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Thanks, yeah agreed on the discipline itself. You'll usually find a few errors in your plan if you take the time to think it all through.

I just published a Substack on how to score your product ideas like a VC. This one definitely comes from the heart having spent years building things that not enough people wanted.…

Hi HN! I've spent over a decade creating startups, some that went nowhere and some that succeeded (2 exits - Soundwave was acquired by Spotify, Retro Patents was sold on Shopify Ex…

Great to hear. Thanks for the support.

That was also a surprise to us too!

Awesome suggestion! Sounds like a fun summer project.

We're also fans of some of the classic inventions but we have a preference for modern products that still inspire. They're more relatable and it's cool when the actual patent autho…

AFAIK we're the first to focus on the startup world. As flagged in the intro, we took our inspiration from a print of a motorcycle but wanted to flesh out the idea in the tech and …

Thanks for the feedback. We actually split test this at the very start and the name variant won out. Seems like the majority of customers have a loyalty to the brand/product and pr…

There's a contact us section on the site where we collect all patent requests - please feel free to submit some!

Thanking you kindly!

Great idea - we'll look into this, thanks!

You're right but we have spent a lot of time cleaning and tidying up the designs and formatting the final piece of art. I'd also add that our final product is of the highest qualit…

glad you like them and good choice :)

Happy Friday! I'm the co-founder of Retro Patents and we're super proud to bring the site to the HN community. Last year, we were travelling in Europe and we came across a boutique…

Hey folks, founder of Activation Hacks here. I'd love your feedback on the site. I've spent a bit of time collecting as many behavioural nudges as I could find in the tech/product …