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Re: Show HN: My girlfriend's startup

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Post by joonix »

run4yourlives wrote: post #25

What the heck is it supposed to do? That's a serious question. I scrolled all the way to the bottom, clicked on About Jellfi, read a bit about the founders, and then finally noticed that: "Jellifi matches both professional and casual event planners to the best and most unique local talent for flawless and fun events without the stress." That (preferably with fewer adjectives) needs to be the first thing I (and anyone…

I read the site and still can't really figure out what it does.

What the hell was that "launch party?!" Was that really thrown just for the launch of this simple event app? Am I in another world? What a tremendous waste of resources. This startup craze is truly getting outlandish.

Re: Show HN: My girlfriend's startup

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Post by patio11 »

That MTV video... I'm choosing my words very carefully here. That video says something about the company. That's the point, right?

I imagine the notion of having a) a launch party, b) a launch party with burlesque dancers, c) a launch party with burlesque dancers filmed by MTV was not an accidental choice by the company. Perhaps jellifi is aimed at a particular submarket in the event planning space which is very interested in the glitzerati world of fashion models and reality TV celebrities. If so, that video isn't completely insane. If you're not aiming to cement your reputation as that sort of business, I would strongly reconsider having that video on your home page.

In particular, in picking who to show that video to, I would note that it is going to be positively radioactive to multiple, independent, broad swathes of people in the tech community.

Re: Show HN: My girlfriend's startup

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Post by Sumaso »

run4yourlives wrote: post #25

What the heck is it supposed to do? That's a serious question. I scrolled all the way to the bottom, clicked on About Jellfi, read a bit about the founders, and then finally noticed that: "Jellifi matches both professional and casual event planners to the best and most unique local talent for flawless and fun events without the stress." That (preferably with fewer adjectives) needs to be the first thing I (and anyone…

First page without scrolling down I see:

"Online tools makes it easy to plan your next events."

There is also a big green button that says:

"Plan event free"

So I'm not quite sure why are you are confused about, the site is about planning a events!

Re: Show HN: My girlfriend's startup

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Post by mnicole »

Her social media feeds are really trying too hard. Does spamming people with unrelated memes and asking for likes really onboard users vs alienate those she already has? And I'm with patio11 on the video, I had to stop it. Show me the prep and the setup, give me testimonials and shots of various types of events she's done. Not close-ups of women taking their clothes off.

Re: Show HN: My girlfriend's startup

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Post by Domenic_S »

pxlpshr wrote: post #22
coherentpony wrote: post #3

Interesting idea! Thanks for sharing. Just a quick note, the pricing page ( http://jellifi.com/Pricing ) needs to be fixed, it still has the standard 'Lorem ipsum...' filler text.

Good catch, almost silly it went missed. Reported! Thanks.

2 hours later, still Lorem Ipsum. Hmm. I hope this doesn't reflect turnaround times if I were ever a client.
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