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Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, BeautyBloc.com on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:19PM (#2218153)
That is a really good suggestion - we'll see how we can incorporate it! Thanks again for your feedback!
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, BeautyBloc.com on Monday February 14, 2011 @12:13AM (#2215385)
That makes a lot of sense - thanks so much for your thoughtful feedback!

I certainly didn't think of the negative Cold War implications, since I am originally from Ukraine and the Soviet Bloc was not perceived as a negative thing on our side of the world.

I will do some more research with others to see if this is enough of a deal-breaker to require a name change.

Thanks again!

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, BeautyBloc.com on Saturday February 12, 2011 @03:51PM (#2211094)
We chose it to reflect a group of people coming together to collectively reach a common objective. In this case, a deal. What implications does it have for you?

Ask HN: Review my startup, BeautyBloc.com

Posted by IdeaGarage on Friday February 11, 2011 @06:48PM
from the ask-hn dept.

We're positioning BeautyBloc.com as the "Groupon for beauty products and services." The idea is that by being more targeted, we will get higher quality customers for our merchants and also provide deals that are more relevant for the our opt in subscribers. Would love to get any and all feedback you may have on the business model, the best way to merchant leads, drive traffic to the site, the...

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