[jdsadow]

Great questions...

-Color is focused on proximity sharing & social voyeurism, we are focused on the content generated from events people care about. We're happy to share quite a bit more detail in a 1:1 conversation...

--Based in SF, but okay with remote work from the NY area

--2 of us right now -- one is a consultant at a top-tier firm, the other specializes in marketing/design and is currently working at a major tech co.

Also, main advisor was the founder of a former Google-acquired company ($70M acquisition)

--Not funded yet, working to build a prototype first and focus on efficiency (another major difference from Color)

IF you become interested, feel free to reach out to chat more. :)

[user24]

Thanks for the reply - good answers. I'm in the UK so location matters a lot to me, I'm also not really looking for new opportunities at the moment, but I thought it would be useful for you to see the kind of questions that I would expect to see answered. Good luck with finding a co-founder, and good luck with the prototype.

Purely out of interest, (and feel free to not share), what's your strategy on MVP and launching? I ask because it's been a common pattern at places I've worked to sink time into prototypes without proof of market, so I'm personally pretty sold on a fail-early approach.

edit: the 'focus on efficiency' sounds like it could be premature optimisation. No point building something that can scale to a bajillion users if you only get 100 on launch day. Just saying :)

[jdsadow]

Thanks for the follow-ups -- a few more answers for you...

First, appreciated the feedback, even if you're overseas! If you know any eng folks in the SF area, please feel free to put them in touch.

As far as MVP/launching --> we are very much focused on getting a prototype into users' hands (whether in Beta or publicly) as soon as possible. We've done a hefty dose of market research and have put a lot of time into sizing & outlining our go-to-market strategy (these things are in line with our strengths and skill sets.)

The fail-early approach is the best one in my eyes as well, and when I reference optimization it's really about stripping functionality to make sure we are offering a clean UI/UX & suite of features, and are not over-zealous. A lot of apps just try to do too much, and that's a trap we won't fall into.

Scale will come after our prototyping and launch, that's for sure...so you're point is well taken.

Stay tuned!

[user24]

Great answers again. Sorry you didn't get more exposure from this HN post, sounds like you've got a good idea where you're going and how to get there, and it's an interesting area you're working on. I'll look forward to hearing more when you're ready to show something in public. Feel free to tweet me @user24 if you update on HN or elsewhere. Cheers.

[jdsadow]

Any idea how I get the post to the "Ask" section and not just "New"?

[user24]

Just prepend "Ask HN:" to the title and it'll automagically go there I think ;)