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Hykso

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    Comment #11291912

    The best candidate we had just asked us to work for free for a month to see if we would like him. We could not say no. And today he's a co-founder :D

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    Comment #11291785

    Don't get me wrong selling and getting real product validation is the best. But emails are one of the most valuable resource for marketing. You can always email people. But even ad…

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    Comment #11291761

    It was scattered as we won some pitch competitions and had a few interviews but we didn't focus on it.

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    Comment #11291759

    It was scattered as we won some pitch competitions and had a few interviews but we didn't focus on it.

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    Comment #11291687

    Hi Martin, We actually went through some influencers on our side (known fighters or coaches). It definitely helped gain a lot of credibility on our end because if it was that much …

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    Comment #11291630

    +1 with the boys above! By the time someone replicates you, you should have an improved version of your stuff on both software and hardware.

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    Comment #11291598

    We created a lot of content and spread it guerilla way aka bombarding facebook groups that were relevant. On the other hand we through all of our network as word of month is still …

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    Comment #11291573

    No we did not see it had much of an impact. But what we saw had the biggest impact is our website! We refined it a lot based on customer interviews to make sure to convey the worth…

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    Comment #11291522

    Build an email list! And try to pump up the subscriptions with different sales channels - you'll be able to know which ones work best for your business before launching your campai…

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    Comment #11291507

    Product development and improve our sales cycle/customer acquisition cost!

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    Comment #11291443

    Somebody once told me: you'll deal with patent infringement once you're successful, which is already a big milestone...so to try to get there first.

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    Comment #11291442

    Somebody once told me: you'll deal with patent infringement once you're successful, which is already a big milestone...so to try to get there first.

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    Comment #11291441

    Somebody once told me: you'll deal with patent infringement once you're successful, which is already a big milestone...so to try to get there first.

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    Comment #11291382

    What about a problem that you wish you could solve for yourself?

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    Comment #11291349

    Hell yeah! You'll learn tons especially what you should build and refine about the product!

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    Comment #11291327

    A hardware cofounder :D

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    Comment #11291312

    Open source it is a substantial investment of time and energy in my opinion. Some products will just not have a big developer community behind it also. But again, online community …

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    Comment #11291258

    Hi jmcmahob443, My name is Khalil, CEO of Hykso (www.hykso. Are you talking about product crowdfunding like Kickstarter and Indiegogo or equity crowdfunding?