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by mikeschmidt 4614 days ago
Hey guys! I am the CEO of Listn. Our mission is to provide the best experience for people all around the world to connect with each other through the music they love, no matter where they get their music from. Hope you enjoy the app. If you have any questions or concerns please email me: mike@listn.co
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First: congrats on the funding!

A suggestion (not really just for you, but given the headline it's applicable): don't describe yourself as the X of Y [1]. It carries with it any negative connotations that may be associated - fairly or not - with X. Second, it doesn't really define what your product is. It just says your product is like this other product X.

In particular here, it's a bit worse: "napster of mobile" doesn't really mean a whole lot - peer-to-peer file sharing that was shut down? music download service that was sold and re-sold? Doesn't seem like either one fits, after visiting your site.

[1] Not sure if that came from you or if submitter has no relation.

Hey! thanks for the note! It's just meant to be punchy and stand out :) We don't actually aim to be Napster for mobile.
I had the pleasure of going through FounderFuel at the same time as the Listn folks - they aren't the type to base their positioning on comparing with other services. I think it's safe to say they only used the X to Y connotation for its great subject line value.

Congrats to the M5Labs boy band :-)