(Our startup) DistilBio

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life sciences search engine

SHOW HN2012

14points
6comments
#1,119of 1,677 in 2012
Top 67%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Execution: 1 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Looks cool and has strong potential for biopharma users

    From 3 comments
    • Looks cool. Small bug: When you search for something and hit the "back" button, you get stuck at a "searching" modal dialog that can only be cleared by hitting refresh.
      polyfractal on HN
    • This is fantastic. Do you mind telling us about how you get the data and your search tech stack?
      revorad on HN
    • This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
      biopharma_guy on HN

Objections

  • Search requires clicking a button rather than pressing enter

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
      biopharma_guy on HN
  • Misspelled drug names return no results

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
      biopharma_guy on HN
  • Back button gets stuck on a searching dialog

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool. Small bug: When you search for something and hit the "back" button, you get stuck at a "searching" modal dialog that can only be cleared by hitting refresh.
      polyfractal on HN

Requests

  • Add auto-suggestion for search terms

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
      biopharma_guy on HN
  • Search on Enter key

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
      biopharma_guy on HN
  • Expand to scientific literature and metabolic pathways

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
      biopharma_guy on HN

Questions

  • What is the revenue model, and will it be SaaS?

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
      biopharma_guy on HN
  • Will there be a free web version and how does it differ from paid?

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
      biopharma_guy on HN
  • Where does the data come from and what is the search tech stack?

    From 1 comment
    • This is fantastic. Do you mind telling us about how you get the data and your search tech stack?
      revorad on HN

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