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by stangeek 15y ago
No. Read the comments on the blog post, you'll see most people are thankful for us sharing the experience. And if you can't make an opinion for yourself about what kind of lessons can be learnt from this story, it's absolutely fine.
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by stangeek 15y ago
Well it's half true. But if you read till the end, you'll see I was pretty open about this. And next week I'll post on HN to explain how this strategy yielded quite a lot of downloads in a short period of time ;)
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by stangeek 15y ago
Very good point...
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by stangeek 15y ago
I'm very sorry the joke on Oink didn't register with you, and that's ok. Oink is not a competitor and I doubt Kevin Rose gives a sh@t about what we think about his app, which is indeed very well designed if you're into rating burritos. Oops
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by stangeek 15y ago
Ok. Our joke might have been lost in translation - we actually think KR is very smart.
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by stangeek 15y ago
We don't really care, it was just an easy way to try to make people smile and upvote the article in HN.
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by stangeek 15y ago
Very interesting feedback. So we should spell it illico ?
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by stangeek 15y ago
partners [at] lollicode [dot] com will work :)
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by stangeek 15y ago
Yes, and it's not cross platform so of no use unless your friends are all on iPhone.
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by stangeek 15y ago
We haven't followed up, and I agree contacting a blogger in person is indeed what we should do. In between we figured out that being on the front page of HN (even for the wrong reasons) would at least make a bit of noise, help us get some i
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by stangeek 15y ago
Well not everybody has got an iPhone. Our chat app works on any modern smartphone. iMessage implements reply all indeed, but only if your friends are on iPhone too...
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by stangeek 15y ago
Big bisou too ;)
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by stangeek 15y ago
Thanks!
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by stangeek 15y ago
Well if so they missed the point. With Illico you don't need to sign-up, and you don't need your friends to have the app installed. I agree it's less sexy than burrito rating apps though ;)
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by stangeek 15y ago
We agree, but maybe we're wrong...
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by stangeek 15y ago
Very true. But it still bothers me that a burrito / pork chops rating app gets so much success based on its good looks.
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by stangeek 15y ago
Very good point. Not very many people want to be our friends though ;) More seriously, this is indeed the strategy we're using right now. It will take a long time, but this is what works indeed.
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A Tale of a Miserable Product Launch(stangeek.com)
103 points by stangeek 15y ago|66 comments
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Mobile Chat Finally Done Right(itunes.apple.com)
1 points by stangeek 15y ago|0 comments
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by stangeek 15y ago
We launched our app today, and would love some feedback from the HN community. Happy to answer any technical questions you may have on underlying technology.
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Show HN: Illico iPhone App is Like Reply All for SMS (feedback welcome)(illi.co)
8 points by stangeek 15y ago|1 comments
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Plan Your Strategic Partnerships As Early As Possible(stangeek.com)
4 points by stangeek 15y ago|0 comments
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The One Sentence Test, Or How To Avoid Startup Misery(stangeek.com)
2 points by stangeek 15y ago|0 comments
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by stangeek 16y ago
Thanks for this very long and interesting comment. All your points sound valid, and I won't say I don't believe you. There is one point which you agree on: why did Ev fire Noah, and why was he never ever been mentionned in the "official" tw
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A Little Guide To Startup Success (Courtesy Facebook And Twitter)(stangeek.com)
28 points by stangeek 16y ago|4 comments
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by stangeek 16y ago
Yep, fully agree, that's exactely what I say in point #4 of the blog post :)
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by stangeek 16y ago
Your comment is very interesting, because it relates to my previous post who essentially recommends moonlighting (at the early stage) - see http://www.stangeek.com/your-best-business-angel-yourself
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5 Reasons For Having Weekly Two-Hour Lunches With Your Co-Founders(stangeek.com)
21 points by stangeek 16y ago|6 comments
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Your Best Business Angel: Yourself(stangeek.com)
4 points by stangeek 16y ago|0 comments
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by stangeek 16y ago
You are right about email not being the correct medium for instant response, and the 10 minutes SLA I mention in the blog post is provocative. But as much as I respect other people's time, I've had enough of people pretending to be doing so

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