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Should I turn my motivational/accountability texting service into a startup?

Hi everyone,I'm a certified personal trainer and life coach. I personal train clients in-person and mentor people mostly over the phone in areas such as diet, fitness, and motivation.Just this year, I suggested my clients text me daily progress updates whenever they want and I'd respond accordingly. I'd say 80% of my clients text me their daily progress (like how well their diet is going or...

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Thank you for the response, meierjo!

I actually sleep on a wood "mattress" (two pieces of plywood). I'll look into the Original Mattress, as well. Thanks again!

Ask HN: Do you have low back pain? If so, what kind of mattress do you sleep on?

Hi everyone. I've had low back pain off and on for most of my adult life. I've had herniated discs, sciatica, and some other complications such as not being able to urinate.I'm guessing the HN crowd has a handful of people in the same situation due to sitting for long hours.So if you have low back pain, what kind of mattress do you use and has anything worked for you when it comes to sleeping?I...

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MVP, melvinmt.
I think you're pretty spot on with your thoughts, splintercell.

Personally, I love and believe speed dating is the best option for most people. Even if you don't find someone you're attracted to, you can still have great conversations. Unfortunately, this is out of the comfort zone for most people (only if they knew!).

I'm hoping this is the next best option within online dating. People have checklists and I think it's only fair we indulge them. We give people options/criteria/fields for searching, so it seems plausible to apply the same to peoples' inboxes.

If people wind up being lonely or finding the wrong person due to their high standards, hopefully they'll adapt their standards or find a better outlet to pursue dating/love.

Love this - bringing even more focus to the pain point.
Thank you, wiseleo. I actually didn't think this post would do too well. As usual, I was wrong!

Appreciate the UI feedback. We'll do some touch ups to liven it up a bit with the help of getbootstrap.com.

I'm a little bummed about the blog post not making at least a decent impression. My humor is all I have! (the blog post referenced - http://blog.percodate.com/we-built-a-dating-website)

The hook without a doubt is the messaging. The goal is to give women relief and men more time back/focus on who to message.

Thank you again!

Thanks for signing up and digging deep/doing the dirty work, 8_hours_ago!

I have all your comments saved and noted. To make a few responses:

I was worried people wouldn't understand the message filtering feature, so I probably overdid it with the 16/16 thru 0/16 copy.

The "Please choose an option for each field." copy is permanently there, but I can see why it's confusing after filling everything out so we'll have to change this.

The browser resizing has been a bit of a struggle. We're making it a responsive site, but we'll keep working on it.

Overall, thank you for your detailed response. It definitely helps. And I appreciate your comment on the minimalist look!

Thank you for the feedback! I was hesitant about doing what you said with the search/registering an account. I didn't want it to feel too bait and switch. But I'll definitely be sending this to the engineer!

How it's different:

We let you filter your inbox with the exact same criteria as the search criteria (Ethnicity, Body type, Height, etc). This is mainly for women who normally receive a lot of messages on other sites.

We also let you know if you meet a certain threshold of what someone else wants (whatever criteria they are choosing to filter their inbox with). This is mainly for men so they don't waste time sending messages to women definitely not interested in them.

When all the other dating sites brag about number of messages being sent, we want to be the exact opposite. We're all about sending LESS messages.

Thanks for the heads up, pskittle!
Definitely an MVP, tzaman. And my apologies I wasn't more clear. In my opinion, he's done an amazing job for being the only engineer working on this and making it come to life. I also value our working relationship as we wound up being a great team. A lot can go wrong with someone you don't (OR even do) know.

Show HN: I paid an engineer $4k to build a dating site

http://www.percodate.com/ - DO NOT PAY FOR THE SITE. Use code HEYHN if you want to sign up.I've had some experience with website development, but I'm not technical whatsoever. So I went on craigslist (in Los Angeles) to look for an engineer to build a dating site.Luckily, I found someone amazing. We agreed on $4,000 in milestone payments and $6,000 in potential bonuses if the site does well.We...

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