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Show HN: Murder Board – advice and feedback for anybody with an idea for an app

11 points by remyp 11y ago

natch 11y ago
Nice idea. I was skeptical at first until looking through the site, the sample reports, and seeing that you use real names on the site. Good luck with it!
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swang 11y ago
Why use this site when HN will gladly tear apart your app/idea for free?
- remyp 11y ago
  Good question! We found that non-technical people who have only an idea and a drawing on a napkin tend to get yelled at a lot when they ask for help. We always "murder" ideas in a friendly and respectful manner. We give away a handful of free reports every week. You only have to pay if you want your report quickly and/or don't want it posted publicly on the site.
- jabzd 11y ago
  Also, this can be more helpful for earlier stages of an idea where you may be trying to determine initial steps for implementation, cost, feasibility, etc. You most likely are already at an MVP if you are posting to HN. We are more than willing to sink our teeth in earlier and protect your speed/stealth to market (stealth assuming a paid report).
vishalzone2002 11y ago
somewhat needed idea but crazy steep pricing IMO
skmurphy 11y ago
I think if you are taking $250 from people you should sign an NDA. From http://murder-board.com/faq#group_367 http://murder-board.com/faq#group_367 "Will you sign an NDA?" The sheer number of NDAs we would have to be beholden to would make our business impossible to operate. They cite http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html but Graham is referring to asking VC's to sign an NDA. If you are a paid consultant (and $250 for an hour is a paid consultant) you should be willing to sign an NDA.
YogeeKnows 11y ago
Good Luck. But all that redness in the site makes me trust you guys less. You guys need to change the color scheme which oozes out more welcoming and trustworthy feeling.
- jabzd 11y ago
  We were trying to play off the 'murder' board name, but we were worried about that ourselves. Thanks for the feedback! Also, in case anyone is curious as to the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_board
  - YogeeKnows 11y ago
    Yeah get the murder part. Try more white and little red peeking. Too much red = Blood Bath and Some novice Killer on loose. Little Red = Well planned and well executed murder with precise knowledge of his tools. IMO :)
    - jabzd 11y ago
      Haha, fair enough. We appreciate the input and sanity check.
source99 11y ago
Conceptually this sounds interesting but I feel almost no one is truly qualified to judge an idea unless you are an expert in that specific field and even then i'm hesitant to believe you can predict quality ideas in the future. Its fun to judge people's ideas but you guys don't have an expertise in any specific fields. At least you don't even talk about it on your site.
- remyp 11y ago
  I absolutely agree. Our primary goal is to provide non-technical people with advice on how to get their project built and what could go wrong during the process. The advice we give on anything besides that is just our opinion, not guru-level analysis of the business model and market.

11 points by remyp 11y ago

natch 11y ago

Nice idea. I was skeptical at first until looking through the site, the sample reports, and seeing that you use real names on the site. Good luck with it!

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swang 11y ago

Why use this site when HN will gladly tear apart your app/idea for free?

remyp 11y ago
Good question! We found that non-technical people who have only an idea and a drawing on a napkin tend to get yelled at a lot when they ask for help. We always "murder" ideas in a friendly and respectful manner. We give away a handful of free reports every week. You only have to pay if you want your report quickly and/or don't want it posted publicly on the site.
jabzd 11y ago
Also, this can be more helpful for earlier stages of an idea where you may be trying to determine initial steps for implementation, cost, feasibility, etc. You most likely are already at an MVP if you are posting to HN. We are more than willing to sink our teeth in earlier and protect your speed/stealth to market (stealth assuming a paid report).

vishalzone2002 11y ago

somewhat needed idea but crazy steep pricing IMO

skmurphy 11y ago

I think if you are taking $250 from people you should sign an NDA. From http://murder-board.com/faq#group_367 http://murder-board.com/faq#group_367 "Will you sign an NDA?" The sheer number of NDAs we would have to be beholden to would make our business impossible to operate. They cite http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html but Graham is referring to asking VC's to sign an NDA. If you are a paid consultant (and $250 for an hour is a paid consultant) you should be willing to sign an NDA.

YogeeKnows 11y ago

Good Luck. But all that redness in the site makes me trust you guys less. You guys need to change the color scheme which oozes out more welcoming and trustworthy feeling.

jabzd 11y ago
We were trying to play off the 'murder' board name, but we were worried about that ourselves. Thanks for the feedback! Also, in case anyone is curious as to the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_board
- YogeeKnows 11y ago
  Yeah get the murder part. Try more white and little red peeking. Too much red = Blood Bath and Some novice Killer on loose. Little Red = Well planned and well executed murder with precise knowledge of his tools. IMO :)
  - jabzd 11y ago
    Haha, fair enough. We appreciate the input and sanity check.

source99 11y ago

Conceptually this sounds interesting but I feel almost no one is truly qualified to judge an idea unless you are an expert in that specific field and even then i'm hesitant to believe you can predict quality ideas in the future. Its fun to judge people's ideas but you guys don't have an expertise in any specific fields. At least you don't even talk about it on your site.

remyp 11y ago
I absolutely agree. Our primary goal is to provide non-technical people with advice on how to get their project built and what could go wrong during the process. The advice we give on anything besides that is just our opinion, not guru-level analysis of the business model and market.