Weekend Project
Web and SaaS
event services marketplace
SHOW HN2011
28points
10comments
#387of 1,097 in 2011
Top 36%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Docs: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Informative post
From 1 comment
Very Informative post. It would be much better if can share how would you scale it in future and what's your business model. Thanks and best of luck!
pknerd on HN
Objections
Unclear what service is offered
From 1 comment
I scanned the post, and I have no idea what service you offer.
rokhayakebe on HN
Not a true minimum viable product; the maker already owned the equipment
From 1 comment
I wouldn't really call this a "minimum viable" anything—as you said, you had already purchased the necessary equipment to run your own events with; at that point, you had…
derefr on HN
Advertising a service that does not exist is misleading
From 1 comment
An MVP actually offers crude but working versions of the features you're evaluating. A page offering something that doesn't exist at all is not any kind of product, merely false…
prodigal_erik on HN
Requests
Explain how the business would scale
From 1 comment
Very Informative post. It would be much better if can share how would you scale it in future and what's your business model. Thanks and best of luck!
pknerd on HN
Explain the business model
From 1 comment
Very Informative post. It would be much better if can share how would you scale it in future and what's your business model. Thanks and best of luck!
pknerd on HN
Questions
What is the minimum viable business concept here
From 2 comments
You missed the words "at scale." An MVP is when you offer a service X, but only build the capacity to handle, e.g., one customer, until you have 2+ customers. Sometimes this is…
derefr on HNThank you. I did assume "put up a page offering X" was advocating a dry test and you needn't be prepared to offer some kind of X prototype.
prodigal_erik on HN
Alternatives named
Excitingevents.co.uk, a similar events site
From 1 comment
http://www.excitingevents.co.uk/
trafficlight on HN