[timjahn]

When our new startup matchist (http://matchist.com/talent) was featured on the home page a few months ago, we saw the usual spike in traffic. But more importantly, we received a ton of useful feedback (both positive and negative), and the HN community asked a lot of really insightful questions that helped us think about things in a new light, and also realize that we knew our idea/business really well.

While this might seem very intangible and not as cool as finding an investor on HN, I'm really thankful for that initial feedback/criticism/insight. Definitely helped us a lot.