Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by golubevpavel on Saturday April 11, 2015 @12:02AM
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Here's my video that I submitted to YC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdR_2AODciE&feature=youtu.be
Might be useful for someone in the future.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by csense on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:43PM
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If you're "close to break even" that implies you're getting revenue somewhere. But your site says your product is free. So where is the money coming from?
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:45PM
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We don't charge publishers.
Appodeal makes money by selling to direct advertisers in bulk at a higher rate. Basically we charge advertisers, rather than publishers.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by zdarwazeh92 on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:43PM
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Hey i really like what your working on, lets chat.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:48PM
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Thank you, really glad to hear that. Inboxed.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by ashbrahma on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:36PM
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Interesting project. Could we chat? My email is on my profile page.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:39PM
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Thank you. Just sent you an e-mail. Would love to chat.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by yc_smith on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:51PM
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This is very similar to the mediation tool Heyzap (YC W09) https://www.heyzap.com has.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by golubevpavel on Saturday April 11, 2015 @12:01AM
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True. Hard to object.
Just to double check, are you from YC?
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by therealwill on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:37PM
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Awesome site! Really really well done.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:40PM
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Apparently, not well enough, haha.
Anyway, it might be a good thing after all.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by joshmlewis on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:43PM
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One of the last things YC cares about is your landing page. Yours is pretty good, don't sweat it.
Edit: To clarify, a good landing page is important but the other things like team, demo, video, and well written answers are more important IMO.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita...
by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:50PM
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Well, it took like 3 months to make it look like this.
First version was much worse. Luckily we had enough time to polish it up before public launch.
Have been working on it for almost a year now and really close to break even. Probably, because I am the only founder.