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A machine to reverse climate change(youtube.com)
1 points by preichen 8y ago|1 comments
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Don't tell people what you do, tell them WHY you do it(blog.localuncle.com)
1 points by preichen 14y ago|0 comments
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by preichen 14y ago
It's already our second version, so we do have a userbase already. Also, we don't only take your current location into consideration, but also your past location(s). Like that, you're able to engage with people who are and also have been at
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by preichen 14y ago
Thanks! Oh, right. That's our old blurp. Totally forgot about it. Will change it. Thanks a lot for checking us out
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Show HN: Our stab at PG's No.1 frighteningly ambitious startup idea(localuncle.com)
9 points by preichen 14y ago|4 comments
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by preichen 14y ago
It's scary how similar your story is to mine. I'm a Mechanical Engineer too (Master's), but am now the co-founder of a local-search iPhone app... I come originally from Mexico and wonder sometimes if I shouldn't be in Mexico, solving "real"
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by preichen 15y ago
He just inspired me to write this blogpost about our startup and Space. http://blog.localuncle.com/2012/03/21/localuncle-goes-to-spa... I really wish sometimes, I would've tried to become an Astronaut. I do have a Master's in Mech. Engine
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by preichen 15y ago
Great app!
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by preichen 15y ago
Thanks!!!
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by preichen 15y ago
true!
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by preichen 15y ago
Yup. - We give you the ability to ask about areas. LocalMind doesn't - We route your questions with some heavy tech in the background to the most adequate users on the system, in real-time. LocalMind doesn't have this intelligence in the ba
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by preichen 15y ago
Thanks! Well, we've only been featured for about 72h now. We're seeing that download rates are doubling daily. And on the first day we got over 1k downloads. You can do the math. People I talked to say that we can expect anywhere from 50k-1
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by preichen 15y ago
Thanks! Well, we've only been featured for about 72h now. We're seeing that download rates are doubling daily. And on the first day we got over 1k downloads. You can do the math. People I talked to say that we can expect anywhere from 50k-1
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by preichen 15y ago
You do need the app. Do you think it would be possible to build it via 4sq messaging system? We were looking into different options, but came to the conclusion that this was the only way to build it.
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by preichen 15y ago
We're working on it. Main reason to launch US only was not to pull off a color.com type of #faillaunch. But expect LocalUncle to be available worldwide sooner than you think! Follow us at @localuncle on T to stay in the loop.
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by preichen 15y ago
You're right. I guess that our excitement took over and I kinda forgot the HN etiquette for a moment.
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How my very first iPhone app (version 1.0.0) got featured in the App Store
12 points by preichen 15y ago|16 comments
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by preichen 15y ago
Thanks for this really, really helpful advice! You are definitely right. We got lost in writing way too much text... We like our idea a lot and I guess that's why we wrote that much text. Great feedback!!! I appreciate it a lot!
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by preichen 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback! We chose the domain cause it has a good ring to it and because it was still available... gotta be scrappy with startups. Do you like the product?
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by preichen 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback! You mean that the blog is too text-heavy? Have you tried the product and you don't understand what it does?
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by preichen 15y ago
Do you think our vision is now big enough?
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Do you like the pivot of our startup?(blog.localuncle.com)
2 points by preichen 15y ago|7 comments
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by preichen 16y ago
you missed the point completely.your focus is too narrow. there are vast quantities of people on this planet who are working to solve the "real" problems that you mention. your argument does not hold because you are only talking about the b