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My pregnant wife has a similar app, it is called 'her mouth'. It is revolutionary: you go up to people and you simply state 'Hello, I am sorry, would you mind letting me sit here? I am pregnant.'
I don't get it. The whole concept only works if there are people who have deliberately installed the free version so that they actually get the notifications. Seems like a whole lot of work and £3.99 for a very small chance of anyone actually noticing. If you're pregnant and want my seat then just ask me - I'll always happily give it up.
I don't think it's reasonable to assume that the company behind this app did no research into the problem. It's possible that they didn't, but it's also possible that they asked pregnant women what problems they faced and discovered that actually getting a seat by asking people doesn't work as often as we'd like to think. That would be a really interesting discovery - on the face of it the problem shouldn't exist, bu…
Not to be that guy, but what happened to being a decent human being and just getting up for pregnant women and elderly people? Do we really need an app for that now? As a founder I really do see lot's of value in technology to drive our society forwards, but I just can't wrap my head around some stuff..
The last time I tried to offer my seat to a obviously pregnant women she responded with: "No thanks, I'm pregnant, not a cripple.". So yeah it's complicated sometimes ...
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More to the point, how will she integrate this with the latest NoSQL GraphQL SaaS written in Go lang?
What industry is she trying disrupt? Who are the early adopters? How many months to series A or angel investment, or will this be a crowdfunded innovation? Are we aiming for a possible unicorn/narwhal/decacorn here?
Edit: having said that, if they are looking at their phone or reading then maybe this app would work.
Not to be that guy, but what happened to being a decent human being and just getting up for pregnant women and elderly people? Do we really need an app for that now? As a founder I really do see lot's of value in technology to drive our society forwards, but I just can't wrap my head around some stuff..
I have literally once offered my seat to a pregnant woman on the Tube in London and it turned out that she was just overweight round the middle and not pregnant. It was extremely embarrassing for both of us. I greatly appreciate the women who wear these badges: https://tfl.gov.uk/forms/23479.aspx because it makes it unambiguous. It can honestly be hard on a packed London underground train to tell the difference betwe…
I'd only been in London about 2 days, I jumped up like a good boy scout, conscious of the fact I was in the "priority seat" (for those outside of London our tubes have the nearest seats to the door reserved for those less able or up the duff).
This lady burst into tears. I tried to apologise, then just got off and walked.
Since then I've firmly put the impetus on those in need to ask.
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What industry is she trying disrupt? Who are the early adopters? How many months to series A or angel investment, or will this be a crowdfunded innovation? Are we aiming for a possible unicorn/narwhal/decacorn here?
How will she ever fit into silicon valley culture without all these things ?!
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I don't think it's reasonable to assume that the company behind this app did no research into the problem. It's possible that they didn't, but it's also possible that they asked pregnant women what problems they faced and discovered that actually getting a seat by asking people doesn't work as often as we'd like to think. That would be a really interesting discovery - on the face of it the problem shouldn't exist, bu…
I doubt you have absolutely no insight into it - you've probably given up your seat a few times. I have at least, and usually without a single word being spoken. I've witnessed it and done it dozens of times, yet I've never seen anyone get belligerent about it.
This is a really common situation with most startup ideas. If you ask people who have no information about the problem what they think you'll get feedback that isn't worth anything. This is one of the reasons why getting good feedback is hard.
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What industry is she trying disrupt? Who are the early adopters? How many months to series A or angel investment, or will this be a crowdfunded innovation? Are we aiming for a possible unicorn/narwhal/decacorn here?
How will she ever fit into silicon valley culture without all these things ?!