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Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

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Post by GFischer »

philipkuklis wrote: post #9
elainelu wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's solving overwhelming amount of photos problem. Many people think it's a very competitive market, some even said "saturated", but look at users and current players, no solid solution yet. We don't want to avoid competition, instead, we want to provide a really working solution. It doesn't sound fancy, but it could be useful to many people. The user pain point might also not so obvious at this stage, but it will b…

Hi! I like the concept but by looking at your website I don't know (1) what problem you're solving and (2) how you do it. How does the "Intelligence" work? Why should I auto-generate a collage when it's more fun to create one by myself? At the moment it seems like it would be a nice automated addition to other apps (e.g. Instagram generates "moments" from last week automatically and lets me share them with others, et…

I thought the same thing, it's not at all clear what it does or why I would want it.

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

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Post by GFischer »

intrepidkarthi wrote: post #5

Our application got rejected. We are from LookMobility( http://www.lookmobility.com ), developing a product on creating Virtual Reality experience for the people who can't code and design, it is going to be powerpoint for Virtual Reality. We have no idea why our application is rejected and also there is no regrets on it. Just move ahead and think forward!

It looks really cool, got me hooked, but it fails to explain "how" you'll archieve what you're selling :)

I'm particularly interested in that area, I'd like to be notified when you go live! You should add a newsletter :)

I hope adding a demo or video is on your to-do list, it would help greatly :)

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

#13

Post by 27182818284 »

elainelu wrote: post #7
elainelu wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure. www.visbit.co. Appreciate any thoughtful feedbacks.

It's solving overwhelming amount of photos problem. Many people think it's a very competitive market, some even said "saturated", but look at users and current players, no solid solution yet. We don't want to avoid competition, instead, we want to provide a really working solution. It doesn't sound fancy, but it could be useful to many people. The user pain point might also not so obvious at this stage, but it will b…

> Please tell me where could be wrong. Thanks!

I've used everything from Picasa to iPhoto to some of the Linux-based solutions like F-Spot.

I have no idea what your product does. It reminded me a lot of the paragraph at http://www.ycombinator.com/howtoapply/ that starts with, "The best answers are the most matter of fact. It’s a mistake to use marketing-speak to make your idea sound more exciting. "

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

#14

Post by sfraise »

We're working on a new sales platform called coldminer (http://www.cold-miner.com) that unifies the entire process by including millions of built in prospecting leads, virtual call center, help desk, real time communications between sales reps, optional integrated e-commerce store for both front end purchasing as well as the option for sales reps to select inventory and make the sale from the call center, mass email capability, sales rep training and more.

We've been in the prototype phase for the last 7 months with one company using the prototype as it's sole leads source and sales platform and its helped them open over 200 new accounts and raise sales by over 200%.

We need alpha/beta testers and would love to see some other startups use it to gain traction so if anyone is interested in it let me know and we'll set you up.

It does both b2b and b2c but we're still working on the b2c aspect (a lot more data points and moving parts on the b2c side, plus a hell of a lot more leads to deal with) so we're really looking for companies that sell b2b right now but will be looking for b2c companies soon.

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

#15

Post by iphoneseventeen »

elainelu wrote: post #6
Danilka wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mind sharing a link to your product?

Sure. www.visbit.co. Appreciate any thoughtful feedbacks.

Not to be mean, but your About Us page is extremely difficult to read. It is just words:

"we observed an urgent need of a mobile app for easy and powerful photo management and content creation."

I am amazed that you have a whole team of people working on this and nobody has the cajones to point this out.

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

#16

Post by impactthat »

I'm the founder of Impact That www.impactthat.org. It's a reader engagement tool for news media. We weren't accepted this time. Watching and reading the examples I realized we're probably too early in our development, but I decided to apply anyway. Just going through the process was good experience. We're still going full steam ahead, and are going to apply again after we have our pilot project with our first customer up and running.

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

#17

Post by impactthat »

taheca wrote: post #2

My startup was not selected. This was the first accelerator we applied to, and I of course obviously hold no ill will. I may try again in the future. I do appreciate that they said I would have an answer today, and I received an answer. We are in the process of having our MVP built (finalizes in November), and will continue on as we have been. In one way I am kind of happy. This is the first rejection to overcome.. w…

Great attitude! That's our attitude too. Best of luck!

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

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Post by elainelu »

philipkuklis wrote: post #9
elainelu wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's solving overwhelming amount of photos problem. Many people think it's a very competitive market, some even said "saturated", but look at users and current players, no solid solution yet. We don't want to avoid competition, instead, we want to provide a really working solution. It doesn't sound fancy, but it could be useful to many people. The user pain point might also not so obvious at this stage, but it will b…

Hi! I like the concept but by looking at your website I don't know (1) what problem you're solving and (2) how you do it. How does the "Intelligence" work? Why should I auto-generate a collage when it's more fun to create one by myself? At the moment it seems like it would be a nice automated addition to other apps (e.g. Instagram generates "moments" from last week automatically and lets me share them with others, et…

Thank you for the feedbacks! Sorry if the website didn't explain clearly. The problem we are solving is the overwhelming amount of photos people took vs limited time to organize, create content from them, and share the the creation on time. Our solution, in one sentence is to automate the whole process. You only need to take photos and you see creations done right after you launch the app. We can almost do it in real time. So, in terms of "Intelligence", our app can understand your photos, detect when you take them, and make them into creations by event so that you can immediately share or further edit.

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

#20

Post by elainelu »

iphoneseventeen wrote: post #15
elainelu wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure. www.visbit.co. Appreciate any thoughtful feedbacks.

Not to be mean, but your About Us page is extremely difficult to read. It is just words: "we observed an urgent need of a mobile app for easy and powerful photo management and content creation." I am amazed that you have a whole team of people working on this and nobody has the cajones to point this out.

Thank you! Very helpful. Sorry that we were mostly focusing on the product building, didn't spend enough time craft these marketing materials. I am kind of realizing that this is what blocked us now. I need to balance a bit. Thanks for pointing this out.
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