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“I've always struggled to make sense of my notes and figure out what to study. Notiv gave me a clear plan and helped me actually retain the material. Bringing my GPA up by 0.9 points in just one semester.” This sounds kind of fake, like a character playing a customer saying good things about your product.
It's a serious question. Is the focus studying fast for tests (quoted from OP)? Or running a business? If the real goal were studying, the app could be banged out quickly and you could get back to studying. The business is a time sink - which at this stage OP would have presumably discovered - he's already out here spending time promoting it.
From my point of view, for this not to be a scam: 1 - there should first be a video presentation of the program's operation with all functions, not a website with a bunch of promises and a PAY button 2 - You should definitely write your FIRST startup without any AI generation at all!
Why is every app a startup now? It's a serious question. Is the focus studying fast for tests (quoted from OP)? Or running a business? If the real goal were studying, the app could be banged out quickly and you could get back to studying. The business is a time sink - which at this stage OP would have presumably discovered - he's already out here spending time promoting it.
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> (indirectly) boast about their entrepreneurial skills Are you referring to the actual post? What age would it be appropriate to post one's creations would you say? Or is it the "I'm 16-" prefix? But I can't work out where the narcissism comes in.
I'm not saying that one or the other approach is objectively better, I was merely sharing my personal opinion on the matter, so that perhaps someone can learn from that data point, or to offer some comfort to those who frequent Hacker News for the critical thinking rather than the money-making news.
(Apart from the title, the website with legal matter suggest a focus on things that I certainly do not associate favorably with a "hacker".)
The user images look AI-generated, based on e.g. the fingers in https://www.notiv.app/lovable-uploads/9224843e-e523-4691-951... I think this is inherently dishonest because it's made to look like they're real users. Is the image and testimonial from "Conner" on the Features page also fake?
I don't see any signs of AI in the image, also the book in his hands is a real book, usually AI messes up those kind of things.
Turns out I misread the Unicode, and it is actually "Tôi Là Một Con Lừa", which is Vietnamese for "I am a donkey", which probably makes it suitable reading material for yours truly.
Kudos, William, for putting this app together. Keep a thick skin when reading and acting on the comments and you’ll have a sweet project on your hands
The first thing I learn about this app on the landing page - is that it's going to be a business and what it's pricing plans are.
This is before me being SOLD on the damn thing to begin with.
So the order the app introduces itself is:
1. Pricing (it's a SAAS)
2. Asks to create an account.
3. The user here closes the tab somewhere here, unless they apriori know they want whatever it is you're offering. Or they have been sold this from word of mouth.
The order it should be in:
1. Oh, wow, this is cool. I like this, this is exactly what I need. So lets create an account to save the things I've already created here while playing around.
2. As you create account, introduce user to pricing plans and extras you get from a paid account.
Maybe some inspiration from Germany: Linda Büscher did the same while graduating. Press coverage at Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.de/gruenderszene/business/20-jae... Her product https://www.bulletpoint.app/
local here, thanks for pointing out on that! looks like she made a super super decent job, and this at her age - wow! If i would be a VC, i would spend only 5 min on the product and hand them 500k without any discussion :)