Is this course suitable for hardware products? There's some ideas and prototypes I have done that I always wanted to bring to market but not sure how to go about it.
YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course
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#142Cool. This is timely for me. I launched https://nanagram.co about 8 months ago. We help people send printed photos in the mail to their grandparents with a text message. I've been bootstrapping it with contract work in parallel but I'd like to focus on it full-time. Customers seem to truly love it and it's the happiest thing I've ever created. I'm thinking about putting together a family and friends round to focus fu…
Clever, sending a link to my GF right now.
I wish you shipped to more countries.
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#143Very interested. How much about one's idea must be disclosed? Is there any protection for secret sauce?
Why do you care? ideas are worth little. Implementation matters most! Last week I talked with a competitor. I detailed my plans for the next 6 months. It commits me to follow them, and may incite discussion. There is almost 0 risk they can match the features or my timeline. I am quite productive, and there is no secret sauce. Just complexity, and interdependance. Can't have a baby in 1 month with 9 mothers. And shoul…
lol, you are being way too friendly. Business is a game of war and you must play the game to win. If you give any details of your future plans then only do it as a means of deception ;)
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#144Cool. This is timely for me. I launched https://nanagram.co about 8 months ago. We help people send printed photos in the mail to their grandparents with a text message. I've been bootstrapping it with contract work in parallel but I'd like to focus on it full-time. Customers seem to truly love it and it's the happiest thing I've ever created. I'm thinking about putting together a family and friends round to focus fu…
Clever, sending a link to my GF right now. I wish you shipped to more countries.
Awesome, glad to hear it. We've had lots of interest internationally and released in Canada most recently. Australia, the UK, and Germany are likely next. Where are you hoping to ship to? You can subscribe to be notified when we release in your country at:
https://nanagram.co/international
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#146What I wonder is if this would be very useful to someone trying to start a software business that they don't want to turn into a 'startup' in the sense it's generally used here (not trying to become a billion dollar company or even seeking investment at all).
It seems like best advice and strategies for those routes have some overlap, but also a lot of points where good advice for one is bad advice for the other.
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#147Cool. This is timely for me. I launched https://nanagram.co about 8 months ago. We help people send printed photos in the mail to their grandparents with a text message. I've been bootstrapping it with contract work in parallel but I'd like to focus on it full-time. Customers seem to truly love it and it's the happiest thing I've ever created. I'm thinking about putting together a family and friends round to focus fu…
This looks really cool btw, my gf and I will very likely become users! I think it says that the $10k will be awarded to 100 companies that complete the course so I assume at the end
Correct, will be awarded after course is completed.
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#148Is this course suitable for hardware products? There's some ideas and prototypes I have done that I always wanted to bring to market but not sure how to go about it.
Yes, very much so.
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#149Is the 10k available for startups in the US only, or is it international?
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#150> For the first time ever we are going to give $10,000 in equity-free funding to 100 of the most promising companies that join and complete the course.