chresko

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by chresko 10y ago
Just got my rejection email. Best of luck to everyone!
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by chresko 10y ago
I would laser focus on one approach vs trying different stuff. YC would view 'trying different stuff' as a possible lack of focus (I'm not implying that's the case - I'm trying to help you avoid phrasing things that
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by chresko 10y ago
You receive a polite rejection email.
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by chresko 10y ago
I would clarify the problem and solution. At first I thought your product (based on the description) was a soup to nuts IoT platform (i.e. building out the hardware as well). I might possibly rephrase your product as 'We're like F
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by chresko 10y ago
Might be more interesting if you did something like 'rent for a year.' Right now the problem with Airbnb is that you're limited to 90 days as the renter. If you tweak your idea to 'I want to live in that home for a year&
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by chresko 10y ago
Good luck everyone!
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by chresko 12y ago
I think had Google taken the approach of 'what do we have that Facebook doesn't?' vs 'what does Facebook have that we can obtain?' would've resulted in a better product (as far as value proposition goes). There
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by chresko 13y ago
Hey Steve, I was referred to you by our mutual friend John. He mentioned that you were using X for booking off time. My startup has a similar, but better product that just went live. We spent four weeks in beta, and saw a 25-35% decrease in
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by chresko 13y ago
If you sent me the email you drafted in #4, I'd ignore it. If you sent it again, I'd mark it as spam. Don't do this, it's a bad approach. If you managed to get me to meet for lunch, didn't have anything built, but a
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by chresko 13y ago
Not to trivialize the process, but here's some step-by-step suggestions: 1) First and foremost, verify that you're solving a problem that's truly a pain point for some significant number of people. Don't ask your friends
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by chresko 14y ago
I chose to use it because I'm not a very good backend developer (my bad) and needed something up and running quickly. But I agree that it's probably not a good longterm solution.
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by chresko 14y ago
Doesn't seem like there's an easy way to do p2p chatting without hitting your server (often) with a new list of 'friends.' Any chance of supporting something simpler?
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Show HN: Inviteful Helps You Invite "Humans" To "Events"(techcrunch.com)
2 points by chresko 14y ago|0 comments