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Re: Ask HN: This is our YC W2014 application. Can you give me feedback?

#31
Congrats Sandeep! I think your application is well written.

One thing I think you guys should consider in your target market is mobile app developers. Also consider looking at Backend-as-a-service providers like StackMob/Pars in your market size estimations.

Good luck!

Re: Ask HN: This is our YC W2014 application. Can you give me feedback?

#32

Congrats Sandeep! I think your application is well written. One thing I think you guys should consider in your target market is mobile app developers. Also consider looking at Backend-as-a-service providers like StackMob/Pars in your market size estimations. Good luck!

Karthik: Thanks, buddy. We are still validating our idea, collecting feedback from beta users and trying to prove to ourselves that this things has legs. Soon though we'll release a native version of FeatureKicker. Something which tags elements and gestures. Imagine shaking the phone, and our overlay coming in to ask, "We think shaking should do X. Is that what you expected?"

What do you mean by "Backend-as-a-service"? Tell me more.

Re: Ask HN: This is our YC W2014 application. Can you give me feedback?

#33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Austenallred: Thanks for giving to me straight. I think this seems like an "easy" thing to build in-house, but we believe getting this right will take a ton of time, which companies could put towards doing what they do best. Here is what we have: 1. The rules engine, to track visitors and fine control who see's feature experiments and how often. 2. An analytics suite, to capture all data and show it in a form which i…

I'm not questioning that it's hard to build as much as I am that people will go out of their way to get it. But best of luck to you, prove me wrong!

Thanks, austenallred. I'm not sure what you mean by "people will go out of their way to get it". Can you tell us more? I'd love to address that in our application.

Re: Ask HN: This is our YC W2014 application. Can you give me feedback?

#34
Here's a quick overview of what we do:

Our product helps software teams “make something people want.”

When teams build or improve software, they crave data to inform their decisions, but calling, emailing, and surveying customers falls short. Product teams can’t afford to get this wrong given limited and expensive engineering resources.

With FeatureKicker, a team can quickly add a “call to action” for a new feature on a website. When a user clicks on the experimental button, our tech opens a modal window and gets user input on the new feature.

Similarly, teams can get feedback on existing features of their website, so they can improve their product.

Re: Ask HN: This is our YC W2014 application. Can you give me feedback?

#35
Don't get too hung up on the critical feedback here. It's a good idea and the application is solid. In my opinion there is a big enough market for this. Stick to the idea and nail the original premise for the company - saving developer hours.

One idea would be to make your video a little more natural and less 'cutesy'. They are trying to get to know the real you.

Good luck! Our company, Loveseat (formerly Bidbash) got an interview for summer '13 - but, we didn't get in. Met PG and that was fun. We're still doing it though! Stick with it.

Re: Ask HN: This is our YC W2014 application. Can you give me feedback?

#36

Don't get too hung up on the critical feedback here. It's a good idea and the application is solid. In my opinion there is a big enough market for this. Stick to the idea and nail the original premise for the company - saving developer hours. One idea would be to make your video a little more natural and less 'cutesy'. They are trying to get to know the real you. Good luck! Our company, Loveseat (formerly Bidbash) go…

And....I'm the founder of TicketLeap - Eventbrite's biggest competitor in DIY ticketing. Big platforms have to jump through all kinds of hoops to figure out which features to build. Your idea makes sense to do user testing on real users all the time.

Re: Ask HN: This is our YC W2014 application. Can you give me feedback?

#37

You asked me to give it to you straight. Seems like a cool little widget, but I doubt the market for it would be big enough to be worth your time. It's a small enough of a problem that most people won't notice it, and if they do they could easily solve it themselves. People won't be looking for a solution, and it's not cool enough that people would share it just because. As for your questions, your responses are way…

Austenallred: Thanks for giving to me straight. I think this seems like an "easy" thing to build in-house, but we believe getting this right will take a ton of time, which companies could put towards doing what they do best. Here is what we have: 1. The rules engine, to track visitors and fine control who see's feature experiments and how often. 2. An analytics suite, to capture all data and show it in a form which i…

hello there sandeep. this is peter. ;) keep on hackin!

Re: Ask HN: This is our YC W2014 application. Can you give me feedback?

#38

Congrats Sandeep! I think your application is well written. One thing I think you guys should consider in your target market is mobile app developers. Also consider looking at Backend-as-a-service providers like StackMob/Pars in your market size estimations. Good luck!

Karthik: Thanks, buddy. We are still validating our idea, collecting feedback from beta users and trying to prove to ourselves that this things has legs. Soon though we'll release a native version of FeatureKicker. Something which tags elements and gestures. Imagine shaking the phone, and our overlay coming in to ask, "We think shaking should do X. Is that what you expected?" What do you mean by "Backend-as-a-service…

Sandeep: Sorry little late in seeing these comments. Check out startups like StormPulse, Parse, and Stackmob to see what I mean about Backend-as-a-service.
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