Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle
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#2We're the founders of Millow (I previously co-founded Screenhero), and are happy to answer any questions folks may have!
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#3I like it. I like that it encourages human-to-human meetings through technology. I like the simplicity of it.
Given LinkedIn screw us with permissions to access contacts, I always cringe when an app requires access to contacts.
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#4Sounds good, but count me out if there's no way to access it from desktop. I wouldn't use Facebook, Twitter, etc. if I couldn't access it from a normal browser too.
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#5Here's my question off the bat: Facebook is known for using Onavo to find networks that take off and then buying them (I forget names - tbh was it?). I know of course this early in the process you don't know what the future holds, but are you open to acquisition by Facebook? I place a very high value on using the product depending on that answer.
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#6I find the pitch story compelling and the idea intriguing, but having people download an app for it strikes me as frictional and a bit invasive.
Essentially you are asking me to volunteer relationships that are usually in a somewhat fragile state (i.e. valued but undermaintained) to some impersonal external system that's going to send growth-hack-like e-mails to them and ask them to download apps.
How about something more akin to a personal CRM app where I could unilaterally enter some of my friends and it could help me maintain engagement through reminders or scheduling assistance (or say, location awareness?). I would have downloaded that in a second, and I would posit that a lot of others would as well since most people strongly identify with the "people I wish I had kept in touch more" message.
Monetization might later come in from the business angle to the same idea (maintain engagement with valuable contacts, using only an app).
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#7Are you serious about the font choice on the website?
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#8I find the pitch story compelling and the idea intriguing, but having people download an app for it strikes me as frictional and a bit invasive. Essentially you are asking me to volunteer relationships that are usually in a somewhat fragile state (i.e. valued but undermaintained) to some impersonal external system that's going to send growth-hack-like e-mails to them and ask them to download apps. How about something…
Likewise! I would love to have a "personal CRM" if it was well done. Preferably integrated with my phone's contact database, but also usable via my computer with a real keyboard.
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#9Follow up question to the Facebook question should you answer no, how do you expect to pay for everything?
How do you think you will be different from path? https://hn.algolia.com/?query=path&sort=byPopularity&prefix&...
(Just to identify which path) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3563016
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#10I like the idea, reminds me of the "Smart Contact Reminder" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.barta.stayi...) app for Android. Too bad this one is not available for Android (yet?). However, there is definitely a market for a Personal CRM like this. Desktop access would be great. Maybe even like a web-app like Tinyblue (https://tinyblu.com)?