Verbling: The instant way to practice and learn a language

Re:Verbling: The instant way to practice and learn a language by noblethrasher on Thursday August 25, 2011 @02:59PM (#2926006)

"I hate when a company is the something for something else. Be unique."

At the risk of appeal to authority:

"In fact, I explicitly tell YC startups to explain themselves to investors as "the x of y" whenever possible."

-pg

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1216008 http://www.paulgraham.com/investors.html (see point 14)

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Re:Verbling: The instant way to practice and learn a language by mmahemoff on Thursday August 25, 2011 @05:26PM (#2926513)

investors!=consumers

"The x of y" can be okay for consumers too, but only a select few brands are familiar to mainstream consumers. e.g. " Facebook for businesses" or "Google for real estate" work.

Penis aside, ChatRoulette too obscure for most people and especially a long time after its peak.

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