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by waldopat 1y ago
Sure thing. TL:DR; If your market won't even respond to a friendly email or outreach for you to learn from them (not sell), how will you market to them later? That's your first test. Can you talk to 20 people who you think are you
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by waldopat 1y ago
Another way to think about it is it is very, very hard to break into an industry as an outsider. Impossible? No, but you'll need to be very savvy on the marketing front and really do the homework. So not having much of a network is lik
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by waldopat 1y ago
Totally agree. It's easier and easier to build a product and harder and hard to market/sell your product. Here’s what I’ve seen help in getting those crucial first 10 customers: Be brutally specific about who you're helping:
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by waldopat 1y ago
Honestly, I’ve always appreciated how much of 2007 Hacker News is still intact. It remains one of the few places on the internet where discovery still happens organically without trending algorithms or clickbait optimization. It's just
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by waldopat 1y ago
Totally hear you. This is what I often say: There's more to e-sign than just the signature part. What needs disrupting is everything before, during and after signature. Before: Endless drafting, negotiation, copy/paste aka redunda
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by waldopat 1y ago
Yesterday, I discovered that on April 30, YC removed "DocuSign 2.0" from their Request for Startups and removed Michael Seibel's YouTube video. Seems odd, right? Is e-sign the only industry that can't be disrupted? I&#
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Why Did Y Combinator Delete "DocuSign 2.0" from Its RFS?(unicornforms.com)
2 points by waldopat 1y ago|3 comments
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by waldopat 1y ago
I searched through the last couple of YC batches and couldn’t find any companies publicly building on this theme. Perhaps they are still in stealth mode? We weren’t accepted, but are still building it anyway! What I'm wondering about i
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Where are the DocuSign 2.0 Startups?(unicornforms.com)
3 points by waldopat 1y ago|1 comments
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by waldopat 1y ago
I'm the founder of UnicornForms, an e-signature startup, and last week I posted a Reddit thread that hit 320k views. I didn't expect it! It sparked some heated discussion around whether AI can vibecode secure legaltech products li
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What I Learned After 320k Views: You Can't Vibecode DocuSign(unicornforms.com)
2 points by waldopat 1y ago|1 comments