Hey thanks! I think we will have something up for the Hacker News peeps to play around with and get that important feedback we crave. Thanks for the feedback, cheers!
I think you're right about selling something you don't believe in and/or want to use. In retrospect, I don't think that's the case with our product - but rather me not being able to build it to my expectations. What I realize now is that it's something I can iterate on to get to market fit (and my expectations fit). Thanks for the feedback, cheers!
That demo was shot like 12 months ago. I think we've changed the design/UI 3 times since then. It's silly, I know. I'm coming to realize that I'm sabotaging my own startup with my fears of launching.
The gallery implementation we built ourselves... That's something we sure spent a lot of time on. In hindsight, it could have been built after seeing how many people use that feature and if it is needed or not. Thanks for the feedback, cheers!
I came across this idea of if you have to fail, fail fast and early. If our thing doesn't fly I will have learned this the hard way for sure. Thanks for the feedback, cheers!
Thanks for sharing this with me, it's very helpful. We have a lot of guessing going on, and you're right; we should wait to see how users will want to use the site and get feedback before building stuff people might not care about. Cheers!
Motivation sure is tougher to come by when my co-founder and I have been on this for 13 months full-time pulling 12+ hours a day on this. Even if I had only 5 users I think it would motivate me like nothing else. Thanks for the feedback, cheers!
You're right. This is not a one shot game. It is something that I will keep working on. Somehow after all this time has passed, it's embarrassing to launch a minimum viable product because people will say "Oh, that's it?". But that's just in my head and need to get over my fears. Cheers!
Thanks for the feedback. One of the things that has been keeping me back from launching is this idea that I've got "only one shot at making the first impression".
I'm coming to realize that while the above statement is true, there are other things at play too. Cheers!
Yeah the idea of releasing the site but "not launching it" (thinking of marketing launch here) sounds like a good idea. Perhaps doing an invite only on Hacker News could get me the feedback needed to tune things up for the marketing launch thereafter.
I like the idea of "things I love" - see? That's why I need to get our site out there and get some feedback! Cheers!
I don't really feel like signing up. Using Safari the text overlaps the input text box and the scroll bars are always showed even though I stretched the browser wide enough to show all elements.
Also your message is confusing. I'm guessing that you want to ask me: "How much can you make tweeting small ads on Twitter?" and then you'll provide the answer on the next page explaining in details how exactly.
I would re-think your strategy here, and would think about having this on the landing page:
* Headline asking "How much can you make tweeting small ads on Twitter?"
* Subtext that explains what I need to do to make money
* Testimonials of people like me showing how much they can earn with their thumbnails
* Simple form asking for my Twitter username and a big button saying something like "Tell me how much I'm worth!"
I absolutely want to avoid having my IP in the US. It doesn't make sense to us. I'd much rather have the IP owned by an offshore trust that licenses it to my operating company in Singapore.
But if it prevents us from raising capital in the Valley well... that's a problem. Especially if we are seeking small time investments at first where it would create a shit-ton of compliance requirements for the US angels.
This can be done with an incorporation in Singapore as well. My concern with a US C-Corp is that it will make the company liable for taxation in the US even if we do not operate from there. There will also be additional tax withholding when dividends are distributed to us (foreign founders).
Singapore has no tax withholding on dividends, so it doesn't change anything for the US investors in that regard.
I'm curious as to what the YC-funded company with foreign founders ended up doing.
We're interested to apply to be funded by YC and other US angels/VCs but incorporating in the US just doesn't feel very appealing in regards of taxation and additional paperwork.