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Show HN: A brand new social app not from f'ing Facebook
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Yarn – a social app for shared stories(testflight.apple.com)
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
Probably the most productive comment of the thread! Plan is to screen every candidate before they ever talk to an elderly person. Based on feedback in this thread I’ll plan to personally listen in to all the first calls that callers have to
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
That would be awesome! The plan is to survey callers and elderly folks on just general interests, etc. and then do some simple matchmaking. I.e. Jane loves sailing, baking and the red sox - Tom was a former collegiate sailor who owns a bake
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
Founder here - this is really good feedback. Not at all a scam but it’s good to know that the initial data collection is jarring. I built this page in 1 hour. I’m trying to create a funnel for quickly connecting elderly folks to engaged cal
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
This was the original idea - I just think tapping that labor market will be a lot more difficult.
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
Nothing. That is best case scenario. That is friendship.
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
exactly
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
Either the elderly person or a representing party like a child or friend who wants them engaging in more social interaction.
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
Every caller will be screened by me before they get to an old person. That is step one in fraud protection - open to advice here!
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
great catch thank you!
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
Feedback taken for sure - I'll ask you the same question I asked the other comment. Is $100/month what feels high? Or is $12 for 30 minutes of conversation low?
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
Yo! Founder here - I am definitely still playing around with the pricing and this is really great feedback. I don't want the profit margin to be jarring - I want to keep the lights on for the business. Do you think the service itself s
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Show HN: Get paid to have engaging conversations with old people(silverdial.org)
49 points by Sawpaw19 5y ago|74 comments
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by Sawpaw19 5y ago
Fullsend | Technical Program Manager | www.fullsend.io Fullsend is a software studio in Venice Beach, CA. We help small businesses and startups with their technology. Our bread and butter is serving as the technical side of a startups busin
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SurfAlert: Surf reports in your inbox once a week(alert.surf)
1 points by Sawpaw19 6y ago|0 comments