Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your startup

Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by tmoravec on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:23AM (#17592195)

Why do you think that my _particular_ audience frequents either of these directories? Entrepreneurs should go after their customers, first and foremost. Submitting to irrelevant directories is not only lost time. It's dangerous because it suggests that we are doing something useful and that we don't have to chase the real audience anymore.

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Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by pmiri on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:26AM (#17592205)

I'm always wary of startup founders sharing startup launches to each other. Big red flag. Completely skews all advice/critique/reception.

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Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by mkirklions on Monday July 23, 2018 @09:25AM (#17592537)

Yep, I posted my website asking for critique, half the users were complaining about my 4s load time and didnt mention a thing about the information presented.

Thousands of people use my website a week, apparently they dont care about 4s load times.

My actual audience has bothered me to create more content more frequently.

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Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by p0nce on Monday July 23, 2018 @11:03AM (#17593222)

Only on HN I heard that my products were ugly. None of thousands of users ever reported that.

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Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by davidw on Monday July 23, 2018 @12:47PM (#17593938)

Yep: I have a side project that I used stock bootstrap with. People on HN invariably complain about that. Actual users? Not one, ever.

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Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by JOnAgain on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:47AM (#17592325)

Except when we're the target market.

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Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by TomK32 on Monday July 23, 2018 @01:36PM (#17594316)

I'm fine with others doing it so I can have a better picture of the competition in the personal finance sector that I'm developing an app for.

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Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by Alex3917 on Monday July 23, 2018 @12:38PM (#17593864)

There's something to be said for having a product that's stable and bug-free. If the first person to use your product does so in the middle of your first enterprise sale, it's probably not going to go very well.

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Re:Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to submit your... by jsonne on Monday July 23, 2018 @12:35PM (#17593847)

If it's B2C and you're going after affluent tech early adopters the folks that frequent these galleries likely are your target market.

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