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Startup user statistics comparison 14 days post launch...
I’m curious if the HN community can give me a comparative sense for how we’re doing 14 days after launch (we needed five of those days to fix before our internal team started sharing it with their contacts). We’ve also utilized maybe 2% of the mass marketing approaches available to us, thus far.The site is Kumbuya (http://www.kumbuya.com).It’s early, but how do we stack up against sites that...
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup (it's called Kumbuya)
on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @12:23PM (#2510605)
Thanks tgrass... I agree; we'll try to simplify it.
Ask HN: Review my startup (it's called Kumbuya)
We're about to launch Kumbuya (www.kumbuya.com) - where you promote the businesses you love by creating and sharing your own deal of the day. It's another take on the coupon / deal phenomenon, but with Kumbuya, you create the deal for the products and services you want. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Re:A device for Twitter for the developing world...
on Friday July 02, 2010 @05:40PM (#1482459)
narkee,
Thanks for the comment.
I suppose the same thing will happen that happens in the US...
Re:A device for Twitter for the developing world...
on Friday July 02, 2010 @05:40PM (#1482453)
zmmz,
Thank you very much!
Re:A device for Twitter for the developing world...
on Friday July 02, 2010 @05:39PM (#1482451)
rameshnid,
Thanks for the comment.
We're working out all of those issues, including the possibility of providing a hieroglyphics based communication mechanism for bi-directional picture story telling via Twitter.
Re:A device for Twitter for the developing world...
on Friday July 02, 2010 @05:38PM (#1482449)
jeb,
Thanks for the (sort of harsh) comment.
The use of Twitter in what I'm doing is not for idle fun - it's to give people a way to communicate to the outside world that doesn't depend on anyone else.
A farmer will be able to ask a question about crop rotation; a college student can ask about what it's like to attend a Western institution - a tribal leader can tell the world about how aid workers are raping women in their remote village. Right now, it simple isn't possible to expose the world to what's happening. Five billion people on earth do not have internet access, and communication is not the same via cell phone.
Re:A device for Twitter for the developing world...
on Friday July 02, 2010 @05:35PM (#1482445)
bmelton,
Thanks for your comment!
Five billion people on earth have no internet access. Many are living in complete poverty, without any infrastructure, and/or under an oppressive government.
The benefit is to give these people a way to communicate with, learn from, and contribute to, the rest of the world - we hope to give a voice to the voiceless.
I picked Twitter b/c messages can be moved efficiently via satellite, and there is an existing global network of contributors to answer questions and to help.
A device for Twitter for the developing world...
I've started a new project and I would like to get the HN community's thoughts.I'm creating a device for using Twitter that:1) is totally self-contained, 2) uses solar / hand crank power, and 3) uses satellites for connectivity (so it can be used anywhere on Earth).The device will take different form factors, i.e. one version will be a tablet, one will be a large, free standing unit that a...
Re:London-based start-up allows anyone to print their own newspaper.
on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @02:34PM (#1196445)
more than a year ago i started The Printed Blog www.theprintedblog.com we were the first print newspaper comprised entirely of blogs and other online content. we were discussed in every print newspaper in the world, including the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/technology/start-ups/22blo...) after going through around 300k of my own money (and some angel money), we couldn't sustain the business. i wrote about why here blog.theprintedblog.com