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Re: Show HN: Founderkit – Startup tool recommendations from 1,000 YC founders

#41

Once again, a tool recommendation site that doesn't do anything different or unique than what's been done or what's out there now. This is just like BestVendor.com (site was sold a few years ago, but more of an acquihire). There are tons of these types of review sites. http://www.stacklist.com/ https://startupresources.io/ https://stackshare.io/ And they're all pretty much the same. They're mostly just a list of tool…

Like Wirecutter for Saas.

yes!

Re: Show HN: Founderkit – Startup tool recommendations from 1,000 YC founders

#42

Once again, a tool recommendation site that doesn't do anything different or unique than what's been done or what's out there now. This is just like BestVendor.com (site was sold a few years ago, but more of an acquihire). There are tons of these types of review sites. http://www.stacklist.com/ https://startupresources.io/ https://stackshare.io/ And they're all pretty much the same. They're mostly just a list of tool…

It would be nice to see a review site modeled after Consumer Reports. They tend to compare, with a well defined criteria, products in a category. It's a professional unbiased review system rather than a crowdsourced low value review system.

I second this - it would be much more useful

Re: Show HN: Founderkit – Startup tool recommendations from 1,000 YC founders

#43
I hate how they force users to sign up. You need to give access to your Twitter and LinkedIn. Who knows what kind of data mining they do.

Also: dude, you already have my twitter, why do you still need my email address? Twitter already gives you that. What If I don't have a title? Why is that required?

No thanks

Re: Show HN: Founderkit – Startup tool recommendations from 1,000 YC founders

#44
post #43

I hate how they force users to sign up. You need to give access to your Twitter and LinkedIn. Who knows what kind of data mining they do. Also: dude, you already have my twitter, why do you still need my email address? Twitter already gives you that. What If I don't have a title? Why is that required? No thanks

It only required one of the connections for me. I used twitter, which in my view, is better than Facebook and LinkedIn as far as privacy concerns.

Re: Show HN: Founderkit – Startup tool recommendations from 1,000 YC founders

#45

Once again, a tool recommendation site that doesn't do anything different or unique than what's been done or what's out there now. This is just like BestVendor.com (site was sold a few years ago, but more of an acquihire). There are tons of these types of review sites. http://www.stacklist.com/ https://startupresources.io/ https://stackshare.io/ And they're all pretty much the same. They're mostly just a list of tool…

Sites that make it easy to say "We should use this because $Cool_Company_X uses it!" are doing everyone a disservice. We have way too much of this cargo cult thinking going on. I don't know if I'm just starting to realize it more lately or if it's actually getting worse, but it's really been irking me.

When you're picking a tool to use in your software stack, use something that makes sense for you. Say "I need something that will let me do X effectively" instead of "We need to use the latest technology from the hippest news makers."

Barring a handful of nearly-universal tools, it's very unlikely that the types of things that work great for massive public companies like Facebook and Google are going to be the best options for your 1-10 man startup.

Re: Show HN: Founderkit – Startup tool recommendations from 1,000 YC founders

#48

Once again, a tool recommendation site that doesn't do anything different or unique than what's been done or what's out there now. This is just like BestVendor.com (site was sold a few years ago, but more of an acquihire). There are tons of these types of review sites. http://www.stacklist.com/ https://startupresources.io/ https://stackshare.io/ And they're all pretty much the same. They're mostly just a list of tool…

Hi sixQuarks, genuinely appreciate the feedback, and the additional comments that came in here while I was writing. In our experience, actionable feedback comes from founders who have used a product, not those who just spend a lot of time researching. That's precisely the problem with Gartner, Forrester (who basically get paid by both vendors AND buyers to make decisions for companies, with zero interest in the best…

No, I totally agree that founderkit is useful, I'm just saying it's not the tool that I personally want or need. I have a clear vision for the site I really want, and am surprised no one is doing it yet.

Re: Show HN: Founderkit – Startup tool recommendations from 1,000 YC founders

#49

Once again, a tool recommendation site that doesn't do anything different or unique than what's been done or what's out there now. This is just like BestVendor.com (site was sold a few years ago, but more of an acquihire). There are tons of these types of review sites. http://www.stacklist.com/ https://startupresources.io/ https://stackshare.io/ And they're all pretty much the same. They're mostly just a list of tool…

Sites that make it easy to say "We should use this because $Cool_Company_X uses it!" are doing everyone a disservice. We have way too much of this cargo cult thinking going on. I don't know if I'm just starting to realize it more lately or if it's actually getting worse, but it's really been irking me. When you're picking a tool to use in your software stack, use something that makes sense for you . Say "I need somet…

Well, I think the main thing Founderkit IS doing right is targeting the small startup.
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