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Aurum197
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Comment #45877193
We just launched our PRIAMBLE earphone earrings, and I would love your feedback! Their raison d'être: one needs different headphones for different occasions, and PRIAMBLE is not on…
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Comment #30706335
Here's one idea: creating support pods for people, especially those in one-person households, so the members of a pod all automatically check on each other on a daily basis. And if…
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Comment #30706268
Glad to hear you are still going! Our TAM is $12 Billion, expected to reach $32 billion by 2025. It is a large, fast-growing market. We can definitely be a unicorn. But I have to d…
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Comment #30706210
First of all thank you for taking then time to think this through. Our MVP worked fine. In fact we were reviewed by the BBC last year. It's our new version that isn't ready yet. Ou…
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Comment #30706143
I agree. If we take preorders, we will make sure we can refund them completely if we don't deliver. The idea behind taking preorders is to convince VCs that we have a market. They …
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Comment #30706122
Scalpers? And don't initial customers pay less generally?
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Comment #30706118
We don't have venture backing yet. We were hoping to use preorders to convince vcs/angels. We really don't want to go the crowdfunding route because it has gotten increasingly game…
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Comment #30706076
I believe Shopify allows preordering. I was not aware that processors will freeze you out for taking preorders. Thank you for letting us know; we will look into this.
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Comment #30706065
Here's our plan: get pre-orders. Take those pre-orders to potential investors to raise money. Fill orders. The idea behind the pre-orders is not so much to raise money directly but…
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Ask HN: Any advice on taking preorders?
We are considering taking preorders for our hardware product. We have enough potential users clamoring for it (our invitation list is a few thousand long) but, thanks to COVID, it …
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Comment #28248984
Any hardware entrepreneurs here?
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Comment #28246637
We are seriously bullish on voice. Will definitely look up your app!
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Comment #28246350
Brilliant: the project itself but also the trouble you took to share the how-to deets!
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Comment #28246254
Sorry, I’d forgotten about that! But the community obliged!
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Comment #28246192
It does have a mic. We are conflicted about the accelerometer for our next iteration.
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Comment #28246183
It does!
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Comment #28245792
Thanks! We will definitely keep your offer in mind. Our issue, though, is not the market. There is a lot of demand! And we just got nominated for a design excellence award by the A…
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Comment #28245746
Thanks. We think users will have a collection of earphones: different ones for different occasions: one for the gym, one for a work lunch, one for an evening party…
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Comment #28245722
I agree about trying to cram too many features into a product. That doesn’t work. What we are trying to do is show how to use an available feature -smart assistants - in different …
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Comment #28245700
Well, different users will want different use cases. We tried to show the range.
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Comment #28245685
That was our thought process as well. Many users don’t even realize the capabilities of smart assistants!
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Comment #28245669
The audio module is swappable between earrings. Our plan is to add new styles on an ongoing basis!