vlokshin

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by vlokshin 14y ago
and once data limits/caps/throttling by the providers gets a bit more reasonable :)
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by vlokshin 14y ago
lol @ "may"
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by vlokshin 14y ago
This looks amazing. Once available, a live sample of someone using it for a specific purposes would be even more amazing / would help show just how awesome this is.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
lots of those :)
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by vlokshin 14y ago
As a russian-american on HN, I'd be curious to know how this made the front page. Untested assumption: High concentration of russians/easter-euros.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
solid idea. Giving the reviewers something of value is going to be a challenge. Not impossible, but a challenge.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Maybe we can take LaunchSky.com there :)
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by vlokshin 14y ago
You offer some really good advice, and I'm in a REALLY similar boat / life. I wrote up something like this about 1.5 years ago. I started my company on the side, while still working a similar (top-tier consulting) gig. I hedged my bets a bi
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Hmmmm... LaunchSky.com definitely comes to mind
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by vlokshin 14y ago
You raise some really good points to think about. Thank you for that. I got this saved for the team to look through and digest. I also tried to find your email/contact info to personally say thanks for the feedback, but I failed at that. Ho
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Awesome first link. For the second, no I didn't see that until now. Hmmm. I wonder if that's somebody being clever to prove a point of how easy ideas are to steal? If so, kudos for the irony :)
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I do think that's one of our biggest (if not the biggest) challenge. Our "chicken" in the equation would be the entrepreneurs who post. We need to incentivize them to post to a safe platform that they get something out of, but in a way that
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by vlokshin 14y ago
It definitely does help, and sorry that the feeling was "taken". The product isn't there yet, so our goal is the email drop -- so that we have a way to contact a user-base once the product is built. But your concern is definitely heard, and
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Well said. Hopefully we can refine the product between now and launch as best as we can to combat all 3 of those concerns. We've got our homework (and assume, test, analyze, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat) to do here.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I definitely like the idea/approach. It may complicate the initial product, but we could always keep this less exposed to end users (or at least the voters/reviewers). Thanks for the awesome feedback / insight / thought -- I really apprecia
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Sorry to have lost you, but thank you for the feedback!
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I wouldn't call that worthless; it's something worth thinking about. We have a ton of thinking/testing still left to do as we flesh out exactly what the product will be. Gaming/aggregating good vs. bad support ("I'd use it") is going to be
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by vlokshin 14y ago
We'll probably split support in some way. NOT SIGNED UP: likes/up-vote; something basic SIGNED UP: the above + "i'd use it" + feedback; still have to figure out how to effectively incentivize these users and keep them coming back for more.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
We've discussed the idea of gaming good vs. bad support. Think: Angel investors, but with their likes/sign-up instead of money. Still, this won't be an easy one to crack, but we're committed to providing feedback/support of actual value, as
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Conversions* = good launch page.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
inception or not, you nailed it.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
This is really great. I love how you did the google docs demo as the starter modal. Looks like a great product, but I think most of the people building these would be less technical. I saw "rick click to delete" while on mac/chrome, there's
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Thanks! I'd like to think the same, but from a numbers standpoint -- we're probably going to need a fairly clear incentive for the "reviewer/early adopter" side. It's going to be a balance of quality vs. volume of reviewers, but these will
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by vlokshin 14y ago
Sorry! If the product was fully built, we'd of course let you browse. But for a product that preaches testing before building, wouldn't that be a little bit silly? :)
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by vlokshin 14y ago
There's no site to browse. It's a demo / launch page. Sorry for the confusion, but I guess that means it's a decent launch page?
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by vlokshin 14y ago
The monetization isn't finalized yet -- we're getting feedback now (mostly with this post). Our hunch is to charge a minimal amount for each idea submission; something significantly less than the money/time/effort for a splash page / domain
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by vlokshin 14y ago
"especially when the cost of build/deploy <= cost of comprehensive research" you REALLY think so? I agree with your first few points, but I disagree on that last (quoted) bit entirely. Building/deploying something of real quality (and p
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by vlokshin 14y ago
True, but is that necessarily a problem? We definitely don't have the product figured out to 100% just yet, but the assumption is that people are quicker to support (and give their email if it's secured) than to pay (a la kickstarter). The
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I'll personally take that bet with you. Vlad (at) DarwinApps.com for details.
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by vlokshin 14y ago
I wouldn't know, but that sounds logical enough. I would love to know though... It could be that we had high comments / low points? I really don't know, it just doesn't make much sense.

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