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Re: Ask HN: Please review my new startup. [Free account for HN community]

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Post by shpxnvz »

nkohari wrote: post #42
zaidf wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

taking a stylesheet Can you elaborate? That is a pretty huge accusation.

I'm not accusing the OP of anything. I was just pointing out that I took one look at the website and immediately recognized it as heavily inspired by Basecamp's design. That's all. The colors and font of the header are identical, including the use of a single green link. The fonts used in the headers don't match the logo or the buttons, and have altered kerning just like on Basecamp's site. I honestly couldn't give a…

The OP asked for feedback, and I figured it was better he heard it from me than from 37signals' lawyers.

It doesn't look like 37 signals has trademarked that particular color scheme or design, and I don't see any evidence that they own or have an exclusive license to the font in question; so there really seems to be no legal concern here at all.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my new startup. [Free account for HN community]

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Post by dwynings »

zackattack wrote: post #2

STEPS TO GET YOUR PAID ACCOUNT 1. REGISTER ON THE WEBSITE 2. WHEN YOU GET TO "STEP 3", WHICH ASKS YOU FOR PAYMENT, POST IN THE THREAD WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS My new website is CustomerFind.com. Remember my web app HipHopGoblin.com? Well, about a month ago, I wrote up a blog post detailing what I had learned and posted it up on HN [ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=824905 ]. In part, I explained how I had used Twit…

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Please review my new startup. [Free account for HN community]

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Post by jacquesm »

nkohari wrote: post #12
zaidf wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I downvoted you because I did not think it is a "blatant ripoff".

Go look at http://basecamphq.com/ again. The layout, fonts, and styling are all clearly pulled from the marketing website.

agreed, it's definitely cloned.

The simplest would be to ask if it is ok. I don't think they'd have a problem with it.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my new startup. [Free account for HN community]

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Post by zackattack »

angusdavis wrote: post #37
nkohari wrote: post #5

Wow. Your website is a very blatant ripoff of Basecamp's design. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but yours is a little over the line.

Yeah, it means the guy is smart and is borrowing strength from what he knows works. 37 Signals published their conversion rates from the highrise landing page for a reason. Goal at this stage is to see if people will sign up for the concept. Once he proves that out (i.e. customer development), I'm sure he'll invest in some of his own graphic identity, logo selection, color schemes, etc.

You got it. I'm reading steve blank's book (slowly...it's tough) and trying to formulate my own unique way of applying it to web applications. This reminds me: I'm gonna go spend an hour reading.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my new startup. [Free account for HN community]

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Post by zackattack »

dwynings wrote: post #65
zackattack wrote: post #2

STEPS TO GET YOUR PAID ACCOUNT 1. REGISTER ON THE WEBSITE 2. WHEN YOU GET TO "STEP 3", WHICH ASKS YOU FOR PAYMENT, POST IN THE THREAD WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS My new website is CustomerFind.com. Remember my web app HipHopGoblin.com? Well, about a month ago, I wrote up a blog post detailing what I had learned and posted it up on HN [ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=824905 ]. In part, I explained how I had used Twit…

Thanks!

you're welcome & activated
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