's been fascinating to see the difference between normal pitch feedback, and the feedback we get when people can comment anonymously. Would love to hear how you find it.
- coderzach 13y agoI just get a blank page on chrome for mac :-/
- MurrayHurps 13y agoCurrent homepage requires JavaScript. This will be fixed shortly, but if you have noscript or similar installed it might explain it.
- aaronbrethorst 13y agoBecause of the name, I would be embarrassed to mention this in conversation to friends or coworkers.
- guidopallemans 13y agoHey, have you tried intercourse?
- gantengx 13y agoI tried intercourse last night with a group of people. It was awesome
- moocowduckquack 13y agoDid it improve your pitch? And did you find any regulatory problems when attempting to use intercourse to attract paying clients?
- nolite 13y agoI would totally pay for intercourse
- daurnimator 13y agoCould really do with some better naming/choice of words; I read the title as "Use sex to improve your singing"
- vezzy-fnord 13y agoAt first I thought this was a new teledildonics app. I was let down when I found out it wasn't, although I guess this could be useful too.
- spb 13y agoTeledildonics: here's a word that means what you think it means.
- gmays 13y agoIntercourse, brilliant name. There are so many funny ways to market it, particularly in the US. In fact it doesn't matter what this app does, the name itself has a lot of potential (it is a cool app by the way). -At the end of a pitch when users are asked to rate it: Was it good for you? -Make it social: Intercourse with friends / Intercourse with strangers -Make it spread: Viral marketing campaign called STD. -Make it practical: Marketing campaign about using phone/apps safely: Practice safe intercourse. -Best practices: Never drink before Intercourse or you may not rise to the occasion. -Have rankings: Let people brag about how good they are at Intercourse. -Voyeur mode: The feature that lets people watch other people 'Intercoursing' should be called voyeur mode. -Inactive user message: It's been too long since last Intercourse. Use it to make sure it still works. Call inactive user mode 'High School Band' -Too short of a pitch: Really dude? Done already? -At events: Intercourse in public. -Multiple participants: Group Intercourse. -Call the intro video: The Talk -Help/Info section: Learn more about the birds and the bees... Ok, I'll stop now.
- MJR 13y agoI completely disagree. 'Funny ways to market it' will instead be 'Offensive and inappropriate' in many settings. The average person on the street doesn't give presentations, so immediately you're trying to target an education or business market. Is that the audience that will respond best to a name that can be taken out of context or isn't easy to grasp? Simply choosing that name already gives you a steep hill to climb. Not every company can take a name like this and turn it into a viable brand. There aren't that many opportunities to be a Virgin Records and make it work.
- gmays 13y agoThis isn't a 'presentation' app, it's not PowerPoint. It's a 'pitch' app. In this context, who gives pitches? That's right, a younger, more casual audience, not 50+ execs. Besides, contrary to popular belief most people have a sense of humor. It's OK to laugh at sex jokes, it really is. I know there's been a wave of political correctness around here lately, but this is a bit much. It just makes me picture a bunch of boring people with zero personality too afraid to laugh at anything, and thus too afraid to connect with their audience because they just might offend someone's sensibilities. This is realistic way to make Intercourse go viral (teehee). You need to take advantage of opportunities like this. This was serendipitous, but great marketers sometimes can't even create opportunities like this on purpose.
- danellis 13y agoI was disappointed this wasn't something that would help me sing in tune.
- mrcactu5 13y agoThis is a step up from ToastMasters. Having heard myself on recording before, and seen myself on camera, I will be waiting for the Android Version 0:-)
- al2o3cr 13y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg#t=2m37s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg#t=2m37s What a good, WOODY, word. ;)
- lfuller 13y agoWas expecting this to be some kind of couples' therapy. Name may be an issue for North American audiences.
- electic 13y agoDOA. This service will not get of the ground because of its name. I suggest you change it. There are so many other names that you can pick that do not have such a strong double meaning. You are unnecessarily hurting your startup, it is a challenge you do not need.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoUnless you are on the level of Richard Branson, in which case you should immediately start purchasing a fleet of huge pink dirigibles.
- minimax 13y agoOk picture this. Susan is in her cube. Nick, the office's resident smarmy dickhead walks up. "Hey Susan, want to try Intercourse with me?" Now Susan is extremely uncomfortable and Nick the dickhead gets to claim he was just talking about software. It's cute what you're trying to do with the name but it won't work. Just look at the joke threads already in the comments here. It's all the proof you need.
- codex 13y agoUsually you already need a good pitch to have intercourse.
- fractallyte 13y agoSigh. Yet another useful word that's been thoroughly misappropriated. ('Gay' is my other huge annoyance.) L. intercursus, a running between - inter, between, cursum, to run. An equivalent word is intercurrent. Same etymology, without the modern connotation.