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Re: Solo.im – A single founder peer group

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Post by chacham15 »

I reaaaaaaaly like the idea. I have soo many questions I need help with from really basic things to complicated technical things. The main problem I had with the site is: "The solo.im currency is contribution. No contribution = no membership." I'm not in a place where I can contribute. Seriously, I am probably the last person who should be giving advice. I'm on my first startup and havent even launched yet! More than that, I work about every day of the week more hours than I care to admit to. I just dont think that I would have the time necessary to do justice to the others and not be just a leecher.

Re: Solo.im – A single founder peer group

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Post by whatusername »

wj wrote: post #58
futurist wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why are there so many of the same kinds of apps if ideas are easy? I think "idea harvesting" is definitely something to be concerned about.

Didn't you just answer your question with the question? There are so many of the same kinds of apps because everybody came up with the same idea.

To be fair -- those "Flappy X" apps on the various app stores were not "everybody coming up with the same idea". Not that flappy bird was in any way original -- but there is a lot of copying.

Re: Solo.im – A single founder peer group

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Post by mrjatx »

soneca wrote: post #7

I am a single founder and I was really tempted to apply. But I decided I won't. I read all the copy, it is interesting. I went all the way filling the form, until the last question before the submit button. And there it was, the one question that made me (i) stop, (ii) wonder if this was for me and (iii) decide it wasn´t. (i) What made me stop? The field was asking my Google+ account. They say the community will run…

I understand your disinterest in signing up for a service to sign up for ANOTHER service but keep this in mind- I'm sure very few of us on HN or in the entrepreneur community don't have accounts on at least one of the common OAuth sources (Google, Facebook, Twitter). Back in the early 2000s, when I was a kid, I signed up for probably hundreds of forums and each time I did it I had to manually create an account which usually consisted of about 20 of the exact same questions. It was extremely tedious, and as I got older and began to value my time more and more if I went to a site that expected me to answer 20 questions to join a community that I possibly wouldn't ever use again I'd just close the tab.

Now we have OAuth available and it's convenient and awesome.

Let's not go back to those old days.

Re: Solo.im – A single founder peer group

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Post by dogweather »

mladenkovacevic wrote: post #41

I am always worried that these things are just acting as "idea harvesters" ... so while these single founders are discussing strategies and tactics.. some company out there is selecting the best one to build an MVP and pitch to an investor. The fear is completely unfounded, but I guess that's how my mind works. EDIT: Having said all that, I am still waiting for my confirmation email.

Ideas aren't worth anything.

Re: Solo.im – A single founder peer group

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Post by decentrality »

decentrality wrote: post #31

@gregormck - emailed you about giving you @soloandproud as linked at solo.im Went to follow it on twitter and saw it wasn't registered. Held it for you & ready to transfer.

Well, @gregormck, when you blocked @soloandproud on twitter, I got the message. I deactivated the account, unenrolled from solo.im, and will leave this attempt to be of service in the bitbucket.
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