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by grandalf 5344 days ago
Maybe the wording isn't clear. But Dandelion only gets half of whatever percentage a founder agrees to give up, which may be as little as 1%.

Please don't submit the application if you are not comfortable (we'll make some improvements to the site in the near future which ought to help). I talked with a lot of people about Dandelion at startup school and the response was pretty overwhelmingly positive, so I decided to post a link to the home page to HN in its current state of completion and polish.

Obviously full trust and transparency is essential. So feel free to email me and I'll give you a call or something to fill in any details (this applies to anyone who is interested).

Obviously the page of the site relating to the founding team is crucial and so I am (appropriately) reluctant to post it in haste.

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Ah, I see. Maybe I did read it wrong. Sorry about that.

Still I would think that credibility and trust is hampered by lack of information about the people behind it. I don't doubt there is more to the plan/idea than is represented on the site, but unfortunately when it's a flat website of "Coming Soon" you can't really find answers to your questions. I probably would have stated on the front page that more information is coming soon. Like someone else said I had the impression that it was already established and operational and I had only just heard about it. The copy is definitely written in this way. Like most people I clicked through the tabs for more information and was disappointed seven times in a row.

Anyway, </whine>. Good luck with it! I'll keep an eye on it to see the details that come out. :)

OK thanks for the constructive feedback. I consider the overall feedback from HN to have been extremely positive and will incorporate all of the suggestions.

The concept has a few chicken/egg issues with ramp up, but why let that get in the way :)