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The pitch did not impress me, it felt rehearsed, awkward, and lacking a "wow" factor. If I may be honest, not trying to be negative or troll, but most startups that pitched and demo'd at Disrupt don't excite me. The exception was last year's BitCasa, who ironically lost to Shaker. Strange world we live in sometimes.
The pitch did not impress me, it felt rehearsed, awkward, and lacking a "wow" factor. If I may be honest, not trying to be negative or troll, but most startups that pitched and demo'd at Disrupt don't excite me. The exception was last year's BitCasa, who ironically lost to Shaker. Strange world we live in sometimes.
The pitch did not impress me, it felt rehearsed, awkward, and lacking a "wow" factor. If I may be honest, not trying to be negative or troll, but most startups that pitched and demo'd at Disrupt don't excite me. The exception was last year's BitCasa, who ironically lost to Shaker. Strange world we live in sometimes.
The pitch did not impress me, it felt rehearsed, awkward, and lacking a "wow" factor. If I may be honest, not trying to be negative or troll, but most startups that pitched and demo'd at Disrupt don't excite me. The exception was last year's BitCasa, who ironically lost to Shaker. Strange world we live in sometimes.
The quality of the pitch is only marginally related to the two most important questions about the company: Is it a good market? And will this company be a leader in this market?
It is a good idea though, peer-to-peer anything is the new hotness.
The pitch did not impress me, it felt rehearsed, awkward, and lacking a "wow" factor. If I may be honest, not trying to be negative or troll, but most startups that pitched and demo'd at Disrupt don't excite me. The exception was last year's BitCasa, who ironically lost to Shaker. Strange world we live in sometimes.
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Wow really?
If that is the case how can they not have received favorable treatment? Even with the best of intentions those judges must be intimate with every aspect of the business and would be unable to separate that knowledge from what the other judges are basing their decisions on.
I know the TC bias bashing is a bit of a meme here on HN but is hard to get away from when things like this crop up.
I need serious repairs requiring a lift. How do they do this "on site"?
Sorry had too. :)
I need serious repairs requiring a lift. How do they do this "on site"?
e.g: http://www.asedeals.com/images/MSC6K-portable-post-lift-5.jp...
Car repair is heavily stuck in the 20th-century model of businesses. Individual shops open from 8am to 5pm, you want to find someone good? Without Yelp you're basically relying on word of mouth to not get ripped off, or Yellow Pages. The main form of contact is calling mechanics up, driving around the city at 8am before I go to work and then dropping it off.
Sometimes I get in to my favorite shop and they have too many cars and can't help me. My options are now come back another day, or heading to a random unknown shop if it's urgent - risking the cesspool of bad mechanics. Google offers onsite oil change and basic maintenance, which is a much better experience than taking an hour + off to run back and forth in business hours. I've had to go to the shop many times in the past 9 months, and overall the logistics have not been a great experience. The only thing is I don't really trust Your Mechanic to offer me a reliable/honest mechanic - I've been relying on referrals, reviews and Yelp to find places, some good experiences, some bad. I feel like Your Mechanic's system may or may not be good depending on how ratings and the network effects work out.
Overall I'm excited for Your Mechanic to start making some changes.
