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Key startup takeaway from the Oscars 🌝💡
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The big winner of the 89th Academy Awards was La La Land, taking home 6 Oscars, and briefly winning Best Picture (there was a mixup). That honor ended up going to Moonlight, a deserving winner.
What you can learn from Moonlight's win: It is absolutely critical to name your startup after cross-platform emoji. Think of: 🏠🎉, 🍑, 👻, 🐐, 🧀 — these are all app names you can communicate with simple emoji on iOS, Android, Twitter, and Gmail. As such, congrats to all those involved with the 🌝💡 win. Honorable mention to 🦁 and 👽🌍.
Now, get started with a productive week by browsing some of these:
🍿 Leanflix's powerful filters help you find the perfect movie
🍿 Caption makes finding the right subtitled super easy
🍿 Strema is like your own (self-hosted) personal Netflix
🍿 Reelgood is the one central guide for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO
🍿 MovieMogul shows you the all-time best films you have't seen
What you can learn from Moonlight's win: It is absolutely critical to name your startup after cross-platform emoji. Think of: 🏠🎉, 🍑, 👻, 🐐, 🧀 — these are all app names you can communicate with simple emoji on iOS, Android, Twitter, and Gmail. As such, congrats to all those involved with the 🌝💡 win. Honorable mention to 🦁 and 👽🌍.
Now, get started with a productive week by browsing some of these:
🍿 Leanflix's powerful filters help you find the perfect movie
🍿 Caption makes finding the right subtitled super easy
🍿 Strema is like your own (self-hosted) personal Netflix
🍿 Reelgood is the one central guide for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO
🍿 MovieMogul shows you the all-time best films you have't seen
Highlight
Nokia is bringing back their flagship phone, with Snake! The battery lasts for an entire month, and did we mention it has snake? 🐍📱🐍📱
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