Just email me.
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#12There's a huge step between collecting emails and launching - and that's talking to those potential customers. I suggest you read Running Lean by Ash Maurya. It contains actionable steps on how to get feedback from your customers so that when you launch it's something they love.
But, mind you, you'll have to "get out the building", which most people (including me) tend to stray away from.
Re: Ask HN: I am sick and tired, help me.
#13Build a digital replacement for annual reports with a print on demand option. Right now, companies pay a lot to have annual reports designed and then printed as lengthy documents or put up as unwieldy and bland PDFs. Build a format/system/engine for accommodating what they should/could be using instead. e.g., why aren't annual reports more like pitch decks?
Sell it to graphic designers and encourage large companies to recommend it to their designers. Charge per instance (based on size) and take a cut from any POD.
Make it less about the obligation of providing it and more about the opportunities it might create for these companies to deliver something more engaging to their shareholders.
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#14Make an email client that doesn't suck and make it open source. Price whatever you decide. Obviously web based. Seriously current email tech is stuck in the 90s. Gmail really hasn't changed since then nor has Yahoo email or AOL. They all look the same and act the same. They are very programable and by that I mean I cannot control them. I want to control my email very precisely and yes gmail filters does sort of provide that but I want to be able to control more.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Edited; 50/50
And now you get into the issue that someone might end up with 50% equity and stop working - so then any and all work the other person does benefits the other one. :) This is why I'm not a big fan of offering large amounts of equity to people that you don't know and haven't worked with before - so you know their value, and how well you get along.
It's called vesting