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Ask HN: Is organic growth even possible anymore for social apps?

Posted by sameernoorani on Thursday November 03, 2016 @03:40AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Starting to wonder if social networks and apps now always need a significant marketing budget to get off the ground. Finding it impossible to raise basic awareness for Roomvine (http://get.roomvine.com) with our limited budget.We have tried social media marketing but that doesn't really get eyeballs unless you pay per impression. We have tried using student volunteers on campuses but even that...

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Ask HN: Creative ideas to activate communities?

Posted by sameernoorani on Thursday March 03, 2016 @05:40AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hello HN.We were brainstorming on ideas for how we can activate our first community for our product Roomvine (www.roomvine.com). By "activate" I mean getting people within a 200M radius to download the app, check-in to a local chatroom and having their first interesting group conversation. Since we need a geographically dense user group, we are naturally leaning towards a campaign for...

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Ask HN: YCombinator's SAFE for UK?

Posted by sameernoorani on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @04:37PM
from the ask-hn dept.

YC's SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) is a great document to simplify raising on a convertible note. The version on the documents section is for companies incorporated in Delaware.Are there any UK companies that have used SAFE and if so, is there a version of the document for UK incorporated companies?

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Connecting with friends more in real-life

Posted by sameernoorani on Friday November 21, 2014 @09:00AM
from the self-post dept.

Current times are quite ironic when it comes to socializing with friends: higher connectivity and lower connection.I have launched a service which, I hope, will help friends connect more by solving a few issues:- Alerting people which friends are likely to be nearby them in the coming days so they can tie up plans - Easily sharing and discovering each other's plans - Simplifying long...

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Re:Ask HN: Ideas on how engage attendees at YC demo day (today!)? on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @04:58PM (#8199786)
NB: The conversation in the comments here explain what the full use-case vision of this platform is:

http://www.producthunt.com/posts/roomvine

Ask HN: Ideas on how engage attendees at YC demo day (today!)?

Posted by sameernoorani on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @04:40PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hackers,We have a pretty solid beta version of an anonymous venue-based chat app called Roomvine. We were hoping to have it used at today's YC demo day as a way for people (attendees and presenters) there to anonymously interact with each other and give uninhibited feedback about the demos as they happen. (Check this picture for what it could look like:...

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Re:Ask HN: Should i quit? on Monday July 21, 2014 @12:44PM (#8064530)
Really depends on your personal situation. 23K goes away pretty fast especially in non-funded ventures. But then again, doing something in parallel rarely takes off.

Ask yourself: - How much do I stand to gain (whats your share of equity) - Who will seed fund the venture (23K is not going to be enough to live and fund even your prelaunch activities) - How quickly will you make your first sale. Better yet can you book pre-sales. This leaves you with a much cleaner milestone/deadline. In that case you can take some unpaid leave instead of quitting and see if you can hit that milestone.