Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses • Hacker News Board

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by belorn » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 9:55 PM UTC

There is a other website that give away $100k worth of tools to new businesses. Its called Debian.

O wait, maybe that's $1000k worth of tools. Or is it $10000k?

(Maybe they should describe what the tools does and not do a "less-than-useful" money comparison)

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by ryanwaggoner » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 10:33 PM UTC

This seems really cool but also completely sketchy. Why is there no info about the organization or who is behind it?

Could someone from one of the companies listed on the site confirm that this is something you're involved in?

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by true_religion » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 10:35 PM UTC

I'm genuinely curious... why do so many people seem to think this is a phishing scam?

If your business is registered by a US state, that information is on the public record. It includes your name, business address, and date of registration.

Your company URL, and company email as well aren't supposed to be private info. I'd expect you'd have them prominently placed on your website. I know I do.

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by magic5227 » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 10:38 PM UTC

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #22

This seems really cool but also completely sketchy. Why is there no info about the organization or who is behind it? Could someone from one of the companies listed on the site confirm that this is something you're involved in?

Aaron from Mixpanel here. Spoke with the founder, I think its just a very new idea and doesn't have any history yet.

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by magic5227 » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 10:39 PM UTC

gacoul wrote: post #2

Nice idea. couple of questions: - Is there any "catch"? Like are going to make money off of us by selling email adresses? - What if I already have a free plan on one of those services? Can I upgrade it?

No catch. These businesses are hoping you enjoy the service and continue as a paying customer x years later.

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by magic5227 » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 10:40 PM UTC

magic5227 wrote: post #25

gacoul wrote: post #2

Nice idea. couple of questions: - Is there any "catch"? Like are going to make money off of us by selling email adresses? - What if I already have a free plan on one of those services? Can I upgrade it?

No catch. These businesses are hoping you enjoy the service and continue as a paying customer x years later.

I should add, or enjoy the service free and refer others to us, some of whom may join as paying users later.

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by jqueryin » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 10:41 PM UTC

lancefisher wrote: post #4

This is kind of like Microsoft's BizSpark, but instead of MS software you get services from other cool startups. This is a great idea. I just signed up so we'll see. Asking for write privileges to my twitter account gave me pause though. Just let me tweet on my own.

This doesn't seem much different than the Rewardlii Hackers & Founders group.

http://hackersandfounders.rewardli.com/offers

If you're a startup with a SaaS product offering, you can submit a perk proposal as well:

http://www.rewardli.com/merchant_proposals/new?group_id=194

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by tehwebguy » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 10:45 PM UTC

JoshTriplett wrote: post #11

jfoucher wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually this is needed so that the applicant can be made a @startuppack follower programatically, to be able to send a DM when (if) you're selected

That seems fairly disturbing; couldn't you just say "you must follow @startuppack to be eligible"? Then you wouldn't need ongoing write permission to the user's Twitter account.

Disturbing is an exaggeration, but it would certainly be just as easy to get read only rights (just to confirm it's you) and also check to see if they're following.

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by casca » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 10:54 PM UTC

A company registered in England and Wales can be strongly verified online via Companies House WeBCHeck (http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk). This services is probably targeted at US companies but supporting the next-largest place for tech startups () could be a nice touch if this grows.

Re: Startup pack gives away $10k worth of tools to new businesses

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Post by StavrosK » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 11:19 PM UTC

magic5227 wrote: post #26

magic5227 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No catch. These businesses are hoping you enjoy the service and continue as a paying customer x years later.

I should add, or enjoy the service free and refer others to us, some of whom may join as paying users later.

So, can I get one even though I incorporated 2.5 years ago? It's just lead gen...