Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

http://www.gopitch.me/

by detcherry • 12 years ago

24 40 12 years ago

gopitch.me

vlokshin• 12 years ago

sounds a heck of a lot like LaunchSky.com :)

detcherry10• 12 years ago

Nice! I had never heard of this website... Indeed, very similar!

cykho• 12 years ago

Cool sites - I like this idea of sharing concepts and getting feedbacks. One other larger one is producthunt.co. I'd be curious to see a full list if you happen to do some more competitive research!

mkaziz• 12 years ago

Alas for all those twitter permissions it needs. Does it really need to read my tweets and post tweets for me? No thanks.

detcherry10• 12 years ago

I ask for the Twitter connect just to make tweeting from the app easier. Tweets are like this one: https://twitter.com/spolu/status/443117201621413888 Nothing spammy.

lbr3• 12 years ago

I believe you. But I had the same reaction as mkaziz. And was about to comment on this.

So I think the takeaway is that people are turned off by this - and you can convince people on HN that you won't abuse it. But not everywhere.

And, with a million products attempting to take my time - anything that makes me hesitate (like that I have to allow you to "update my profile") is enough to turn me off.

palakchokshi2• 12 years ago

Ok then why not just ask to post tweets on my behalf? why ask for Update your profile., Read my tweets, etc. Not letting any unknown app update my profile. Sorry.

gk1• 12 years ago

Adding another "me too" to this. Opened the link, so all the Twitter permissions, thought for two seconds, then closed it.

Doctor_Fegg• 12 years ago

Web intents. You can prepopulate a message but the user has to click 'Tweet'. No need to ask for permissions.

ondiekijunior• 12 years ago

Well too invasive. i have registered either way but yet to see the upside.

dexkiki• 12 years ago

I have a couple of thoughts.

1. I don't have a twitter account.

2. I found it strange that the landing page didn't have any pitched ideas. To see an idea, I had to read the bottom text, and click on one of the countries. I didn't know those were links at first either.

3. Can ppl only pitch the title of their idea? Is there a description or something.

detcherry10• 12 years ago

1. That's unfortunate. I will probably make the pitches accessible to not-logged in visitors in a near future.

2. You can access the ideas list here: http://www.gopitch.me/ideas/all

3. You can see a pitch here: http://www.gopitch.me/idea/4769741570834432

jliptzin• 12 years ago

I also don't have a twitter account, and therefore can't post my ideas.

beenpoor• 12 years ago

Seriously, why would any one sign in without even knowing what it would contain. Put some samples atleast.

detcherry10• 12 years ago

You can view examples by clicking the links at the bottom of the page like here: http://www.gopitch.me/ideas/all

lbr3• 12 years ago

I also hadn't realized that this was possible.

Again, there are reasons for the things you are doing - I understand this. And there are ways to get around your block - but take the feedback.

If one person says it here, it means that dozens had the same reaction and just decided not to voice it.

kramerc• 12 years ago

I didn't realize that "France", "USA", and "anywhere else" were links until you mentioned so right here. You should make these links distinctive from the rest of the text without the need of having to hover over them so that they are more obvious.

KiwiCoder2• 12 years ago

I've been playing with a similar idea - http://appworthy.co

One thing I've done on my site is abandon passwords. Authentication is by email (if you can receive a link you can "sign in" once with it - thereafter cookies).

This avoids the need to ask for permission (to tweet for me? really?) up front. Users can start reading and posting without giving up anything but their email.

This is not a new idea, but I think it works well to minimise barriers for potential contributors.

detcherry10• 12 years ago

Congrats for appworthy. I didn't know about it.

Your auth is pretty clever to minimize the barrier to entry.

Yet, I thought Twitter could be an interesting channel for my app and decided to build my website on top of it.

gkoberger• 12 years ago

I don't mean to alarm you, but I think http://medium.com stole your design.

detcherry10• 12 years ago

Ahah good artists copy, great artists steal! :-) As a non-designer, I acknowledge that medium.com was a strong inspiration for my website

Eleutheria• 12 years ago

Thumbs down for the twitter login.

Recent ideas should be more prominent. Probably show the latest ten on the main page, then a link for more.

Plus a huge (red) button to pitch a new idea in the front page.

megablast• 12 years ago

Why does a website need to do this?

    Read Tweets from your timeline.
    See who you follow, and follow new people.
    Update your profile.
    Post Tweets for you.

I just want to view and list projects.

jobnobber• 12 years ago

I like the Twitter login. Just a data point.

sciguy77• 12 years ago

I have no idea why this is required. Why add friction to posting? Email + password + confirm password seems like the best idea, with Twitter as a separate option.

jeffbr13• 12 years ago

I didn't terribly mind having to use Twitter for signup.

As soon as you asked for my email AS WELL, I could no longer be bothered to click through - the only value of 3rd-party login is not having to give you my email address.

camus2• 12 years ago

quit the twitter login.

Frozenlock• 12 years ago

Agreed. I don't have Twitter nor Facebook. Stop making those the only way to log in.

tigerman• 12 years ago

Can you tell me where and how did you host your site?

I really want to host one but cannot find any cheap way

detcherry10• 12 years ago

Basically: Google App Engine

nemasu• 12 years ago

My 2 cents: I've thought about doing this exact thing before...then I realized it's like giving other people free ideas. Isn't this just the perfect place for others to steal your stuff? What're you gonna do if that happens? I would never post a good idea publicly, just asking for competition you probably can't afford to have.

bdcravens• 12 years ago

This point has been discussed into the ground before, but in general, ideas mean nothing. I've had many million dollar ideas: I know because I've seen them in the marketplace. No execution, no value. Also, most people aren't the precious little butterfly they think they are: someone has had their idea before.

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