philiplyle

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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   Thanks for checking us out. We haven't come across these guys before. We played around with having buttons or going with NLP to make it more realistic. Perhaps we should have both, thanks for the feedback!
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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   We're not actually a calorie counter at all. In fact, we kind of are against it. We provide weekly nutritional programs, let you order the groceries you need from the programs and then we check in with you daily to make sure you'r
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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   before you sign up and start talking with Lyle we do ask about your preferences where you can say whether you cheese, nuts etc. Tomatoes not at the moment unfortunately but we'll be getting smarter for sure.
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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   Appreciate the feedback! Will definitely be reviewing our messaging as we evolve
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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   thanks for the feedback. We thought making him human-like was a good thing. Can you share more about what you don't like about the interaction? Something I can discuss with the team. Thank you!
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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   You'll get weekly nutritional programs based on your preferences yes. Weight loss isn't rocket science you're right but counting calories and eating the same thing every day is exactly why we exist, people don't want to
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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   in a nutshell lol
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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   Yes absolutely. hopefully by the summer
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   by philiplyle 8y ago

   Totally! We just felt that women have way more options than guys who just want to lose a couple of pounds.
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    by philiplyle 8y ago

    That too!!
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    by philiplyle 8y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! Updating now
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    by philiplyle 8y ago

    We still figuring things out with the product before we open it out to all countries. We also offer grocery delivery to paid users who follow our nutritional programs so as we're a small team we wouldn't be able to manage that wel
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    by philiplyle 8y ago

    Thanks for asking. When it comes to leading brands or apps within the weight loss space they are all heavily geared towards women. Think of the top 3 brands, weight watchers, Nutrisystem, Jenny Craig. With apps you got the same problem or y
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    by philiplyle 8y ago

    Hey, yeah we're only available in the US at the moment we'll be open to other countries later this year. Thanks for trying anyways!
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    by philiplyle 8y ago

    Hey, thanks for trying it out! yeah, we asked a few questions that require you to rate things from 1-10 so in order for Lyle to differentiate we asked that you add "glasses" at the end of your answer. but we need to work on making
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    by philiplyle 9y ago

    Startup Handmedowns is pretty cool https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startup-handmedowns