It's a really polished application (iOS), I was quite impressed when trying it out.
Povio, the polite photo app that students love, joins YC’s winter batch
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#12been using this since the start and the evolution of the product is just amazing. The team is doing a wonderful job at simplifying everything around a very good core experience.
I hardly open Instagram these days and don't use Snapchat, but have been using Povio 5+ times/day over the last year.
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#14Definitely a good "disruption" to all the noise that is broadcast on twitter + instagram by all those that you follow. I think they also nail it pretty much with their tagline: Play photo ping and stay in touch with friends If the founders are reading this, was this the original idea ? If not, I'd love to know what did you all start with, and how you all pivoted to this particular idea? (Crunchbase says: founded in O…
I came up with an idea when I was on the top of a snowboard ramp(i was a snowboard pro), trying to capture the moment and share it with my friends over Instagram. But it felt like bragging, I didn’t want to collecting likes, comments and build my ego. Than I thought - if my friends would ask me where I am right now, I would be glad to show them and it would feel totally unintrusive!
So that was the initial idea for pull photo sharing app!
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#15Simple, fun & fun. I love it.
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#16Really nice idea, and I love the name! Out of interest, does anybody know how they went about seeding it in a university? The article just skips over it as a quick step along transitioning to SV, but it sounds really hard to do.
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#17Love it! Way more useful than FB or Snapchat!
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#18I'm always taking a photo of my screen. I need blur functionality, because I don't want people to read my code. I solve this now by shaking the phone, but since I did this 500+ times already, you might consider a feature.
I think they shouldn't. Simplicity is the key of Povio and they are doing an amazing job at keeping it minimal ;)
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#19What did I just read? I have really, really low standards for web content, but this seriously reads like a fifth grade book report. "Povio is for now 100% focused on growth. It actually sounds like Povio has some kind of shot in the space."
That's true! But doing things that only have 1% chance is exciting. That’s what life is all about! You know what is even harder? What has even lass that 1% chance? Winning a World Cup in bigair snowboard competition!
And I managed to do that 4 times.. If I don’t choose the hardest tasks out there, my life would be boring ...
Easy as that.
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#20How does Povio make money?