That is beautiful site design, and I'm thinking this is an April Fool's day joke!
It's not :)
Wether this is an april fools joke or not: I think it's a smart move either way. A post like this is ought to get some attention :)
Ask HN: I'm giving away my startup taketake.com for free - who wants it?
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#32Impressive site design.
On what basis did you decide this wasn't working out? Low virality, low engagement, SEO didn't work out....?
The 'long explanation' of why you got burned out would be a very interesting post.
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#33i like the "help us get featured on X"....at a glance it looks like you already were
and for a moment I felt betrayed.
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#35Impressive site design. On what basis did you decide this wasn't working out? Low virality, low engagement, SEO didn't work out....? The 'long explanation' of why you got burned out would be a very interesting post.
Well, made a lot of mistakes. Discovered the lean startup principles too late. We should have released an MVP earlier and iterate. Instead we were never really happy with what we built and started from scratch too many times. We became really frustrated with not being able to execute up to our expectations. Waited too long and slid off our cash runway.
I will probably write a more thorough post about it later on, but right now we're trying to focus on finding a team to take over and save taketake.
Re: Ask HN: I'm giving away my startup taketake.com for free - who wants it?
#36Just so you guys (or potential buyers) know: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/taketake.com
How and from what are those scores derived?
I tested this by entering the address of my former blog. It ranked high in "vendor trustworthiness" even though there is no commercial aspect to the site at all. It has a high child safety rating even though some of those posts contain very strong language.
Am I mistaken or is MyWOT useless?
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#39When I go to peoples websites I always ask my self "Would I use this?". At first I was like "nah" but by the end of the video I was "hmm yeah let me sign up!". It's a shame you're giving this away.
I completely agree. As much as I hate videos that play automatically, your intro was inoffensive enough that I listened until it got interesting.
On a side note, why do you have invite only on?
Best of luck whichever way you go with your startup. Maybe you just need a short holiday to sleep on it...
Re: Ask HN: I'm giving away my startup taketake.com for free - who wants it?
#40I just want to encourage you guys to go on. It's really a cool site and this is coming from someone who doesn't do much social networking. Given that already quite a number of HN readers are impressed, maybe you can recruit a small bunch of us to help develop, grow the user base, raise money, etc., in return for some upfront equity.
That's a cool idea and we will certainly consider it if we can't find a rockstar team to take over. Whoever wants to take over taketake would need to understand well the technology we built it with.
I'm hoping we can find a team to take over. My co-founder and I will certainly be there to help with all the technical stuff and the business model.