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Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by wingerlang »

hashvin wrote: post #6
hashvin wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha, I appreciate your feedback and will take it under consideration. The intention was that when you select to do something its always like: Let's ... grab a drink, grab a bite, watch a movie, go running. but I can see what you mean. Another name we played with was Friendify but seemed needy which is not really true about the audience.

Maybe if you see it as a Logo it might be less annoying: http://postimg.org/image/rbbasbaqr/ This is the current logo, the red is used as the theme of the app is in red. In the future I will make sure to put it in "Let's" quotes. ;)

I kinda like the name, and the logo as well. Have you thought about making it more of a "name"? Like reddit?

So the name would be "lets" and later on maybe people will go "ahhhh, like 'let's go to blah'!" Some will get it and some won't, but it will still feel more like an actual name than a word.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by ajsgarage »

Very interesting. I think this is a solid area for rapid development. I do have some basic operational questions though: How extensively have you and the team researched civil and/or criminal liability regarding any undesirable use and outcome of the service? What kind of legal advice has been offered? Are you working with a reputable risk-management / insurance firm to explore coverage options?

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by hashvin »

wingerlang wrote: post #11
hashvin wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe if you see it as a Logo it might be less annoying: http://postimg.org/image/rbbasbaqr/ This is the current logo, the red is used as the theme of the app is in red. In the future I will make sure to put it in "Let's" quotes. ;)

I kinda like the name, and the logo as well. Have you thought about making it more of a "name"? Like reddit? So the name would be "lets" and later on maybe people will go "ahhhh, like 'let's go to blah'!" Some will get it and some won't, but it will still feel more like an actual name than a word.

it is definitely something to consider. When I was trying to come up with a name i kept thinking I wanted something that would stick in peoples mind and reflect the nature of the app but at the same time I kept finding articles on how you should thinking of random things eg.) tinder, reddit, bing I ended up going with my gut.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by hashvin »

ajsgarage wrote: post #12

Very interesting. I think this is a solid area for rapid development. I do have some basic operational questions though: How extensively have you and the team researched civil and/or criminal liability regarding any undesirable use and outcome of the service? What kind of legal advice has been offered? Are you working with a reputable risk-management / insurance firm to explore coverage options?

I was hoping this question would come up. Not because I have the required answer at this time, but because I wanted others to chime in and give me some thoughts and perspective on this.

We have not done extensive researched on liability the company might face due to an undesirable outcome from use of the service. Likewise we have not looked at any coverage options as of yet.

We will definitely do so before launching but my opinions are as below: For companies like Tinder, Uber, Care.com etc to exist there must me some solution to this, it is a matter of formalizing it for us. We are building the app so that it does not set you up on a meet but rather gives you options and both users initiate and confirm the meet themselves. I feel this can assist in limiting the liability as we are just facilitating users. The last thing we intend to do is have a very straight forward Terms of Service to add some protection and have notifications to the user, that if its your first meet we recommend a public area etc etc.

Have you had had to deal with something along these lines? Is there any recommendations you can give?

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by hashvin »

srikieonline wrote: post #15
ryporter wrote: post #3

You really have to change the name. I couldn't read your pitch without fixating on what would be grammatical errors if "Let's" were not a proper noun.

how about "Letz"..sounds like let's but is not.

I like it. seems simple enough. Im going to think on this . Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by alaskamiller »

The activities are pointless, they're just marketing gimmicks and it turns out sex is the easiest sale. Down To Lunch came out five months ago and have now taken off so that means people want it. Your biggest challenge isn't the software, it's just matchmaking implemented in gaming for decades, it's marketing and convincing thousands to use it to gain value from a network effect.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by hashvin »

alaskamiller wrote: post #18

The activities are pointless, they're just marketing gimmicks and it turns out sex is the easiest sale. Down To Lunch came out five months ago and have now taken off so that means people want it. Your biggest challenge isn't the software, it's just matchmaking implemented in gaming for decades, it's marketing and convincing thousands to use it to gain value from a network effect.

I will agree sex sells, but there is a geniune market that wants to make more friends or have a relationship that are not looking to have sex immediately.

I also agree the software is not the biggest challenge, anyone can build applications and it really does not cost as much as people want you to believe.

I agree also that its the marketing and viral effect. * that being said do you have any recommendations and tips regarding marketing strategy?

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by blitzo »

hashvin wrote: post #14
ajsgarage wrote: post #12

Very interesting. I think this is a solid area for rapid development. I do have some basic operational questions though: How extensively have you and the team researched civil and/or criminal liability regarding any undesirable use and outcome of the service? What kind of legal advice has been offered? Are you working with a reputable risk-management / insurance firm to explore coverage options?

I was hoping this question would come up. Not because I have the required answer at this time, but because I wanted others to chime in and give me some thoughts and perspective on this. We have not done extensive researched on liability the company might face due to an undesirable outcome from use of the service. Likewise we have not looked at any coverage options as of yet. We will definitely do so before launching…

i suggest mobile phone fortification before every possible meetup. i don't know in any other country but in mine mobile phone is attached to citizen'S ID.
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