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Launch HN: Mighty Health (YC S19) – Health coaching for people over 50

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Re: Launch HN: Mighty Health (YC S19) – Health coaching for people over 50

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Post by skosch »

Banzai10 wrote: post #17
moneywoes wrote: post #13

What did you guys use to build the landing page? Looks nice.

Hey! CTO here. First, thanks. We used a custom design by our great designer, meaning the rest of the landing page is CSS and HTML. We used a few css libs, for the sake of helping us making it responsive, but that is all.

The overall design is nice, but you may want to reconsider the combination of Visuelt and Helvetica Neue. Not only are they just different enough to noticeably clash; what's worse, I thought the Helvetica was (unstyled, fallback-stack) Arial at first, which looked like carelessness. For Helvetica to look sharp, you need to really commit to the Swiss look, headings and all.

Re: Launch HN: Mighty Health (YC S19) – Health coaching for people over 50

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Post by minibronco88 »

throwaway_jobs wrote: post #16

I’m pleasantly surprised you went with 50, as opposed to Medicare age. It just shows you aren’t going after only the easy Medicare dollars. Of course you can still capture that too (see the Silversneakers program as an example). Just like economic gap that is growing in the US there is a major health gap growing too. For those with resources 50 is like the new 20 as many of men are now “juiced to the gils“ with testo…

Thanks for sharing! We've definitely seen a bit of the same. The economic gap leads to an access to care gap, especially in more rural areas. That's before even factoring in lack of access to fresh, non-processed foods, which is a key part of nutrition especially at an older age. We hope that services like ours (and your much-needed T2D concept) can help close that gap!

Re: Launch HN: Mighty Health (YC S19) – Health coaching for people over 50

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Post by codingdave »

This sounds great. I'm 47, but have physical limitations due to truamas earlier in life. I love the idea of a service tailored to older folk, and may participate.

The one thing from your description that threw me off was " it’s a more familiar medium, like texting with your family."

I don't text with my family. Or with anyone, really. It is a running joke that the last way you'd want to get in touch with me is by text. My kids text me just to take bets on how many days will go by before I see it. Maybe I'm the exception... but I'd encourage you to re-visit whether that really is how people who are 50+ would prefer to communicate.

Re: Launch HN: Mighty Health (YC S19) – Health coaching for people over 50

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Post by minibronco88 »

nyeoh wrote: post #26

This is such a great idea in a country where healthcare is so expensive, giving peace of mind for kids of aging parents, and for hopefully parents themselves. Good luck with this app!

So true -- deductibles are getting higher every year, and my parents are always facing hard decisions on whether or not they should go in for elective visits. Excited to hear your mom's feedback!
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