TomSawada
Re:How to Not Launch a Startup
on Saturday February 01, 2020 @01:29PM (#22212197)
Wow! If this was hard for us, I can only imagine how hard that must have been. Kudos to you for going through such a storm. We're OK now, the product is working and we have users, but we could have easily gone up in smoke. Good thing your business actually became a business and it was good for everybody involved.
How to Not Launch a Startup
Show HN: Built web app and PWA for musicians. Match loops, create bands and jam
Why does it take so long to launch a startup?
Ask HN: What music-making apps or websites are you using?
We're building a web/mobile app for practicing your instrument and selling short pieces of music (loops). We've assessed a bunch of music making apps, but besides Garage Band or a few other apps, it seems these don't have that many users. So, if you play an instrument and use apps, which ones are you using and why? Thanks!
Toastmasters for Elevator Pitch
Hey all,We were looking for a place (or space actually) to practice our elevator pitch and get feedback from our peers, and have a ton of that. Since we couldn't find any good online and free resources, we kinda decided to start our own. Pitchcircle.wordpress.com We get together once a week through G Hangout and deliver a 2 minute speech + 4 minute Q&A. Anyone can join - you don't have to...
Re:Ask HN: How did you meet your co-founder(s)?
on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @06:59PM (#9417739)
College. We did a finance case competition and we won, so we thought it'd be a good idea to work together. We wrote/edited a book "Words of the Music Masters" (failed), then we coached a few seminars for college students/recent graduates (failed!) and finally some consulting (sucked). That was 6 years ago. We both took jobs, now we're back.
It's really interesting, we've failed miserably together and starved, we're kinda bulletproof now. Besides, being hungry but not alone made us closer, we're like brothers now. seriously.
Re:Show HN: Get an alert when a journalist tweets your keywords
on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @06:43PM (#9417646)
So, I'm back. I recommended it to a few colleagues, they're gonna try it as well. Let me take back a few things I said: I'd pay for this, but not that much. But, agencies and PR firms (obvious) could actually get a lot of value out of something like this.
Best of luck
Re:Show HN: Get an alert when a journalist tweets your keywords
on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @10:09AM (#9381046)
Just signed up. I like the product, although I don't know if I'd pay for it, or if I'd pay a lot. In my case (I'm at pre-launch), press is something I'm looking for, but I'm not entirely sure how well can an app like this be of help. So, what I'm saying is: let me try it and give you better feedback .
Cheers!
Ask HN: Please review my Startup OneMillionLoops.com
We are launching a crowdsourced platform for loops. It makes it easier for musicians to find any loop they want and jam to them by changing tempos, adding metronome and looping on repeat. Loops are for sell in high quality multi-track, all musicians can make money by uploading and selling their loops to the community.If we have any musicians in the house, would you use it?Do you (or would) buy...
Ask HN: Validation process email response rate
We're validating our idea (www.onemillionloops.com) with a video + landing page.Although we're getting emails subscribing, the majority of people are not answering back when we email them asking for some feedback (the email does not have the questions, we're playing nice and asking if it's ok with them to send some questions). We're getting a ton of feedback from friends and acquaintances, but...
Re:Ask HN: Feedback for MVP? OneMillionLoops
on Thursday March 12, 2015 @04:25PM (#9193616)
Hey, Tom (co-founder) here. Thanks in advance for any feedback you guys can give us! Looking forward to getting some hardcore feedback hahahah :)
My productivity has clearly increased from using Boomerang for gmail
I'm full time job in consulting/biz dev and getting my start-up off the ground. I've been using (boomerang for gamil) boomeranggmail.com and seriously, I don't have to remember about sending emails or following-up (key in both biz dev and start-ups). I'm surprised most people I've met don't know it/use it.
Re:The Beginner’s Dilemma: Your First 100 Hours of Code
on Thursday February 26, 2015 @05:20PM (#9115970)
Agree for the most part. I'm not the technical co-founder, but I had to learn to code... from scratch. The "all hands on deck" approach for the first part of getting a project off the ground meant I had to learn how to code. So, CodeAcademy, W3S and others came in handy. I'm not anywhere near where I should be (I think I'll never be), but starting broad and only THEN making your preferred language choices seem like the path to go (my technical co-founder keeps suggesting languages and I keep saying "sure, but first let me understand this...).