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Submittable (YC S12): How To Find The Pain That Creates Paying Customers

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Post by flexxaeon »

xanados wrote: post #6

First, let me say that in general I hate the negativity that has come to infect Hacker News, so it is only with much self-consciousness that I provide the following negative reaction. The mixergy post says "If you’ve heard me say that entrepreneurs should start by finding the pain, wait till you hear the first thing today’s guest did." (And the submission headline supports this lede.) The advice within the recording…

It's interesting, because while I agree with you that headlines like this come off as "fluffy link bait", I'm starting to think that Andrew does this (by design or not, not sure) because tit's the easiest piece of the interview to digest. These Mixergy interviews go way deeper than most I come across, and making a title about "getting over the reluctance of approaching potential users" would not be as attractive, although it's one of the best parts of the Q&A.

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orangethirty wrote: post #7
jasonshen wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Organizations and publications often have to receive documents from outside people for many reasons. Magazines accept article submissions from freelance writers. Academic journals receive papers from scientists. Companies receive resumes from jobseekers. These documents need to be reviewed by the organization and then decisions need to be made - should the article be published? Should we interview the candidate? Subm…

Thank you.

Hi. This is Michael (Submittable). I've been on a plane today. Just seeing this. But this answer is spot on. We came from a publishing background where publishers have an over-supply of content-see Clay Shirky's Congnitive Surplus for more on this- and they needed a simple way to accept and curate incoming work. Submittable was originally a tool for that, but has since branched out to accept and curate any kind of digital object: manuscripts, film, audio, images, links, applications, resumes, anything coming in that needs to be reviewed and acted on.
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