Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #4 • Hacker News Board

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #4

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Post by wizwit999 » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:37 PM UTC

kkajla wrote: post #10

We’re Aditya and Karan, the co-founders of Warrant ( https://warrant.dev/ ). We build APIs and infrastructure to help developers implement authorization and access control in their apps. Implementing flexible authorization that grows with your application is difficult. Many products only need authentication early on but eventually require authorization; however, adding complex authorization to a mature, high usage pr…

Great idea. I thought of making a startup area as well, we called it AaaS (AuthZ as a Service) .

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #4

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Post by erickcoser » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:44 PM UTC

brunobannach wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we are Bruno and Guilherme of Jestor ( https://jestor.com/ ). We make a no-code tool for COOs that need to scale complex offline operations such as hospitals, hotels and kitchens. At our previous company, a software development business, most of our clients asked us to build in-house tools like an "easy to use Salesforce" or a "lighter SAP" that would reflect their internal processes. They were tired of paying…

Where did the focus on the “complex offline operations” niche came from? Interested to understand the product-market fit iteration process.

Also, congrats on the solid product. Keep up with the great work!

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Post by dtran » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:44 PM UTC

brunobannach wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we are Bruno and Guilherme of Jestor ( https://jestor.com/ ). We make a no-code tool for COOs that need to scale complex offline operations such as hospitals, hotels and kitchens. At our previous company, a software development business, most of our clients asked us to build in-house tools like an "easy to use Salesforce" or a "lighter SAP" that would reflect their internal processes. They were tired of paying…

Love the room cleaning operations example! Would have never thought of that operation use case for a no-code tool. Congrats Bruno and Jestor!

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Post by wizwit999 » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:45 PM UTC

aladhubhai wrote: post #8

We are Ali and Omair of Abhi ( http://abhi.com.pk/ ). We are a financial wellness platform in Pakistan, focusing on providing early wage access to the salaried class. Most employees in Pakistan live paycheck to paycheck, not having savings for emergencies or random bills. Many pay their bills late, as payroll disbursement often does not coincide with bill cycles, incurring hefty payment fees. Fewer than 20% of the po…

How do you make money? Models I've seen here are all essentially riba (interest).

Have you looked into sharia compliance, I would say it's necessary for your market.

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Post by martinlykkesuhr » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC

dinkleberg wrote: post #11

martinlykkesuhr wrote: post #5

GamerPay ( https://gamerpay.gg/ ) is a scam-free marketplace for gaming skins and assets. 46% of gamers trading skins have been scammed more than once for either their money or their skins (survey of 5,000 gamers). 50% of gamers are under 18 and this their first online trading/cash experience. We solve this problem by integrating with Steam and making use of escrow, validating all trades. We are regulated by European…

I’m not in your target audience, but I love the idea and the backstory. This seems like a real strong niche that was due for some innovation. Best of luck!

Thanks a lot, and I truly agree.

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Post by martinlykkesuhr » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:52 PM UTC

xmaayy wrote: post #22

martinlykkesuhr wrote: post #5

GamerPay ( https://gamerpay.gg/ ) is a scam-free marketplace for gaming skins and assets. 46% of gamers trading skins have been scammed more than once for either their money or their skins (survey of 5,000 gamers). 50% of gamers are under 18 and this their first online trading/cash experience. We solve this problem by integrating with Steam and making use of escrow, validating all trades. We are regulated by European…

I know there are a lot of disparate services like SkinBaron[0] for individual games. Is your value-add that you're regulated / you can act as a middle-man for any steam items? [0] https://skinbaron.de/en

Our main value adds is that we can allow minors to trade safely. You have to be 18 at Skinbaron. Another is that Skinbaron charges over 20 percent total.

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Post by martinlykkesuhr » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:55 PM UTC

hamhamed wrote: post #33

martinlykkesuhr wrote: post #5

GamerPay ( https://gamerpay.gg/ ) is a scam-free marketplace for gaming skins and assets. 46% of gamers trading skins have been scammed more than once for either their money or their skins (survey of 5,000 gamers). 50% of gamers are under 18 and this their first online trading/cash experience. We solve this problem by integrating with Steam and making use of escrow, validating all trades. We are regulated by European…

changing currency doesn't seem to work for me, stuck in EUR. Anyways, this is great. Between lootbear, csmoney, and steam marketplace, I think i like your model best since it translates directly to cold hard cash. However, last I seen this model in the wild, it got banned.. re: OPSkins. How are you circumventing that?

OpSkins got banned because they tried to circumvent the 7 day tradelock, and they we also moving closer to the position csgoempire have today which is skin gambling. We dont want to be that. We want to do for skins, what coinbase did for crypto

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Post by jedberg » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

brunobannach wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we are Bruno and Guilherme of Jestor ( https://jestor.com/ ). We make a no-code tool for COOs that need to scale complex offline operations such as hospitals, hotels and kitchens. At our previous company, a software development business, most of our clients asked us to build in-house tools like an "easy to use Salesforce" or a "lighter SAP" that would reflect their internal processes. They were tired of paying…

How do you differ from retool?

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Post by martinlykkesuhr » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

lamroger wrote: post #13

martinlykkesuhr wrote: post #5

GamerPay ( https://gamerpay.gg/ ) is a scam-free marketplace for gaming skins and assets. 46% of gamers trading skins have been scammed more than once for either their money or their skins (survey of 5,000 gamers). 50% of gamers are under 18 and this their first online trading/cash experience. We solve this problem by integrating with Steam and making use of escrow, validating all trades. We are regulated by European…

V cool. Is there a way to publicly verify a transaction went through? Or they send a screenshot?

They do it through a unique link from our platform. And once signed in as a seller you will get notifications and sms when you have a trade

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Post by martinlykkesuhr » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

pacoWebConsult wrote: post #20

lamroger wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

V cool. Is there a way to publicly verify a transaction went through? Or they send a screenshot?

I assume this is where the integration with Steam comes into play. Checking the seller's inventory and the buyer's inventory

Correct