HMO - Kickstarter advice. I'm helping my mad scientist inventor friend launch his Kickstarter. He has created an amazing water flight machine (think Flyboard-ish) and is launching the Kickstarter in 2 months and asked me to help with running the technical side of the campaign.
Do you have:
1. Advice? Who to talk to, what to do, what to avoid?
2. Connections? Writers, bloggers, outdoor enthusiasts.
HMO: Help Me Out
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#12I love the idea for this thread. Contact information in my profile.
Help me out:
I just finished a PhD in math. Before that, I did a bunch of tech startups. I'm not staying in academia, nor am I looking for a job right away. Here's some of the things I'm thinking or would like to talk about:
- I haven't done much hacking in about 7 years. Loosely speaking, I'm looking to bring my new math/analytical skills to bear while renewing my technical skills.
- designing hardware. I've designed an built a few boards, know some Verilog, etc., but looking to increase my EE knowledge and design capability.
- building EDA tools, think learning "compilers for hardware".
- formal proof systems, HoTT, Coq, etc.
- learning some probability theory (something I never had to learn properly) with an eye, perhaps, towards finance.
How I can help:
- Math. I know some. My research is in topology, I'm not sure that would be of practical use to anyone (unless you're trying to learn topology).
- deep background in compilers, computer architecture, programming languages (co-founder of compiler/tools startup, bunch of patents, Fortune 500 acquisition)
- lots of tech startup experience, but I'm not sure I have anything special to add beyond what the larger HN community can offer.
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#13HMO with marketing I know very little about marketing both online and offline, i've had some ideas but really have no knowledge on whether its good or not. I'm kinda in an analysis paralysis state of not knowing if i'm going to piss away all my money because i dont know what will work. Email in my HN profile.
Email sent.
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#14I began work on a project about two months ago. I'm convinced people would pay for this cryptocurrency-related service. I'm learning full-stack JS as I go and sometimes I wish I had someone to code with. One problem I see is how to keep my idea mine while getting help from others?
"One problem I see is how to keep my idea mine while getting help from others?"
Generally, don't bother. Focus on executing fast and well. Otherwise, someone else who does focus on execution will have your idea before you're done and blow you out of the water - blow everyone else out instead, with whatever resources you can bring to bear.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Haha awesome! 10 minutes, I'm glad you lasted that long :) I hope it's the best JS you've ever written :P I haven't contacted them, no. I've been meaning to go to Brighton though as I hear the tech scene down there is actually very interesting indeed. Thanks for the link, I'll get in touch!
Actually, I listened well past 10mins, but then the Oasis cover triggered a previous-life flashback and I had to stop :o) FWIW, I work out of a coworking space at http://wyche.in , out here in The Shire. Ping me an email (in profile) if you'd like me to intro you to the boss here, in case that's helpful.
The Shire, eh? I'm from one of those!
I'll be in touch :) Thank you very much for the offer!
EDIT: Apologies about the Oasis cover, I'm afraid it's just such a moneymaker. I can't resist.
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#16I am a data scientist with 10+ years of experience in Machine Learning. I am looking for consulting work. Please HMO by introducing me to start-ups looking to get started with data science. I will do discovery for free for right clients.
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#17This should become at category up there next to "jobs" "submit" etc
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#18I made a basketball management simulation video game: http://basketball-gm.com/
My original motivation was for fun and learning, but now I have several hundred people playing every day (average 1 hr each) and it's making $600/month in ads.
Problem is, I don't know how to take it to the next level. I think my main issues are no marketing knowledge and a complete lack of connections in the video game and sports industries. I think this could be much bigger if I could somehow overcome those deficits.
Longer version of this post: http://basketball-gm.com/pitch
Email me if you're interested in what I'm doing: jdscheff@gmail.com
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#19I've been working on a website for almost 2 years (on&off). I'm right there at the final push to get it live, but I think I'm just a little burnt out from it. One of the things I'm struggling with is the pricing model I want to use. I'm trying to find that balance of a simple pricing scheme that scales well. My site was made to run leagues & tourneys, and I'm a single founder. If anyone would like to talk with me on…
I don't know your specific metrics, but one way to consider it is to forget about money for a minute. If you were to use one of those metrics to judge how successful your users were, which would it be?
Intercom.io is a brilliant example of this. They could have priced a million different ways, but they chose to charge by active users on their customer's apps. Now I don't even care about the price, I'll be happy to be doing so well each time I go up one of their price bands!
"We think getting your whole team on Intercom is a good thing. And we think talking to your customers is a good thing too. So we won’t tax you for either. We charge you more as your user base grows. Our interests are aligned."
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#20Nice idea here.
- Help Me Out
I'm trying to bootstrap a software product (see profile) and would love to get a marketing advice on how to, well, market the thing.
- I Can Help With
Anything .NET. Close to 10 years of experience with everything starting from backend high-performance services to front-end with ASP.NET MVC to APIs and everything in between.