fapi1974

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by fapi1974 15y ago
My mental state aside - why do you think the network TV shows didn't work?
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Isn't that sort of true of any Kickstarter project? There's an inherent leap of faith in supporting anyone's efforts. I suppose I never say it in the pitch, and perhaps I should, but all of the money would be spent on production - writing
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by fapi1974 15y ago
I've spoken with a lot of people about this, and the most compelling thing for me about going the Kickstarter route is that you can really test out the audience for your idea, and hopefully create a group of people who have a vested interes
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by fapi1974 15y ago
We struggled with this - in the end we decided on the little sizzle in front that didn't really show faces, and me doing the pitch. It seemed to be a common way to do things in Kickstarter - and since the production quality is good we figu
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Yes, it is. My old pitch video was me talking into a webcam - which wasn't really awesome. People liked the idea, but they advised that I demonstrate more ability to pull a team together and actually produce something. So I canceled it a
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Yeah - my wife and a couple of her friends got a bit overzealous - I had to ask them to delete a couple of comments.
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by fapi1974 15y ago
we'd like it to be substantive as well as cool. not sure if you noticed, but we had all sorts of inside jokes in the pitch itself - you should read some of the post its!
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by fapi1974 15y ago
This is the official launch of the project - there was a previous thread where I was gathering stories for the project here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3220610
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New series about Silicon Valley(kickstarter.com)
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by fapi1974 15y ago
I'd probably need a bit more detail - but send me an email!
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Hey - if you're interested, I could use your story! Check this out: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3220610 Ping me on email!
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Not for the little profiles I'm doing during fundraising - just an interesting story is great.
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by fapi1974 15y ago
I hope so!
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Of course! Remember these are ideas that will form the basis for some fiction - I'd love to hear all about it!
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Not crazy at all - and honestly I want to do a great job of showing how dreary and depressing it can get - the internal drama is real!
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Sign me up - send me your details via email. We might want to anonymize it :-)
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Awesome! I'll do that. And the cool thing is that all sorts of people have THOUGHT of doing this - but no one really has,yet.
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by fapi1974 15y ago
So there are two separate issues here - one is the "30 Days of Startups" which is basically the Kickstarter fundraising period. Those stories are true - but will simply be a little blurb about the Founder's experience - no more than 5 minu
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Also, the point of the story was that each of them was a "real" prospect that the founder was really into. But multiple stood up dates sent them packing!
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Great suggestion - will do.
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Offer HN: Are you a startup founder? Want some free PR?
31 points by fapi1974 15y ago|28 comments
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by fapi1974 15y ago
SF Bay Area. Full Time. Founding Team. www.cinecandy.com I am the founder of Cinecandy, the world's first Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS, for cute). I've spent the past year solo and I am looking for a programmer and a designer. Think
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If we did this in the US we would be beaten.(educate-yourself.org)
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Envy vs. Greed - a new basis for economics(falkenblog.blogspot.com)
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by fapi1974 15y ago
It's interesting - Khan Academy has such massive following, but from a technology standpoint I've seen much cooler stuff... www.smart.fm comes to mind.
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by fapi1974 15y ago
By the way - I should probably disclose that I know the founder, Naysawn.
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Like anything these days, if you are attractive enough to abuse, you are attractive...
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by fapi1974 15y ago
Interesting point - there probably needs to be some alignment between the product and the model - something that wouldn't be limited by volume.
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by fapi1974 15y ago
I actually haven't seen anyone else online using reverse/dutch auctions before, and combining it with Twitter/FB likes seems a pretty cool idea too - double the effect for each bid.
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Cool reverse auction idea(artsumo.com)
18 points by fapi1974 15y ago|12 comments

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