Am i the only one that finds it shady that this guy refuses to say what his company does and only weedles when asked directly? "We have 28k people in line! We'll tell you what we do later!" I can understand trying to create buzz with mystery, but come on sounds like the ads on craigslist asking for a programmer to work on the next big thing thats a total secret or some one will steal it!
Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update
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Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, I would like to read a post about it.. also would like to know how you manage to get 28K in private beta if you are willing to share that secret haha
I second that. Please share your secret. 28k people lined up for your product, and they have no idea what it is. Spill the beans bro.
Well, having the only link on your homepage be to generate an invite probably helps.
Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update
#43> I wasted a month searching. I learned that you don’t find a cofounder; it happens naturally or it doesn’t. I agree. I've spent 2yrs+ years looking for good co-founders (through people I meet, not a recruiting mission). I've been to tons of events and meetups, kept up with entrepreneurs/developers in my area. Theres only a few few people that I'd want to start a company with and they are all usually busy doing their…
Brett also says "After spending a month building the first prototype, investors saw what I could do and I never heard the cofounder advice again."
I'd like to point out that Brett is an extraordinarily productive coder AND designer. I run Sunfire Offices (I'm Yishan) and it's pretty rare to find someone who can output so much stuff on his own so Brett's experience is admittedly atypical. Of course, that's also why we invited him to work out of Sunfire - I saw his stuff and was like, shit, this guy can really crank it out.
Anyhow, I should probably address some of the comments further up the page: Brett's the real thing and his company actually makes a Real Product. I'm afraid he hasn't put out any other public marketing materials because they've been working on the actual code. I know I probably don't have any credibility here (i.e. less than Brett himself since I don't post much on HN) but I'll still say - trust me, it's not just some crap marketing.
Brett: you should frickin release already! Sunfire was one of his beta-testing organizations and we'd like to be let into the new version, please.
Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, I would like to read a post about it.. also would like to know how you manage to get 28K in private beta if you are willing to share that secret haha
I second that. Please share your secret. 28k people lined up for your product, and they have no idea what it is. Spill the beans bro.
They actually do know what it is (Brett, I hope I'm not revealing too much here). Brett tested versions of this product with his old teams back at Intuit and some other organizations (including Sunfire), so people have been using it for awhile. He's been re-designing and relaunching, which is why there's so many people lined up and waiting - it's basically existing users. Well, that and people who are excited BY THE HYPE YEAAAAHAHH!
Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update
#45> I wasted a month searching. I learned that you don’t find a cofounder; it happens naturally or it doesn’t. I agree. I've spent 2yrs+ years looking for good co-founders (through people I meet, not a recruiting mission). I've been to tons of events and meetups, kept up with entrepreneurs/developers in my area. Theres only a few few people that I'd want to start a company with and they are all usually busy doing their…
Brett also says "After spending a month building the first prototype, investors saw what I could do and I never heard the cofounder advice again." I'd like to point out that Brett is an extraordinarily productive coder AND designer. I run Sunfire Offices (I'm Yishan) and it's pretty rare to find someone who can output so much stuff on his own so Brett's experience is admittedly atypical. Of course, that's also why we…
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Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update
#46> I wasted a month searching. I learned that you don’t find a cofounder; it happens naturally or it doesn’t. I agree. I've spent 2yrs+ years looking for good co-founders (through people I meet, not a recruiting mission). I've been to tons of events and meetups, kept up with entrepreneurs/developers in my area. Theres only a few few people that I'd want to start a company with and they are all usually busy doing their…
Brett also says "After spending a month building the first prototype, investors saw what I could do and I never heard the cofounder advice again." I'd like to point out that Brett is an extraordinarily productive coder AND designer. I run Sunfire Offices (I'm Yishan) and it's pretty rare to find someone who can output so much stuff on his own so Brett's experience is admittedly atypical. Of course, that's also why we…
Thanks Yishan, re:launching, we're working on that now. any day
Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update
#4728K is an indication of nothing if they don't know what your product is about.