Is the unicode line separator in "Never deal with another freelancer" a cheeky jab at freelancers or did you not test across devices? https://snipboard.io/kzcIhm.jpg
I get those too - Chrome, Windows 10 x86
Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
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Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#62A lot of positives in the comments so far, I'll chime in with at least one negative that I'm not entirely confident with, but here goes. A startup's branding is an early indicator of a teams commitment and skill. Even with todays Bootstrap themes I sometimes get fooled into thinking a product or service has dedication behind it when it turns out to be a smoke screen to test the market for interest. This kind of servi…
I couldn't agree more - I wrote a presentation on the basics of startup branding too - https://www.jacobjacquet.com/blog/on-startup-branding
Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#63First you should improve the quality of your website design, did you use your own tool to design the landing page?
+1 - their design is not at all impressive
Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#64I do understand what you are offering. I think you should hire a good product designer.
Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#65I'm a software engineer trying to learn more design. My wife is a freelance brand strategist who formerly worked at a top design agency. We were both very impressed with this product!
While there are certainly imperfections, it's starting from a really great place. The two things that set it apart:
1) Start with adjectives and attribute, not colors and symbols. I was impressed that the "quiz" was useful and made me think about what I want my company to be. 2) Present the final output in the same way that a professional design studio would. Getting an auto-generated style guide deck that looks 85% as good as something most studios spend many hours (and dollars) generating manually was very manual.
That said I think the color picking algorithm needs some work. Neither of us was very happy with the color options presented. We loved the fonts though, and refining "the algorithm" is probably the easiest part.
Question for the team (if they're here): if I pay $399 for a landing page or $X for another of your assets are those all auto-generated as well or is there a human in the loop?
Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#66I like this idea, but the app seems buggy. I tried to go through the initial steps, but in several places the Next button just did not work at all (After choosing logo fonts, choosing main color), just reloaded the page, and ended up in an inconsistent state with forever-loading icons. Gave up after 15 minutes of struggling. Chrome 95 on Manjaro.
Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#67I like this idea, but the app seems buggy. I tried to go through the initial steps, but in several places the Next button just did not work at all (After choosing logo fonts, choosing main color), just reloaded the page, and ended up in an inconsistent state with forever-loading icons. Gave up after 15 minutes of struggling. Chrome 95 on Manjaro.
Had the same issue - console shows 500 errors being thrown.
Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#68I'm very interested in this , but I'm still vague on what the pricing is.
Do I get AI generated logos and pay upon usage ?
Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#69I'm very interested in this , but I'm still vague on what the pricing is. Do I get AI generated logos and pay upon usage ?
Glad you're interested! Right now, you can create and use your brand for free. We only charge if you commission our team to make brand collateral - a slide deck template, landing page design, marketing email design - for you.
Re: Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
#70I'm a software engineer trying to learn more design. My wife is a freelance brand strategist who formerly worked at a top design agency. We were both very impressed with this product! While there are certainly imperfections, it's starting from a really great place. The two things that set it apart: 1) Start with adjectives and attribute, not colors and symbols. I was impressed that the "quiz" was useful and made me t…
Glad you like it! Yeah, we want to further refine our color system down the road. We have a lot of fun ideas for ways to make it better. RE:$X -- for the paid assets, right now, there is a human in the loop.