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Show HN: BetaList Bundle – Get Access to the Best Startup Tools

14 points by keesj 12y ago

keesj 12y ago
Founder here! What may seem like a simple product (just get a bunch of services together, right?) might have been one of the most difficult products I've launched. I'm not a salesman, nor a particular fan of sending emails 24/7. That's what this all boiled down too however. Cold-emailing. Asking for introductions. Scheduling meetups. Sending follow up emails. Etc. While you really just want to work on building a cool product. That said, I'm really happy with results. Proud to have so many great companies involved and hoping the additional revenue will enable me to grow BetaList further. Looking forward hearing what you think! Fun fact: Although BetaList is pretty well known in the startup scene it's smaller than you might think. Bootstrapped and based in Europe. I'm the only full-timer on it at the moment.
- atleta 12y ago
  Can you provide a proper invoice? What is linked in the response email is something like a receipt, but it's not an invoice. It does not have an invoice number nor does it have information about the seller (company name & address).
  - keesj 12y ago
    Sorry about that. I sent you an updated invoice with all the information you should need. We'll make sure to add that info by default for other people.
- semerda 12y ago
  Is the AWS deal real?
  - keesj 12y ago
    Yep. Everything included, including the AWS deal, were manually negotiated with those companies for them to be included.
techaddict009 12y ago
Amazon AWS 500$ credit just for 47$. Are you sure? Or some other kind of condition is there?
- keesj 12y ago
  Amazon runs a program called 'AWS Activate' which gives you access to a lot of startup resources including promotional AWS credit. The program is generally only available to startups affiliated with certain accelerators, incubators, or seed funds. We came to an agreement enabling us to include that same deal in the BetaList Bundle. Only if you're already part of that program you're not eligible for the offer (as stated on our site and Amazon's) and there are a few other 'standard' criteria like not using your AWS account on behalf of any other governmental entity, etc. I don't expect these to apply to anyone buying the bundle however.
alexyes 12y ago
The AWS credit is worth the $47 for most people, unless you are already part of AWS Activate, like all YC startups.

14 points by keesj 12y ago

keesj 12y ago

Founder here! What may seem like a simple product (just get a bunch of services together, right?) might have been one of the most difficult products I've launched. I'm not a salesman, nor a particular fan of sending emails 24/7. That's what this all boiled down too however. Cold-emailing. Asking for introductions. Scheduling meetups. Sending follow up emails. Etc. While you really just want to work on building a cool product. That said, I'm really happy with results. Proud to have so many great companies involved and hoping the additional revenue will enable me to grow BetaList further. Looking forward hearing what you think! Fun fact: Although BetaList is pretty well known in the startup scene it's smaller than you might think. Bootstrapped and based in Europe. I'm the only full-timer on it at the moment.

atleta 12y ago
Can you provide a proper invoice? What is linked in the response email is something like a receipt, but it's not an invoice. It does not have an invoice number nor does it have information about the seller (company name & address).
- keesj 12y ago
  Sorry about that. I sent you an updated invoice with all the information you should need. We'll make sure to add that info by default for other people.
semerda 12y ago
Is the AWS deal real?
- keesj 12y ago
  Yep. Everything included, including the AWS deal, were manually negotiated with those companies for them to be included.

techaddict009 12y ago

Amazon AWS 500$ credit just for 47$. Are you sure? Or some other kind of condition is there?

keesj 12y ago
Amazon runs a program called 'AWS Activate' which gives you access to a lot of startup resources including promotional AWS credit. The program is generally only available to startups affiliated with certain accelerators, incubators, or seed funds. We came to an agreement enabling us to include that same deal in the BetaList Bundle. Only if you're already part of that program you're not eligible for the offer (as stated on our site and Amazon's) and there are a few other 'standard' criteria like not using your AWS account on behalf of any other governmental entity, etc. I don't expect these to apply to anyone buying the bundle however.

alexyes 12y ago

The AWS credit is worth the $47 for most people, unless you are already part of AWS Activate, like all YC startups.