Ask HN: What Is Today's Best Analytics Product?
What is everyones favourite cross platform analytics? In particular tracking events and users flow.
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Ask HN: How many users denotes a successful smoke test?
When running 'Smoke Test' landing pages to test ideas before MVP what do people use as an indicator whether to proceed to MVP?Obviously signups but how many and how quick would you expect to see before commenting to build MVP?Are there other metrics people have had success tracking?
Re:Ask HN: How do you quickly test out new product/app ideas?
on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:48AM (#16315274)
I completely agree with this. If a product is meant to be free then give it away if you intend on charging some day you need top get people to pay from the start. Even if its a small amount.
Also if users will pay for a buggy prototype then it is clearly something they really want.
Ask HN: Can you get enough data from a smoke test web page?
Hey HN,When looking to get customer validation on a new idea it seems a lot of people go down the route of web page smoke test.Setting a page up explaining the proposed product features and giving customers the opportunity to pre register or buy. Then if you get a good response build out your MVP.I have used this myself with mixed results and wonder what peoples thoughts are?Do you think you...
Ask HN: Anyone know any good herbal remedies for alertness?
What do people favor as herbal remedies for helping with alertness and combat tiredness (besides sleep) lol.
Ask HN: Anyone know a good support API with Logging?
Has anyone come across a support API compatible with iOS that has logs of user activity to help diagnose issues?
Ask HN: Good Support API recommendations?
Hi HN,Has anyone got any recommendations for good Support desk API's that can integrate into iOS apps?Thanks
Re:Ask HN: Good Places for Networking in and Around the Bay Area
on Monday January 30, 2017 @02:57AM (#13519358)
Thanks.
Ask HN: Good Places for Networking in and Around the Bay Area
I am a tech founder based in the UK and studied for a short while in California. I currently go back out there a few times a year and am looking for where to find the best places for networking with other founders.Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.Thanks
Ask HN: Why hasn't someone created a similar service to Parse?
This may be an obvious question but has anyone considered (or built) a similar service to Parse in wake of it closing? I know they have open sourced it but it would take the headache of managing servers etc?
Re:Ask HN: Looking for feedback on business concept – Startup Mentor
on Monday November 14, 2016 @08:29AM (#12949677)
Thanks you very much for your feedback. Glad to hear your just about to hook up with a mentor. I may have given the wrong impression / not been very clear in my last post. It would be more geared towards a founder starting out in an industry but looking for particular help from an industry professional.
As far as the cost concept goes, as we loosely based the concept on the way Code mentor works we were looking at their pricing model. if you have a mentor in the sense you are doing they don not charge like that!
I take your point on board especially about the 'wantraprenurs'. I have bumped into people like that alot in my time.
Thanks again for the thoughts.
Ask HN: Looking for feedback on business concept – Startup Mentor
Hi HNMyself and my co founder have been looking into an Idea to help startups in their early days and want to get some feedback from the community.The concept is called Startup Mentor and is a similar concept to Codementor but for startups. It allows anyone to request either a chat or video session with other founders or industry professionals, in a range of issues for a small fee per 15...
Ask HN: Has anyone had these issues when buying/ selling a house?
I have recently been going through the process of moving home and there were a few points I thought were really annoying. I would be really interested to hear if anyone else has come across these issues or found a solution?There are so many properties in the listing sites around your price range that it is quite hard to differentiate. Why isn't there a way to be able to splits and optimise your...
Alicia Keys bans cell phones and concerts THIS IS CRAZY
Show HN: Heroku for Live Streaming
Hi HN,We have been looking into creating a Heroku for Live Streaming for a while and now have the first version live.The idea is that anyone can setup and streaming node and then our infrastructure will handle all the transcode and CDN for the event. Unlike others this service would only charge you for the time and data used and have NO MONTHLY FEES. Some other key features are:Analytics: We...
Ask HN: Looking for Feedback on Heroku for Live Streaming Idea
Hi HN,I have been looking into creating a Heroku for Live Streaming.The idea is that anyone can setup and streaming node and then our infrastructure will handle all the transcode and CDN for the event. Unlike others this service would only charge you for the time and data used and have no monthly fees.Some other key features are:Analytics: We give detailed analytics about who watched, where and...
