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Re:Launch HN: Firezone (YC W22) – Zero-trust access platform... by jimmar on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @04:46PM (#41175164)
In the spirit of constructive feedback, spend the time and effort to record your product demonstrations in a more professional environment. Or generate a fake background at a minimum.
Re:Launch HN: Firezone (YC W22) – Zero-trust access platform... by dang on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @05:02PM (#41175350)
In the spirit of sheepish confession: that is my fault. I always tell founders to make raw, unprofessional videos for their Launch HNs. In fact, here is my standard blurb about it:

"What works well for HN [demo video] is short and direct, with zero production values. Skip any introductions and jump straight into showing your product doing what it does best. It should take only a few seconds before we see it in action, doing something cool. Voiceover is good, but no marketing slickness—no fancy logos or background music or anything like that!"

I can see how maybe this could be counter-grain for some enterprise products.

Re:Launch HN: Firezone (YC W22) – Zero-trust access platform... by jamilbk on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @04:56PM (#41175282)
Appreciate the feedback! Will certainly plan to take the product demos up a notch going forward.
Re:Launch HN: Firezone (YC W22) – Zero-trust access platform... by mrbluecoat on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @10:22PM (#41177660)
I'm probably in the minority, but I actually really liked the scrappy, you-can-trust-us-because-I'm-not-wearing-a-tie vibe :D
Re:Launch HN: Firezone (YC W22) – Zero-trust access platform... by imor80 on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @09:34AM (#41181317)
I'd have definitely liked if the demo video was at least 1080p.