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Re:Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living by momciloo on Monday February 03, 2025 @01:11PM (#42921049)
It's supplemental, but it's enough to make living where we live. When I first started, I worried about creating competition by sharing too much. But after 6 years of refining production, I've realized this product isn't easy to replicate at all
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Re:Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living by j45 on Monday February 03, 2025 @01:14PM (#42921080)
It's almost always the case that anyone who thinks something is easy to replicate will realize the product is the marketing, sales, creating/building, delivery, billing, and not just any tech.

Happy for you having a family activity.

Binding is a good skill to have, remember it from my school days.

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Re:Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living by rhubarbtree on Monday February 03, 2025 @02:38PM (#42921943)
I used to think tech was a small part of a startup. Now I think it’s a _very_ small part.
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Re:Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living by throw_away32 on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:35PM (#42923527)
Small part of successful startups.

Those that focus more on technology instead of the product often fails, unless technology is the actual startup (database companies, PaaS etc.). Even then it is often a good choice just to select something "boring" that everyone knows.

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Re:Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living by cptskippy on Monday February 03, 2025 @01:39PM (#42921307)
How does your product differ from the Flipbook Photobooths that people have at their weddings? They're able to create flipbooks on demand that are very high quality.
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Re:Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living by momciloo on Monday February 03, 2025 @01:59PM (#42921524)
I haven’t held a flipbook like that in my hands, but the main benefit of ours is that you can upload any video from your phone anytime - you don’t need to be at a wedding. The downside, of course, is the delivery time
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