Say you want you want about Kutcher, but he went from a camera salesman to the highest paid actor on TV in two years. That's nothing short of miraculous.
But why!? He's not miraculously accomplished at anything...
Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
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Re: Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
#42Sorry to say this but if Ashton Kutcher's name wasn't on this it would have not even made it to the front page of HN much less been worthy of people commenting on it. I think he's made some great investments and I'd love to chat with him about the startup I'm working on, but I think its fair to say I won't soon be a user of this product
> Sorry to say this but if Ashton Kutcher's name wasn't on this it would have not even made it to the front page of HN much less been worthy of people commenting on it
That's possible, but you could argue something similar about repeat entrepreneurs. Ashton is an incredible marketer, which is a HUGE part of a consumer product like this.
Re: Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
#43This is about a year late to the "pinterest clone for shopping" party. Referly pivoted into something similar before shutting down, and I think Fancy is the major player in the space. Could be successful, but not terribly innovative.
Ashton is also an investor in Fancy and understands the space well.
I would compare A+ more to Wanelo, which has massive growth. There's a lot of space for other players in the area.
Re: Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
#44It looks an awful lot like Svpply and The Fancy. And he's an investor in The Fancy. I guess this time the curation is through friends instead of the site itself.
You should check out adding a product. The flow is actually different from both Svpply and Fancy.
Re: Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
#45Sorry to say this but if Ashton Kutcher's name wasn't on this it would have not even made it to the front page of HN much less been worthy of people commenting on it. I think he's made some great investments and I'd love to chat with him about the startup I'm working on, but I think its fair to say I won't soon be a user of this product
> Sorry to say this but if Ashton Kutcher's name wasn't on this it would have not even made it to the front page of HN much less been worthy of people commenting on it That's possible, but you could argue something similar about repeat entrepreneurs. Ashton is an incredible marketer, which is a HUGE part of a consumer product like this.
Totally agree, some level of hype is necessary no matter how much bullshit hype really is.
But nearly all lasting companies have one thing in common, a great product.
Right now this site is a long way from that ... but then again they always say you should eventually be embarrassed of the first version of your product.
I think it's fair to say he will be.
Re: Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Sorry to say this but if Ashton Kutcher's name wasn't on this it would have not even made it to the front page of HN much less been worthy of people commenting on it That's possible, but you could argue something similar about repeat entrepreneurs. Ashton is an incredible marketer, which is a HUGE part of a consumer product like this.
Totally agree, some level of hype is necessary no matter how much bullshit hype really is. But nearly all lasting companies have one thing in common, a great product. Right now this site is a long way from that ... but then again they always say you should eventually be embarrassed of the first version of your product. I think it's fair to say he will be.
> they always say you should eventually be embarrassed of the first version of your product.
Definitely! If you're not embarrassed of your first version, then you waited too long to launch.
You should try listing a product. The flow is actually pretty good, especially given the product indexing, tagging, and categorization that has to happen behind the scene.
Re: Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
#47Oh weird..
The first time a friend force-signed me up on facebook I only got ads for High-Frequency Trading and High-End Dedicated Servers.
On A+ I'm getting ads for a Ferrari's, BMW's, a Martin JetPack, Ducati's a $2.5m Pagani Zonda Revolucion and similar stuff, like 24k Gold iPhone Cases …
Hah, either something is really wrong with my browsing habits, or these sites suck at targeting my habits. For those who wonder, the last time I searched for Cars must be 6 or 7 years ago and I don't search for jewelery or jetpacks. I also never search for sports, pop, music or anything popular, really. Dear Ashton, I wish I was rich enough to buy that car, but I feel a little pressed when a site expects me to be rich.
The system probably mistakes me for an investor or a vc like Kutcher himself.
Ok, off to work, let's get rich or die trying.
Re: Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
#48It looks an awful lot like Svpply and The Fancy. And he's an investor in The Fancy. I guess this time the curation is through friends instead of the site itself.
You should check out adding a product. The flow is actually different from both Svpply and Fancy.
But, seriously, what else is different? If I'm looking at it as if it's a Fancy or Svpply clone, I'm not going to go as far as signing up to add anything.
One way I see these kinds of sites is as wishlists and thus, it makes sense to have just one site I use--unless there's something compellingly different.
Re: Ashton Kutcher launches A+: discover the best products through friends
#49Sorry to say this but if Ashton Kutcher's name wasn't on this it would have not even made it to the front page of HN much less been worthy of people commenting on it. I think he's made some great investments and I'd love to chat with him about the startup I'm working on, but I think its fair to say I won't soon be a user of this product
Don't dismiss Ashton. He may be goofy, but he is into technology and has an army of followers. When he tweets, his 15 million twitter followers retweet like crazy.