@olilem5 We are currently exploring potential partnerships that would be an exclusive set of resources to give our users a leg up as they users pursue their ideas further! On this note, what sorts of partnerships do you think would be most beneficial to our users?
Just an observation here - I got a broken profile image when signing up with my Twitter account, and the cursor does not change to a clickable icon when i hovered over the image.
@mengyi_yuan Good to know! Always best to find the little things early on. We're scaling up our servers to account for the traffic, If you send me the profile picture you would like I can make sure it get's updated correctly.
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@ianhansborough Thanks for the reply. I got my picture updated when i found that i can actually click on the image. My suggestion would be to indicate the image is clickable by changing the cursor shape (to the hand shape) when hovering over the image. Hope I get myself clear. :)
Cool idea. I think its obvious that more sharing and real time vetting of ideas will make your ideas better. But that mindset I've found really is limited to startups and the "silicon valley" style of thinking. How do you guys tackle the mainstream opinion that sharing could = stealing? Love what you guys are doing.
@evankimbrell That's a great question. What we've found is that the open style of thinking isn't necessarily confined to a geographical location, rather a mindset that jives with a type of person. As we grow, we're going to do a lot to broadcast the activity and results that are coming out of Hatchli. When people see that this type of vetting works, combined with the multitude of resources we'll be providing to make us an indispensable tool in the first step of an idea's journey, they'll be much more open to trying Hatchli out for themselves.
Looks cool, very creative and helping people brainstorm new innovative ideas together! Do you guys have plans to simulate existing products where people can start from (github for ideas)?
@adamkchew We do want to keep the app simple, as we're the first step in an idea's journey. Those are areas we're looking to explore in the future, however, and I'd love your feedback as to what you think would work or be helpful.
@elizabethhunker Yes, it is! But, instead of being more about getting users and being seen, we're focused on providing great feedback and quick, easy validation and analytics.
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There's a few new UI mechanics that are equal parts annoying and interesting. For the main product voting screen, having THE ENTIRE screen shift based on the vote is visually confusing (annoying) and hard to get used to. Particularly if you're trying to encourage high throughput screening (implied by arrow key driven voting).
@ryanstellar That's great feedback! How would you recommend we make it easier?
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@ryanstellar I agree on this front for the desktop app as well. I was a bit confused on what to do and upvoted or downvoted (I'm not sure) someone's post that I didn't get a chance to read because I was trying to scroll to see more. I get it now, but it was a little awkward .
What experience does your team have with nuturing/evaluating/developing ideas into reality and how does that experience translate into the execution of this product?
@gmurray We've all worked on products before that didn't make it as far as Hatchli has gotten (everything from IoT, healthcare, mobile, physical goods). We were really involved in the entrepreneurship scene in college, and we tackled this problem of early validation because it was something we had experienced ourselves and had seen way too many people around us experience.
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@nugeen Got it. I could see using Hatchli to test the market on a pitch of an idea but not validate the actual value creation or delivery because of the format of the Hatchli post (Tinder-esque). And I'd be worried that the pitch would only be tested by the Hatchli user base which at this point I've got to imagine are early adopters from Product Hunt.
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