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philiplyle

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About philiplyle

Founder of Lyle and host of Startup Handmedowns podcast.

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    Comment #16802771

    Thanks for checking us out. We haven't come across these guys before. We played around with having buttons or going with NLP to make it more realistic. Perhaps we should have both,…

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    Comment #16801537

    We're not actually a calorie counter at all. In fact, we kind of are against it. We provide weekly nutritional programs, let you order the groceries you need from the programs and …

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    Comment #16801512

    before you sign up and start talking with Lyle we do ask about your preferences where you can say whether you cheese, nuts etc. Tomatoes not at the moment unfortunately but we'll b…

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    Comment #16801076

    Appreciate the feedback! Will definitely be reviewing our messaging as we evolve

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    Comment #16801002

    thanks for the feedback. We thought making him human-like was a good thing. Can you share more about what you don't like about the interaction? Something I can discuss with the tea…

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    Comment #16800911

    You'll get weekly nutritional programs based on your preferences yes. Weight loss isn't rocket science you're right but counting calories and eating the same thing every day is exa…

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    Comment #16800884

    in a nutshell lol

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    Comment #16800879

    Yes absolutely. hopefully by the summer

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    Comment #16800846

    Totally! We just felt that women have way more options than guys who just want to lose a couple of pounds.

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    Comment #16800837

    That too!!

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    Comment #16800821

    Thanks for the feedback! Updating now

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    Comment #16800731

    We still figuring things out with the product before we open it out to all countries. We also offer grocery delivery to paid users who follow our nutritional programs so as we're a…

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    Comment #16800713

    Thanks for asking. When it comes to leading brands or apps within the weight loss space they are all heavily geared towards women. Think of the top 3 brands, weight watchers, Nutri…

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    Comment #16800576

    Hey, yeah we're only available in the US at the moment we'll be open to other countries later this year. Thanks for trying anyways!

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    Comment #16800574

    Hey, thanks for trying it out! yeah, we asked a few questions that require you to rate things from 1-10 so in order for Lyle to differentiate we asked that you add "glasses" at the…

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    Comment #15026853

    Startup Handmedowns is pretty cool https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startup-handmedowns