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Ask HN: Describe the one-sentence-pitch you are most proud of

Posted by apostolee on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:01PM
from the ask-hn dept.

To whom was it? We all have a really specific pitching moment we really remember.Mine was when I pitched to a Facebook employee, who was in a hurry, within 15 secs and after hearing the pitch, he stayed to see the prototype and give some advice. It wasn't huge, but it was something that makes you stronger. Thanks

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Re:Ask HN: have you ever seriously learnt something through online cou... on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @01:47PM (#7705993)
Tbh I haven't yet paid for any online course. I strongly believe that there are many quality free online courses out there.

But Udemy has great reputation. I strongly recommend you to take a course so as to be able to form your own opinion after all.

Re: on Monday February 03, 2014 @05:06PM (#7173847)
Don't count on that. Unless you have an algorithmic-based product your idea can't be "secured". This business plan protects you only from the copy of the exact same product, so, if someone alter this a little, you can't do anything. What is the best thing to do? Start it! By the time you have mockups, go out and test them, take feedback from potential target group, keep metrics of your protype. You don't necessarily need developer or designer to do this, take your validation. After that you can go to talks with funds in a much better position. Build-Measure-Learn. Hope this helps. :)

Would you do the same as Facebook did with Paper?

Posted by apostolee on Monday February 03, 2014 @04:54PM
from the self-post dept.

Let's assume you are the CEO of Facebook. You manage a Big company, you have lots of resources and you have an idea of a new product. You may have thought of Paper as name, you may love it, but you do know that there is a well-known app already on the App Store. So what would you do? You keep the name and launch, as Facebook did, knowing that you most probably will have the power to prevail or...

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Re:A startup launching the first Private Feta -not- a Beta in history on Sunday February 02, 2014 @04:41PM (#7167708)
Thanks! If you've got an iphone don't hesitate to apply for beta!
Re:A startup launching the first Private Feta -not- a Beta in history on Sunday February 02, 2014 @04:40PM (#7167706)
thanks guys! We thought that it would be better to make it in a "tizing" way ;)
Re:Coursera blocks access to students in Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @07:26AM (#7143406)
yeah, we're back to medieval ages...that's a shame...
Re:The problem is with the product on Saturday January 04, 2014 @10:09PM (#7014322)
Although I would not wear google glasses, i believe that they are "preparing the ground" for upcoming, better products (that won't be necessarily only glasses). Additionally, there are some niche markets that will adopt feats of the glass quite soon.

So no, Google Glasses are not that good , but yes there is potential that may lead to different trends.