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I think the service looks very, very interesting. A potential conversion game changer. There's actually not a single link to the website in the post, I'm prett

I think the service looks very, very interesting. A potential conversion game changer. There's actually not a single link to the website in the post, I'm pretty certain they've not even got an MVP yet, or if they do it'll just be string and duct tape. He talks about phone interviews, they're still in customer exploration. I think it entirely depends on the light you look at it in. Turn to the left slightly, and it suddenly looks like the beginnings of something that just needs a bit of tiller correcting, a bit more businessman, a bit less engineer. That style of writing on the blog and on the website, to me, is very Indian. I think it's just a cultural difference, try re-reading it. And in the end if all they get out of the application is a clearer vision, they still got something out of it. OTOH I'm not sure why he thinks YC doesn't accept 30 year olds with solid engineering backgrounds...

flyinglizard 13y ago
http://informion.com http://informion.com is what I assumed their service is. I apologize if this is not the service they discuss (this is what appears on the author's bio line at the bottom). When I wrote my comment it was really coming from a place of honest criticism. It wasn't cautionary, as I don't expect most HN-ers to go dropping $599 on their recommended plan. As a founder myself, I felt I had to give them my opinion of how this looks from the outside. Yes they had spelling errors as other posters politely noted but this is just going around the edges of the core issue here.
avilay 13y ago
mattmanser - thanks for the encouragement. Our website is indeed www.informion.com (flyinglizard got that right). Our service is actually just string and duct tape (a hodge-podge of Java and Python programs running on data sets contained in zip files). We are working hard at getting an alpha version out by end of April that can be used by customers. And yes, both of us are 1st gen immigrants to the US from India :-)

flyinglizard 13y ago

http://informion.com http://informion.com is what I assumed their service is. I apologize if this is not the service they discuss (this is what appears on the author's bio line at the bottom). When I wrote my comment it was really coming from a place of honest criticism. It wasn't cautionary, as I don't expect most HN-ers to go dropping $599 on their recommended plan. As a founder myself, I felt I had to give them my opinion of how this looks from the outside. Yes they had spelling errors as other posters politely noted but this is just going around the edges of the core issue here.

avilay 13y ago

mattmanser - thanks for the encouragement. Our website is indeed www.informion.com (flyinglizard got that right). Our service is actually just string and duct tape (a hodge-podge of Java and Python programs running on data sets contained in zip files). We are working hard at getting an alpha version out by end of April that can be used by customers. And yes, both of us are 1st gen immigrants to the US from India :-)