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I didn't get into YC – here's my project
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Re: I didn't get into YC – here's my project
#32Rejected as well; http://pivotal.ws
Personally, I'd love to use this if it can provide context to my photos. No one gets context right. Couple that with discovery and you have a winning proposition.
I don't think the rejection has anything to do with the product itself. I reckon they got a lot of applications this year they wanted to fund that drowned out a lot of the other applications (such as mine, to ally different story though:)).
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#34http://jarvis.co
don't mind it, seems like the future will have this
Thanks. We are working on an API version of it. http://blog.sekai.io/ Right now we are just making a text->action API so developers can use it to control internet of things, later we are going to integrate voice api if there is a strong need.
Re: I didn't get into YC – here's my project
#35ah yeah http://quill.org HN, we're an open source nonprofit, and we'd like to collaborate with other developers. Check out our code here: https://github.com/empirical-org/quill And if you'd like to contribute, we've got a few interesting projects in the works, including building a free writing section with NLP! You can reach me at peter (at) quill (dot) org
why the email is "optional"? you should try to get emails instead, and build a mailing list of people interested in your product!
It is optional for students, required for teachers. Our focus is on 6th-8th grade, and students at that age often don't have school emails.
Re: I didn't get into YC – here's my project
#36Qonvo http://qonvo.me
Re: I didn't get into YC – here's my project
#37ah yeah http://quill.org HN, we're an open source nonprofit, and we'd like to collaborate with other developers. Check out our code here: https://github.com/empirical-org/quill And if you'd like to contribute, we've got a few interesting projects in the works, including building a free writing section with NLP! You can reach me at peter (at) quill (dot) org
This is actually nice looking and has a great purpose. Maybe they didn't select you because there's no billion-dollar exit strategies for education services..? I think it could make a really great product though.
Re: I didn't get into YC – here's my project
#38ah yeah http://quill.org HN, we're an open source nonprofit, and we'd like to collaborate with other developers. Check out our code here: https://github.com/empirical-org/quill And if you'd like to contribute, we've got a few interesting projects in the works, including building a free writing section with NLP! You can reach me at peter (at) quill (dot) org
Love the concept! Keep at it :)
Thanks! The YC bump would be nice, but it doesn't really make a difference. Focus on the experience you're creating for your users, and the rest is marginal.
Re: I didn't get into YC – here's my project
#39http://www.inputfarm.com
Sorry, but do you realize that the "designer feedback" in your screenshot is beyond useless? Feedback should be descriptive, not prescriptive. "Spacing is good" and "this is clear" don't really add much, nor does "header?", especially without the designer's thinking. I think the price point here doesn't make sense for the type of feedback you're showcasing in the screenshot. Other than that, could be a cool product i…
really appreciate the feedback, and i agree.. the feedback needs to skew towards "useful things you can do to improve your site, preferably the easiest things to do"
TBH: they were the first two reviews we got done and that is what the designers came up with.. we wanted to soft launch and improve rather than wait for the 'perfect sample'
we've since run about 10 more (actually getting a bunch of websites to review from HN) and the reviews are getting better so we'll be replacing those samples soon...
one thing that we've seen from these reviews is that there are some great projects out there that need website help - sometimes i think people lose site of the fact that even a small startup can look as big as Apple if they have a decent website.
(also note i'm a dev not designer - we started this idea because i've needed it countless times on projects i've been working on)
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
reminds me of Daps'em from a few years back: http://thenextweb.com/eu/2011/04/05/give-your-friends-a-virt...
yeah, if we had known about all those ideas, we wouldn't have bothered with pplrep. There was another similar idea called "honestly" or something. Our YC application, it wasn't even serious and they asked us to make a video last minute yesterday cause we never bothered with a video. I made one in my dark apartment on the spot. Honestly, if pplrep was actually working out and we had impressive user growth, we'd never…
yc's not about the startup cash it's about the access to influential people