I love the idea being the kind of person who likes to find all the little gems hidden where I live, but when I read "Show HN" I was actually expecting to see something more than a landing page (I even initially thought it was a LaunchRock landing page).
When pitching a startup idea to investors I got some of the best advice I've received. One investor told me, "You told us you were going to help solve a problem, you asked a bunch of people 'would you like me to make your life easier?' and they said 'yes', but you never showed us how you would actually do it. We want to see HOW."
That would be my critique of this. Would I like to find hidden gems where I live? Sure. But HOW are they going to help do that?
We (a YC alum with 2 MIT grads) are working on our new project, Midtown Row. We've noticed there are a lot of awesome businesses in our area, but a lot of our friends still haven't heard of them for some reason. Moreover, whenever we went somewhere new, our friends would tell us a dozen places we had to check out while we were there. And when we did, we realized why.
Therefore, we came up with the idea of creating a marketplace to connect small brands and local businesses with customers they typically have not been able to reach (e.g., due to geography, marketing, or something else). We'd love some feedback on our landing page and on the concept.
The concept is difficult to give feedback on as it isn't entirely clear on how you'll be connecting the brands to the customers. Signed up for the mailing list, I'll see what happens from there.
[+] [-] davidedicillo|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] shakes|14 years ago|reply
That would be my critique of this. Would I like to find hidden gems where I live? Sure. But HOW are they going to help do that?
[+] [-] kshcho|14 years ago|reply
if you want to see more on what we're about and what we're doing, check out our blog at http://midtownrow.com/blog.
if there are any cool spots you have in mind that you'd love to see on the site, give us a holler.
[+] [-] akashs|14 years ago|reply
We (a YC alum with 2 MIT grads) are working on our new project, Midtown Row. We've noticed there are a lot of awesome businesses in our area, but a lot of our friends still haven't heard of them for some reason. Moreover, whenever we went somewhere new, our friends would tell us a dozen places we had to check out while we were there. And when we did, we realized why.
Therefore, we came up with the idea of creating a marketplace to connect small brands and local businesses with customers they typically have not been able to reach (e.g., due to geography, marketing, or something else). We'd love some feedback on our landing page and on the concept.
Thanks
[+] [-] olegious|14 years ago|reply