[ScottWhigham]

Congrats on getting started and building what looks to be a well designed and well built site. Here are some questions and feedback:

1) How do you pronounce it? My first thought was "thank-uzz" with a short "u" sound. After a while I realized that you probably want me to use a long "u" sound.

2) I clicked a sample note - http://thankuz.com/notes/5nyplqr - and I don't get it. How is this better/different than me sending the person an email?

[thankuz]

Thanks. It's been a crazy few months trying to get the MVP built and tested. We spent probably 2 months just validating our ideas and polling users to see if it's something they'd pay for, eventually.

Our UI/UX designer is stellar, he actually works at Twitter now (was really lucky to have him on the team for as long as he was).

1) It's pronounced like, Thank You's. Basically it's one of the cute, or fun ways people say thank yous on social networks. Along w/ thx, ty, tanks, etc.

2) We're not trying to replace email, or actual physical notes, but rather to nestle in the space between super formal thank you letters and cards, and the very informal social status updates. It's more personal than email, can be shared publicly / socially (unlike email) and it continues the conversation beyond the original, "thank you" and "you're welcome".

Thanks for chiming in, and asking such great questions. We want it to be much more than it is now, so I can understand how the MVP might look given that I know the roadmap, etc.