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Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

#21

Nice app and good design, however I have a problem with this and other startup projects I have seen in startup weekends that there is just not enough information before asking me to signup, where is the 'about' page?. Also, call me ignorant but how does someone trademark a slogan over a weekend (footer) - "The Conference Calls You™ "

You don't actually have to register a trademark to use the TM symbol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_symbol

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

#24

Nice app and good design, however I have a problem with this and other startup projects I have seen in startup weekends that there is just not enough information before asking me to signup, where is the 'about' page?. Also, call me ignorant but how does someone trademark a slogan over a weekend (footer) - "The Conference Calls You™ "

I agree there isn't enough info. Very annoying. I just signed up with a mailinator.com address to see what was in there. It seems they charge 5 cents per minute. It's not clear if that is per phone connection or per meeting. They also provide an option to link your Google calendar to the account.

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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The typo in the title of this very HN submission is a perfect demonstration of why this startup has an awful name…

Oops. It is a startup weekend project, I supposed they could get a better name once they get some sleep.

Which StartUp Weekend did you participate in and is this winner of your event?

I attended one in my hometown of Baltimore - huge turn out and was a sold event. Can't wait to do another Start-Up Weekend!

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

#27

Nice app and good design, however I have a problem with this and other startup projects I have seen in startup weekends that there is just not enough information before asking me to signup, where is the 'about' page?. Also, call me ignorant but how does someone trademark a slogan over a weekend (footer) - "The Conference Calls You™ "

Based on experience this past weekend at the Baltimore Start-Up Weekend event putting up an about page is tough. We banged out/refined the concept within 4 hours, then did wireframes/logos, set up server, create/modify PSD for both our launchrock page & site, then did front-end coding(other team member did back-end coding at same time) and then finished 1st iteration and tweaked it twice to get the two pages we created looking presentable. We slept some in between.

We definitely(2 biz ppl, 1 designer & 2 techies) would like to have put more info on our homepage (http://www.adsgrader.com) and create an about page but not able to due to time constraints.

For anyone who has not been to a Start-Up Weekend Event I just want to say the $100 to attend is well worth it! SO much fun and the way I think tech incubators should select/choose start-ups(See who can in 48 hours assemble team to create a viable product that can scale & select candidates into incubator to further products that matter along).

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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post #21

Nice app and good design, however I have a problem with this and other startup projects I have seen in startup weekends that there is just not enough information before asking me to signup, where is the 'about' page?. Also, call me ignorant but how does someone trademark a slogan over a weekend (footer) - "The Conference Calls You™ "

You don't actually have to register a trademark to use the TM symbol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_symbol

Yeah, TM is free, (R) means registered and costs ~$450+

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

#30
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The concept is great. Kudos to that. Just a minor quirk - there is no timezone information in the create new call page. Even if timezones are not supported, indicating the current timezone would have helped.

It pulls it from your Google Calendar - so whatever time zone Google thinks you're in, is what is used.
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