chrisfrantz

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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   Our last company went that path. We planned to build one product, but first we had to build an initial feature set to support it. That initial feature saw early traction and we never got around to building the real product. Not a bad outcom
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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   Human curation will likely remain valuable into the future.
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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   Good luck!
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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   I could be wrong here, but it sounds like you would have been further along than anyone I met in the batch. The majority of folks I spent time with were starting from scratch.
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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   Nowadays you start with $500K though, which puts you in a much better position when speaking with investors as your initial runway isn’t as close to nil.
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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   Yep, it’s a fair critique and I agree it’s odd.
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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   Great question, I imagine there is some truth in both statements. The failure rate in the startup world, especially when success means a billion dollar exit or IPO, is incredibly high though.
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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   Good luck!
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   by chrisfrantz 4y ago

   I understand the sentiment. The reason the mock-up was quick to create was because the entire thing was already done in my head. There were plenty of folks with very little experience and some with quite a bit of experience. I can’t say tha
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    by chrisfrantz 4y ago

    Hah, well they didn’t! But the high expectations definitely encouraged us to perform at a higher level, even if we didn’t hit the initial goals.
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    by chrisfrantz 4y ago

    Thanks! Yeah, sounds like we shared a similar experience. YC definitely starts to make anything feel possible. They give you the tools, it’s up to you to take it from there.
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    Reflections on my time in Y Combinator(chrisfrantz.com)

    151 points by chrisfrantz 4y ago|83 comments
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    by chrisfrantz 4y ago

    Debates like this are a waste of time and this one even has a clickbait title. They ignore the obvious animal suffering today and instead offer a "what if we just stopped over night, what then?". This essay gets worse as it goes.
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    by chrisfrantz 4y ago

    Don’t forget raise prices and make it more difficult to cancel.
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    by chrisfrantz 4y ago

    Linear, Raycast, Figma and Safari are the only tools fast enough in my daily use for me to really love. Slack seems to be improving and we’re making serious speed gains at Loops.
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    by chrisfrantz 4y ago

    Thought the same thing, then clicked over. There’s quite a bit going on for how snappy it feels.
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    by chrisfrantz 4y ago

    This looks great, did it ever launch?
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    by chrisfrantz 4y ago

    This seems like a no-brainer acquisition for Stripe. Afaik this is the one big differentiator for paddle and this seems to solve for it with a lower fee.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    All the old episodes are available on HBO Max, I’m watching one from the 70s right now on Saturday morning with my toddler. Hand drawn animations, stop motions and original songs with full bands make for an excellent show. Highly recommend.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    Thanks, looking into this
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    Ask HN: What other options exist outside of Facebook Ads?

    3 points by chrisfrantz 5y ago|2 comments
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    If you want to see an example, I took a screenshot[1] a week ago of the massive Intuit ad in Google Ads that blocks the results you may otherwise see. 1 https://twitter.com/frantzfries/status/1505942638704345094?s.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    Thanks Troy! All is well.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    Tired of the tech hustle culture? Then check out nomohustle.co a paid newsletter I run on substack.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    Love what the folks at Rownd are building. They have a data privacy background with a goal to kill the login page. It’s a huge and ambitious goal and I’m looking forward to using them in the future as we expand our stack.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    Congrats Troy! You’re building a great platform, glad to see this on HN today.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    Andrei and team are building something very cool at Fogbender. They’re trying to tackle the customer support communication pipeline in a way that solves for a number of pain points that services like Intercom don’t help with. We were early
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    Awesome, best of luck.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    This is great. How do you handle updates? How are menus and links handled? Do you allow exporting of code if users wanted to migrate away or self-host? Thanks and congrats, this is a slick implementation.
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    by chrisfrantz 5y ago

    Tons of info and bodybuilders in here https://reddit.com/r/VeganFitness/best