Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride

Posted by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @05:56AM
from the self-post dept.

Hi guys,

Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride. I've experienced it first-hand for almost a decade, now.

As many of you know, your friendships will be critical when you're stuck in the mud or have to kill your startup. For about half of my entrepreneurial career, I haven't had a good friend group, and it really took a toll on my health and happiness.

So I decided never to go through it again, so I built an app that matches you to the most compatible people nearby for the purposes of friendship. For two years, I've been working on the compatibility algorithm and I'm super proud of the result.

Your support would be awesome, but it would make me even happier to know that you met some amazing people on We3.

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/we3

https://www.we3app.com

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by iampims on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @11:47AM (#16913592)

You should post this as a “Show HN: …”, you’ll get more visibility that way.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @12:37PM (#16914155)

Thanks! I'm a bit of a n00b at this, so I really appreciate it.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by dpeck on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @11:58AM (#16913715)

Fun fact, this is very close to the original goal of Adult Friend Finder before its pivot to a more specific type of connection.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @12:48PM (#16914269)

lol. not surprised, though. THat's where the money is. ANd that's why all other "friendship apps" are really thinly-veiled dating apps. SAD!

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by rajacombinator on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @06:15PM (#16917136)

Has it occurred to you that it’s not “where the money is,” but perhaps rather “where human behavior is?” There’s a reason “friendship” apps don’t work.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by troycarlson on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:49AM (#16918697)

I loved the marketing video on your Product Hunt post. It's the first app video I've ever laughed out loud at (the message thread emoji's). Great work.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by thvu1k on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:01PM (#16914402)

Very valuable mate, I'll be downloading and will spread the word! Where is most of your user base located?

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:12PM (#16914512)

We're mostly in English-speaking countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia). Especially cities like Boston, LA, NYC, London...

But we're growing the team now! We're no longer just two guys. So we should be growing much faster in the coming weeks/months.

Thanks for your support

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by developerdanny on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:18PM (#16914556)

I don't like that it says 'Always meet friends of the same gender'. As a male, I want to be able to meet female friends as well. Why is it limited by gender?

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:53PM (#16914860)

At the moment, we're keeping genders separate. I know, it's very 90's. The issue is that we're just two guys and we don't want to police the platform. The reality is that the friendship apps out there are thinly-veiled dating apps, and that's ruined it for everyone else just looking for friends.

I put down some more thoughts on this in this blog post: https://www.we3app.com/why-tribes-same-gender/

We'll be experimenting with mixed genders later this year, but it will have to be in a careful rollout to make sure it's not abused.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by matt_the_bass on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @02:49PM (#16915465)

Perhaps consider having no visible gender queues. Maybe go so far as to also not show names. If the goal is truely for friends, does the gender and name matter?

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @03:59PM (#16916025)

It doesn't, but the problem is that people aren't usually very kind to other people on the internet. So I can see a good chunk of users rollin' the dice and seeing if they match with attractive people, and if they don't, they just move along. This would ruin the experience for the other two people that are left hanging and feeling like shit. I really want to prevent that from happening.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by isaiahg on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:17PM (#16914545)

Love the idea and I'm downloading it right now. I know I've felt these same things nearly my whole adult life.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:50PM (#16914826)

Nice! I hope we can connect you with some awesome people nearby.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by esbafb8 on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:37PM (#16914717)

Love this mate - Thanks for creating and sharing something as valuable to connect people :)

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @02:04PM (#16914990)

Thank you! I really hope it helps to connect you with some awesome people.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by imhoguy on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @04:01PM (#16916042)

Nice idea! Oh no.. no Witcher in games I love ;(

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @04:10PM (#16916097)

Just added it!

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by julianilson on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @04:10PM (#16916103)

If you send an email to [email protected], I'll add that choice to your account.

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by imhoguy on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @04:17PM (#16916146)

And one more thing to add "I am often on..." - Hacker News of course!

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by segmondy on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @08:48AM (#16921004)

I like the animation, who made it?

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Re:Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride by gain_sky on Thursday April 26, 2018 @03:05AM (#16929475)

Are you still lonely though?

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