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Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?

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Post by intellegacy »

ibejoeb wrote: post #10
bmac27 wrote: post #4

Stop by General Assembly; ( http://generalassemb.ly/ ) you can most likely get a tour of the place or sign up for one of the classes they have that day. Just let them know beforehand that you'd like to check out the space. Great vibe & atmosphere. Lots of other startups & incubators/workspaces in the area (Flatiron) as well.

If you're around Friday evening, stop in for happy hour. There's always lots of folks hanging out, networking, showing off their stuff. Kicks off around 6.

Hey, I'd like to stop by. Which building is it? East or WesT? ie. the 902 broadway or the 915 broadway office? Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?

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Post by omarchowdhury »

sudonim wrote: post #8
bmac27 wrote: post #4

Stop by General Assembly; ( http://generalassemb.ly/ ) you can most likely get a tour of the place or sign up for one of the classes they have that day. Just let them know beforehand that you'd like to check out the space. Great vibe & atmosphere. Lots of other startups & incubators/workspaces in the area (Flatiron) as well.

My company http://customer.io works out of General Assembly. Happy to give you a tour. Feel free to send me an email: colin at customer io

Nice idea but you're pricing is outrageous.

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?

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Post by iamjs »

Most NYC tech startups will be more than happy to visit with you for a bit and give you a tour. I did this just before graduating from University. I visited General Assembly, Betaworks, Etsy, and also some really small companies. Just email beforehand and try to arrange a time that works for both of you.

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?

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Post by patio11 »

omarchowdhury wrote: post #12
sudonim wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My company http://customer.io works out of General Assembly. Happy to give you a tour. Feel free to send me an email: colin at customer io

Nice idea but you're pricing is outrageous.

In general, if you find yourself thinking that, consider that you may not be the target customer.

Many companies which had a need for customer.io previously a) hired out very expensive people to build it to them (I have a couple of five figure invoices attributed directly to it not existing as an off-the-rack option last year) and b) can trivially go through several hundred bucks just having a single meeting on what to say in the emails.

You can, of course, code it for yourself out of duct tape and bailing wire, and that will pretty much work if you never need the non-technical marketing team to touch it.

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?

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Post by erichmond »

omarchowdhury wrote: post #12
sudonim wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My company http://customer.io works out of General Assembly. Happy to give you a tour. Feel free to send me an email: colin at customer io

Nice idea but you're pricing is outrageous.

Agreed with patio11 on this one. If you think that pricing is outrageous you're not at a scale where you need this kind of service yet.

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?

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Post by mergesort »

sudonim wrote: post #8
bmac27 wrote: post #4

Stop by General Assembly; ( http://generalassemb.ly/ ) you can most likely get a tour of the place or sign up for one of the classes they have that day. Just let them know beforehand that you'd like to check out the space. Great vibe & atmosphere. Lots of other startups & incubators/workspaces in the area (Flatiron) as well.

My company http://customer.io works out of General Assembly. Happy to give you a tour. Feel free to send me an email: colin at customer io

If you're going to stop by General Assembly, I work for a company called Viggle on the 11th floor. joe@viggle.com is the best way to reach me.

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?

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Post by jc4p »

ryen wrote: post #15

Check out many startups at WeWork Labs. 175 Varick Street, 4th Floor http://weworklabs.com/new-york-city/

Yep! The company I work at http://www.fitocracy.com has been with WWL since the beginning, let me know if you want a tour, it's a great environment.

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your tech business in NY City?

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Post by 31reasons »

patio11 wrote: post #14
omarchowdhury wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice idea but you're pricing is outrageous.

In general, if you find yourself thinking that, consider that you may not be the target customer. Many companies which had a need for customer.io previously a) hired out very expensive people to build it to them (I have a couple of five figure invoices attributed directly to it not existing as an off-the-rack option last year) and b) can trivially go through several hundred bucks just having a single meeting on what…

If customer.io succeeds , how much time will it take for other people to duplicate it and bring pricing down ? If customer.io provide top notch copywriting with the automated emailing, then they may have something here. Even higher pricing only based on conversion makes much more sense and i would pay for it.
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