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Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by ddw »

hayksaakian wrote: post #20
bduerst wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doubtful about backpackbang. All it is going to take is a couple smuggling stings on the travelers, and then they will have the reputation as not being safe. I mean, who wants to spend their vacation in a foreign prison, waiting for the consulate? Or risk losing their job for smuggling a couple hundred dollars?

Seems like something wealthy people would be interested in. Maybe that's why it stands out.

Do wealthy people need all the hassle to save a few hundred dollars on a Macbook?

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by callmeed »

kyro wrote: post #2

Congrats to Chas and the Aptible bunch. Really smart guys. Also saw they joined RockHealth. Tackling a ton of hard problems in healthcare to make it easy for people to build apps. Learned quite a bit about HIPAA compliance from their blog, but it seems like they've taken that stuff down, unfortunately.

I looked at it the other day and it starts at $3,500/month. That's pretty much a non-starter for any bootstrapped health startup that wants to deploy a working MVP.

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by hayksaakian »

ddw wrote: post #21
hayksaakian wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like something wealthy people would be interested in. Maybe that's why it stands out.

Do wealthy people need all the hassle to save a few hundred dollars on a Macbook?

maybe you want a fancy wine or a cuban cigar.

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by nailer »

samirmenon wrote: post #11

I'm not sure I understand how Women.com "verfies" that you are a woman. It seems a bit presumptuous to ask someone to "verify" their gender.

Datch verifies gender does it by asking for an long-existing Facebook profile with real friends.

AirBnB uses a third party you send a scan or photo of your passport to. The third party can apparently tell both fake documents and doctored images.

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by davidPB »

lukasm wrote: post #4

My prediction - in 4 year: backpackbang will dodge the bullets and be valued 300mln Biotech & Nuclear will continue research. One will yield value. Rest will pivot, acquihire or die.

If you believe in the backpack idea, here is a whole list http://blog.piggybee.com/2014/08/delivery-by-travelers.html

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by facepalm »

davemel37 wrote: post #13
samirmenon wrote: post #11

I'm not sure I understand how Women.com "verfies" that you are a woman. It seems a bit presumptuous to ask someone to "verify" their gender.

There is actually a forum my wife participates in for Married Orthodox Jewish Women that has done an excellent job qualifying users before letting them in. They ask questions that even their husbands wouldn't know. All women.com needs to do is ask questions about feminine products and they'll keep out most men. Edit: For the record, my wife participates in the forum dozens of times a day. The ability to discuss sensi…

Maybe men can find female friends to help answering the questions.

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by jiggy2011 »

davemel37 wrote: post #15
Mandatum wrote: post #14

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Are the questions catered to American women, or are they universal? Do you have a few examples? I find it interesting that this works.. I can't imagine what you'd ask men. Cars? I know nothing about them. Tools? No idea. Cooking, sport, shaving your beard.. I've got a beard trimmer?

Many months ago there was a thread on HN about words that only males or females know the definition of... Thats one option... (I can't track it down.) In the case of verifying women, you can simply ask the difference between different tampons or whatnot and most guys will have no clue. There are lots of things that ALL WOMEN know that men don't. In the case of the forum my wife participates in, they ask questions abo…

Are these things not googleable?

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by tel »

davemel37 wrote: post #15
Mandatum wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are the questions catered to American women, or are they universal? Do you have a few examples? I find it interesting that this works.. I can't imagine what you'd ask men. Cars? I know nothing about them. Tools? No idea. Cooking, sport, shaving your beard.. I've got a beard trimmer?

Many months ago there was a thread on HN about words that only males or females know the definition of... Thats one option... (I can't track it down.) In the case of verifying women, you can simply ask the difference between different tampons or whatnot and most guys will have no clue. There are lots of things that ALL WOMEN know that men don't. In the case of the forum my wife participates in, they ask questions abo…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7949183 is the men/women kne.

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by jacquesm »

hayksaakian wrote: post #23
ddw wrote: post #21

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Do wealthy people need all the hassle to save a few hundred dollars on a Macbook?

maybe you want a fancy wine or a cuban cigar.

Maybe whatever you take along has a bunch of cocaine in it.

I'm a pretty experienced traveller and I do people all kinds of favours but I'm fairly picky about what I take across borders for others. As in: I get to inspect the item inside and out beforehand.

Re: YC Demo Day Session 4

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Post by DanBC »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #27
davemel37 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many months ago there was a thread on HN about words that only males or females know the definition of... Thats one option... (I can't track it down.) In the case of verifying women, you can simply ask the difference between different tampons or whatnot and most guys will have no clue. There are lots of things that ALL WOMEN know that men don't. In the case of the forum my wife participates in, they ask questions abo…

Are these things not googleable?

Or people could try asking on the Judaism Stack Exchange: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/
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