Julianhearn

Weight gain is not because you have eaten the wrong food its due to too many calories. Simple as that.

$4 million in funding, all down the drain, wow.

Even the 30+ million is not relevant, Facebook with already have all of those users. So they didn't buy any users, no revenue, no profit, just some technology which they much have been able to build themselves for a fraction of the price.

This is a terrible idea. Why do people still need to do vast amounts of air travel when we have the Internet, Skype, gotomeeting, etc. air travel involves a lot of wasted time and a LOT of carbon emissions. We should be encouraging less travel not more.

Hi Noja,

What make you say that? We were extremely careful when measuring body fat. We used the 4 point test, using body fat calipers. It is seen as a reliable test.

Regards,

Julian.

Hi Carguy,

It is fair question. The simple answer is... I don't know. The site only launched today. We have a range of body types going through challenges but I was the first to finish the 12 weeks. Michael has also finished but we haven't got all his data into the site yet.

But I think you are right, there will be more people bigger than me who what to get in shape, than people my size. But we will just have to wait and see.

Thanks,

Julian.

Sorry about that we had a change of heart at the last minute, and decided to target the UK, as it's the smaller market, and get some initial data before "launching" to the US.

Hi dbalatero,

Yes we will provide a maintenance plan. We will make that clearer on the site.

Thanks for the feedback.

Julian.

Thanks for the feedback.

I'm the first, and yes I'm a bit skinny but we have all shapes and sizes in the pipeline. Michael for example was certainly not skinny when he started.

More plans will be added over the next 10 days as people complete their challenges. We have a female too.

Hi Friggybum,

Thank you for your kind comments, and thanks for the offer.

I would love some help with proofreading, my email is julian@bodyhack.com

Many thanks,

Julian.

Sorry to hear that Aznhisoka, panda did hurt a lot people.

Thanks for the kind comment about Bodyhack, we are super excited about it.

Age can't be an important factor, for every benefit of being your there is an counter one for being older.

Young don't have a family to support so can work long hour. Older person, has secure financial position so don't have to take a paying job on the side to get by.

Young have more energy Older people do less partying and drinking so have more energy

etc.

What is this doing on the homepage of hacker news? Seriously, this post is nothing more than common sense. From someone who doesn't even follow his own advice.

If you live in the uk you wouldonlypay 10% tax the first time you sell a company, up to £10m per person.

There is nothing to review apart from a email sign-up box. Build something usable then ask for reviews.

Hoŵ the f is this worth $200m?

Why don't you make some thing you can make money from, then invest your own money in the start up idea?

Either that or do I did and keep a full time job and work evenings and weekends until your startup matches your salary.

The site has certainly lost some of its quirky unique design and feel. It looks more like a thousand other websites now, and seems to copy a lot of 37singals. I do understand they are huge now and so have to appeal to a broad group of people, but overall it does feel a little boring and corporate.

It is certainly a safe design that will appeal, but it does appear to have lost some of its brand appeal.

A designer directory, is that not a little old hat for a progressive company like YC?

I thought with the demise of dmoz et al, directories were proven to be an promblematic way to find and sort things.

I'm not saying dribbble.com is the answer to your issue but considering thousands of designers already use it, you can see their work, and there is some elements of social proof (likes, views and comments) it should be a better way to find designers rather than starting from scratch with a new directory.

Under her watch google made several design changes which were direct copies of bing, I would be embarrassed if i was her.

$2bn in revenue does not mean you are "making a TON of money" they could be losing money. I don't know what their yearly profit is but it will take them many years to make $6bn in profit, therefore it was a very good offer from google and they should have taken the money.

I have been thinking about telling it for while, I have considered starting a blog to help other start-ups especially people who are a little older and get caught in the full employment trap with the needto pay the mortgage. Also considereddoing a mixergy interview. But always go back to 'head down, work your arse off', there is always work to be done. One day, one day soon. I need to pay back to the community.

Left full time employment two years, was profitable within three months, now employ three full time staff and profits into seven figures. The best move I ever made.

It took far too long to load, poor ux.

What is an application tracking tool? Are people searching for this type of product on google in any great volume?

If yes focus on seo with a little ppc in the short term. If not you will have to identify where your target market hang out and then work out how to get exposure there.

Email is a powerful tool in any startup, but is damm tough to get it delivered, opened and read. This is a must read.

Facebook driving more traffic than google, no chance.

This article is pure linkbait.

If you think you survive without google traffic just block google bot in your robots.txt

I have found that older programmers are out date in terms knowledge and skills. It sounds ageist but that us my experience.

Sounds just the targets at tesco.com, vitually impossible to hit. For some it is unmotivating to keep missing targets, but I like a challenge. If targets are easy I don't think you get the best out of The best people.