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by GrinningFool 4614 days ago
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.

2 comments

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 :-)