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by fookyong 15y ago
Well as I said, that is kind of the idea. There needs to be some form of accountability so anonymous people don't just sell fake things. But yes, full disclosure might not be appropriate.
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by fookyong 15y ago
garazy > do you have things to sell? I'm kind of concentrating on one region for now (Singapore) so I've been letting those people in first from the waiting list, but if you have things to sell I'll let you in :)
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by fookyong 15y ago
that's good feedback! The original reason for this was accountability - I don't want to build a marketplace where any random username can just put up a photo of a product and collect money into a paypal account. That seems like it's asking
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by fookyong 15y ago
cheers!
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by fookyong 15y ago
Thanks for the compliment :) The original problem was simply "I want to hook up a photo and my paypal account easily, so I can share the link with friends and sell my (physical) stuff". As you've touched on, I really don't want to get into
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by fookyong 15y ago
This decision was made by sales / marketing. The people who pay the developer. Go work at a big company where you are a cost center (they make their money from ad sales not your web innovation) and you'll get to implement the same dumb crap
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by fookyong 15y ago
Great post. I think this is one of the fundamental lessons that all startups going through an incubator should learn: have a product, find a customer. The most basic, lowest-common-denominator example of this is arbitrage. Buy one product f
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by fookyong 15y ago
I am immediately skeptical of any service that doesn't explicitly state "We will not post to your Facebook". I think this should be built into the Facebook Platform TOS somehow. Sites that disingenuously post stuff after signup without indi
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by fookyong 15y ago
curious - what was the definition of "success" that you used from the launch post? most of the positive feedback I see is from people saying it has a nice UI.
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by fookyong 15y ago
right. maybe you need to address that then. because in your hero section all I see is a) big picture of email-looking app, then b) text that says "email ticketing" really makes me think that it's just an email client with some bells on it.
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by fookyong 15y ago
First impression, my inner monologue: "It looks like an email client. So why don't I just use an email client?" End.
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by fookyong 15y ago
Thanks. I think the vast majority of people who take issue with the post are those people who only read the title.
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by fookyong 15y ago
you're an early stage startup. you're not selling to the general public yet. you're selling directly to people you find who have the problem that you're solving. it's exactly that mentality of getting way ahead of yourself before you've eve
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by fookyong 15y ago
yes. thank you. I am a huge fan of the "how will it get my users laid" way of thinking. If your product/service can provide that kind of value even in some protracted form (i.e. I'm not just talking about dating sites) you're on the way to
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by fookyong 15y ago
danilocampos > I think you have a fair point. However it's important to remember that startups are out there to prove a core value proposition. Everything else, the UX on top of it - that can come later. After you've proven the core. It
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by fookyong 15y ago
huh? it's open source - fork it, rename it, relaunch it. a dying project shouldn't be passed on like a baton, it should be evolved and improved by an enthusiastic developer who wants to make the project their own. Can't blame me for no one
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by fookyong 15y ago
You can't create value without good UX Entirely incorrect. Read the Lean Startup. Value creation is 100% possible without any UX or anything tangible that the customer "sees" at all. A delivery pizza place provides value. I call them, th
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by fookyong 15y ago
what's the point of having a beautiful credit card form for something nobody actually wants? that's what early stage startups are supposed to be figuring out, not optimizing their credit card forms.
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by fookyong 15y ago
100% correct. I read this after posting a similar reply to another poster above: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3359676
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by fookyong 15y ago
that last sentence 100% misses my point. you were right at the start: Engineering is also horseshit. You can have the most beautifully engineered solution to a problem that nobody has or is willing to pay to have solved, and you'll still
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by fookyong 15y ago
Updated: Some final words on this. Some people have interpreted this as me not understanding the value of good design. I assure you I do from experience, tweet at me if you want specifics. However - create value before exploring how design
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by fookyong 15y ago
value = solve a real problem there is always value in that
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by fookyong 15y ago
I definitely do not identify as a "startup blogger". I'm not even really a blogger. This is just a topic that bugged me.
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by fookyong 15y ago
This "infographic" (it's a gallery!) got me so riled up that I felt compelled to blog for the first time in months! Focus on value creation. Design enhances value, it does not create it. Stop creating shitty startups that look amazing. A p
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by fookyong 15y ago
outsource it. http://mygengo.com should sort you out. you still take on clients, you just won't be the one doing all the translation yourself. your role will be more of a project manager / QA role. should be easier to scale.
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by fookyong 15y ago
Are people just clicking to see what happens though? I shouldn't have to spell out the obvious to HN: an increase in clicks because of blind curiosity rather than an increase in clicks because the value proposition is better understood is
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by fookyong 15y ago
Serious question: As a client, why would I want to hire a team that I know is focused on something else? I don't want my project to be treated as a means to an end for the startup to achieve their dream. How are you going to address this
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by fookyong 15y ago
compete on anything, anything other than price. - design - customer service - aim for hardcore users - aim for entry-level users - velocity of improvements - tone (is your competition "enterprisey"? be more friendly and mainstream) etc. thi
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by fookyong 15y ago
On Hubski, user follow one another, rather than communities, as they do on Reddit. Instead of voting a post up and down, you simply share it. That propagates it to your readers; the more people share it, the hotter that post becomes. soun
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by fookyong 15y ago
safari does not allow file uploads. you can't share your photos if you're on an ipad using FB in the browser.

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