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Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by Killah911 »

jraby3 wrote: post #7

This is a great (and virtually free) way to pick up business. I don't see a downside.

Downside: you're meeting with a potential investor or client for your start-up and you've got to pull your laptop out.

Other possible downsides include, people coming up to you and bothering you with non-relevant "work" or "free work for equity" which you're not interested in.

There is also the exclusivity thing, where a potential client might perceive you as "too eager" for work, and you end up loosing a gig you might have gotten otherwise. (Granted, I'm reaching on this one).

I think it's a neat idea, but you have to be judicious when putting on any overt "label" on yourself or on the tools of your trade. I only bring this up due to my own experiences with stickers on my laptop. Getting them off is no easy task either (glue residue and such).

Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by kurtfunai »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #2

This just looks like another generic meaningless sticker that people stick all over their laptops. If you really want people in coffeeshops to approach you try something more personal and direct. "I'm xxxx. I build websites/applications, feel free to say hi,let's chat!" or whatever.

I've got a Github sticker on my laptop. It's sort of a "Hey, I'm a developer" flag, maybe it'll lead to some good conversation one day.

Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by maresca »

Killah911 wrote: post #11
jraby3 wrote: post #7

This is a great (and virtually free) way to pick up business. I don't see a downside.

Downside: you're meeting with a potential investor or client for your start-up and you've got to pull your laptop out. Other possible downsides include, people coming up to you and bothering you with non-relevant "work" or "free work for equity" which you're not interested in. There is also the exclusivity thing, where a potential client might perceive you as "too eager" for work, and you end up loosing a gig you mig…

Velcro would work.

Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by Killah911 »

maresca wrote: post #15
Killah911 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Downside: you're meeting with a potential investor or client for your start-up and you've got to pull your laptop out. Other possible downsides include, people coming up to you and bothering you with non-relevant "work" or "free work for equity" which you're not interested in. There is also the exclusivity thing, where a potential client might perceive you as "too eager" for work, and you end up loosing a gig you mig…

Velcro would work.

Now that's a neat Idea, you could be a billboard when the time is right and take it down at other times... You might even get more creative and hook up your smartphone or tablet as a display on the other side with whatever wording you want.

Maybe a scrolling marquee app. Heck, you could advertise whatever you want on your display at that point.

If it then becomes a trend, one could pay people small amounts of money for becoming mobile billboards on location enabled devices.

Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by elmuchoprez »

I'd be very curious about the viability of clients who approach you in a coffee shop. Seems like you'd get an awful lot of, "So hey, I have this idea that's like Facebook and Youtube combined and I think it could be the next big thing".

That's not to say you won't ever find a good client in a coffee shop, but I suspect it has a lower viability rate than a Craigslist ad, and at least on Craigslist I don't have to spend any real time talking to the people who are clearly not serious clients.

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