Ask HN: Why did your startup fail and what did you learn?

Post by jith » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 11:37 PM UTC

Drdrdrq wrote: post #380

aarongray wrote: post #317

I built an app for kids that created a family currency where kids would pick the chores they wanted to do each day, earn points based upon the difficulty of the chores, and then those points could be redeemed for real-life rewards that they also chose - hosting friends for a sleep-over, a fishing trip with Dad, learn a new card game with Mom, screen time, etc. The problem came with the marketing. When I did my due di…

I don't think you can guess in advance which marketing channel is going to work for you, you need to experiment and see what brings results. There's a book Traction that goes deeper into this, if you haven't given up yet. Good luck, both in business and marriage! :)

Post by tomasien » Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 7:11 PM UTC

BadDebug wrote: post #436

sahil-kang wrote: post #62

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Have you considered an accelerator: https://www.ycombinator.com

What is YCombinator's take for their 100k investment? Also, it seems like YCombinator sells businesses as a product, not product as a business. Like their marketing on the website is all geared to investing in a business, not investing in a product that leads to a business. That seems to be the 21st century trend. Can you explain this dichotomy in today's market? It seems kinda fake.