Why do you need investors if you have finished your app? Shouldn't you focus on trying to generate profit instead?
Show HN: From an idea to the Valley in less than a month
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#12Why do you need investors if you have finished your app? Shouldn't you focus on trying to generate profit instead?
"We will start making money in 6 months" is not good enough.
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#13I find these 'sharing' apps (like FourSquare and this) fascinating because they are the complete opposite of what I want. I have no desire to tell people where I am or what I am doing. For example, I feel that a sharing app that let's people know "Ah. John's not answering the phone because he's in the middle of a meeting with Mr F Barbaz" is the wrong way to deal with others. There's no need for people to have that i…
> there's no need for me to explain to people why I am not answering. To give them an idea of how long to wait before trying again. It's consideration for the time of others.
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#14And you need investors' money for... ?
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> there's no need for me to explain to people why I am not answering. To give them an idea of how long to wait before trying again. It's consideration for the time of others.
That's why we have voicemail. If I'm not available leave me a message.
Hours.
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#16Moving on to the Android app seems like a mistake.
Curious, what makes you think this?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
> there's no need for me to explain to people why I am not answering. To give them an idea of how long to wait before trying again. It's consideration for the time of others.
That's why we have voicemail. If I'm not available leave me a message.
Key point: knowing why you're not taking the call is valuable information to the caller.
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#20I like this a lot, but just to ask, how do you plan on solving the critical mass problem? Why should I use your service if none of my friends are?
You're already starting with a full list of contacts from your smartphone address book. +Guys have prepared also some tweaks for distribution.