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Re: Show HN: My weekend project, Startup Tees

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Post by johnx123-up » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 7:52 AM UTC

hforew wrote: post #36

ddemchuk wrote: post #8

How do we submit our own startups?

send email to Henry at hforew@gmail.com

Please have a contact form in site, that will help non-HN users too

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, Startup Tees

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Post by Tichy » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 9:02 AM UTC

Shouldn't the companies in question pay me for carrying around their advertising?

I wouldn't mind wearing such an "ad shirt" for a company I also like, if I could get it cheaper than a normal shirt of the same quality.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, Startup Tees

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Post by wyclif » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 11:04 AM UTC

Please branch out into stickers! I just had a conversation with a founder yesterday about where he gets all his startup stickers (by going to events, of course). But not all of us can do that.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, Startup Tees

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Post by marknutter » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 1:05 PM UTC

tejaswiy wrote: post #31

zacharycohn wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do people wear band t-shirts? This might not be your thing, but lots of people will buy/wear shirts to promote or support an organization they like.

I don't agree a person wearing a Metallica t-shirt is actually promoting them. It's more of a case of saying, "Hey world, I'm cool because I like Metallica!". It's a case of showing off your interests to the world, not an altruistic promotion of a particular interest. "I'm cool because I use a relatively obscure software tool to backup my data" - doesn't sound right. EDIT1: Also I'd rather have startup quotes present…

Or how about "I'm cool because I'm ahead of the curve when it comes to technology", which, by the way, has become quite trendy lately if you haven't noticed.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, Startup Tees

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Post by hkarthik » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 10:03 PM UTC

mw63214 wrote: post #14

hkarthik wrote: post #12

If only I could get a Dropbox shirt with my referral code URL printed on it.

how about just a QR code on the back to a sign-up page with the shirt-wearers referral code?

Even better!

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, Startup Tees

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Post by mw63214 » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 12:05 AM UTC

jmjerlecki wrote: post #16

hkarthik wrote: post #12

If only I could get a Dropbox shirt with my referral code URL printed on it.

This is great and something Dropbox should do. This would make for great PR. The QR code idea underneath my post would be great on the back. Just a huge QR code.

after thinking about how to actually make the shirts, how much more per shirt would it cost(considering each QR code would be unique)?

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, Startup Tees

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Post by sillycon » Thu, Jul 14, 2011, 1:54 PM UTC

I think this is a neat idea. I'm looking forward to seeing more shirts on the site. I can see why startups would gravitate to this. Why not have someone else promoting you on their site and then having the shirts distributed to the public? Small price for a lot of PR.