Are you planning on expanding to houses? I’d love to send someone details on my house, a budget, and have them design the interior and buy all the furniture for me.
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
CEO here: we actually didn't know them yet. But the website looks awesome. They seem to have a similar business model. We're operating in Europe as of now, though (That's across the Atlantic for you Canadians) ;)
>(That's across the Atlantic for you Canadians) It's probably safe for you to assume that most Canadians know where Europe is.
As in, draw a map showing where Canada and Europe are, along with what's around them?
I am less confident in that assumption.
yours, an expat Canadian.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
>(That's across the Atlantic for you Canadians) It's probably safe for you to assume that most Canadians know where Europe is.
As in, draw a map showing where Canada and Europe are, along with what's around them? I am less confident in that assumption. yours, an expat Canadian.
Do you really think Canadians don't know that Europe is across the Atlantic?
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#74I wonder if Hacker News has ever considered making OP content readable.
What do you mean by "OP content" and "readable"?
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#75Congrats! I thought of launching something very similar when I went through the hassle of moving to a new apartment. Honest question: why did you launch to HN, if your service is only available in Switzerland?
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#76Congrats! I thought of launching something very similar when I went through the hassle of moving to a new apartment. Honest question: why did you launch to HN, if your service is only available in Switzerland?
Honest answer: YC encourages you to launch on HN, not only because some of your users might be on it (in our case, HN is not a great lead generation tool), but because investors scout new startups on HN too. We plan on raising a seed round in August/September.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
CEO here: we actually didn't know them yet. But the website looks awesome. They seem to have a similar business model. We're operating in Europe as of now, though (That's across the Atlantic for you Canadians) ;)
>(That's across the Atlantic for you Canadians) It's probably safe for you to assume that most Canadians know where Europe is.
This was a tongue-in-cheek remark for "Canadian Shark Tank for you Americans" (we're not Americans!).
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#78I really love this idea- I can think of 10 of my friends in SF who would love this and would more than happily pay for it, including myself. Have you launched there yet? Also are you currently hiring for marketing roles? I would love to work on a product like this
Thanks! We're currently only available in Switzerland and plan to grow in Europe first before launching in the US [1]. We are hiring for design and operations roles [2].
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#79Are you planning on expanding to houses? I’d love to send someone details on my house, a budget, and have them design the interior and buy all the furniture for me.
Yes, we do serve houses too, but we don't currently offer straight-up buying options. You can get a Pabio subscription for your house and buyout the furniture at the end of your subscription. We're not considering the buying upfront part because we really believe that the subscription models makes our offering much more affordable (think $20k of furniture upfront vs. $400 of monthly payments which all go towards ownership).
Excerpts from https://pabio.com/pricing/:
> Pabio is for both tenants and home owners
> After your subscription period ends...you can pay the difference and purchase your furniture
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#80Would you consider doing only a single room? Dining room/livingroom only? Would be much more compelling, at least for me.
Not OP, but they do offer that. [0] https://pabio.com/pricing/
Thanks! Yes, we do, because we found out early on that people may already have some furniture in their apartments that they want to keep, so we offer individual rooms as well. You can always start with a one room and then get your entire apartment furnished as well.