Re:Ask HN: Looking for Feedback on Replacing Your DVD Library Online
on Monday March 21, 2016 @06:08AM (#11327074)
Looks interesting.
Re:Ask HN: Looking for Feedback on Replacing Your DVD Library Online
on Sunday March 20, 2016 @04:02PM (#11324393)
Thanks for the comments. We are still looking into the legal ramifications in different countries and territories as they vary quite widely.
The selling of the DVD's and then offering access to the movie is based on the concept of movie rental. We would own a rental copy of the movies which you would have access to under the monthly payments.
This would however mean gaining deals with the major studios and so it may return back to the initial concept which means that it is more like iTunes match for movies.
The Prices are per month.
Thanks for the heads up about the Kickstarter project. Looks interesting.
Ask HN: Has anyone done a GV Sprint?
I am a single founder and thinking of using Google Ventures Sprint method to test a new idea and prototype within 5 days. Has anyone done one before? Either in a team or alone?
Ask HN: Looking for Feedback on Replacing Your DVD Library Online
We have been looking into a new concept to replace your DVD Collection. We think it is crazy that in this day and age if you want to watch a DVD you have to dig out that disc, hope its not scratched and set up the DVD player. Our concept is that you would scan your DVD's barcodes and then send the discs to us. We add a digital copy to your library on the site and then sell the dvd's and send...
Ask HN: Looking for Feedback on Media Storage Idea
We are looking into a new video storage and streaming service and are looking for feedback. We are creating a cloud service to store all your movies and allow you to stream them from anywhere. There will be both free and paid tiers available depending on how much storage is required.Its a bit like Plex however you don’t need a server at home and not have to rely on your home upload speed.Link...
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please inclu...
on Friday March 11, 2016 @04:30PM (#11269681)
We are looking into a new video storage and streaming service and are looking for feedback. We are creating a cloud service to store all your movies and allow you to stream them from anywhere. There will be both free and paid tiers available depending on how much storage is required.
Its a bit like Plex however you don’t need a server at home and not have to rely on your home upload speed.
Link to concept site: www.streamlyapp.com
We also have a way that you can scan the barcode of your DVD’s and we add it to your account to save upload.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated
Is there room for a more social Periscope?
Re:HN Office Hours with Michael Seibel and Aaron Harris
on Friday January 22, 2016 @02:04PM (#10954838)
Hi Micheal and Aaron
Our startup is called Streamly and is a live video platform for artists to share their live shows with fans round the world. We're in the early stages with a few users.
My question is based around traction channels for my startup. And another question if you have time based around co founders
Ask HN: How do you identify what is a small initial market?
I have heard a lot about going after a small initial market and try and get a few dedicated users to love your product before expanding out. My question is what are some good tips for identifying a small initial market? What's too big? Should it be geographical?
Show HN: Streamly – New Live Music Streaming App Looking for Feedback
Hi HN, My co founder and I have been working on a Live Music Video Streaming App called Streamly.It allows artist to stream their live shows direct from their iPhone to their fans that can't make the show.Were looking for any feedback and so anyone who has a minute to check it out and post feedback would be much...
Re:Ask HN: Feedback for New Video Streaming App
on Thursday October 22, 2015 @04:22AM (#10431020)
Thanks GFisher, I must have missed that typo. I will try it in Show HN instead.
The app is aimed at artists broadcasting their own gigs and so hopefully shouldn't run into legal issues.
Thanks for taking the time to look into it and for the feedback.
Ask HN: Feedback for New Video Streaming App
Hi HN,My co founder and I have been working on a Live Music Video Streaming App called Streamly.It allows artist to stream their live shows direct from their iPhone to their fans that can't make the show.Were looking for any feedback and so anyone who has a minute to check it out and post feedback would be much...
Are we in a bubble?
Re:How do I develop skills necessary for a job as a programmer at a st...
on Monday August 17, 2015 @04:18PM (#10075831)
I agree with the comment below, specific skills will be different depending on what company. I came into programing and CS from concert Lighting 5 years ago. I started learning iOS however if I did it again I would learn something like Javascript/ html of Java first to get an understanding of the concepts. Check out Code Academy.
Also I would get an idea of what kind of role your after and learn the relevant language.
If you are interested in basic programming courses and have the time the Stanford courses (CS106A and CS106B) which are on iTunes U are good starting points.
Hope that helps.