The Hipmunk & Reddit formula: minimalist design; cute logo.

Re:The Hipmunk & Reddit formula: minimalist design; cute logo. by callmeed on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @02:42PM (#2360682)

It's funny that he warns against describing your startup at "The X of Y"

and then Harj said this the other day:

http://twitter.com/Harjeet/status/49007424711049216

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Re:The Hipmunk & Reddit formula: minimalist design; cute logo. by cletus on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @03:04PM (#2360806)

I consider that extraordinarily bad advice.

If you think about the elevator pitch or even the 5-10 seconds of someone's attention you may get, "the X of Y" is a pretty efficient means of communicating what you do and how you do it.

Sure it can also get overused and there is always the trap of thinking that there has to be an X for every Y ("the Priceline of Dating anyone?").

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Re:The Hipmunk & Reddit formula: minimalist design; cute logo. by cpeterso on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @09:18PM (#2362355)

> "the Priceline of Dating anyone?"

Does (YC W11 startup) Grubwith.us count? :)

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