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karthiksk2012on Ask HN: How much work do you put into MVP?

I don't think landing page with an email subscription is an MVP. Many people have done it and it definitely helps in gathering an audience and get your initial users, but it won't help you in understanding your product. Product is more than just users saying ok to try a product. It's about the will to pay or engagement. I think a working product with minimal core features can be called an MVP. The feedback from users after I launched my product* is what defined it. *https://pipecourse.com/

karthiksk2012on Show HN: YouTube Alternative Player – V3 – Echoes Player (no Adswith Powers)

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karthiksk2012on Show HN: Tweeple Search – Find relevant audience and influencers on Twitter

I tried something on similar lines,there are some problems with this.Bio's usually don't represent the kind of person or field influencer but instead provide false positives. Eg:- If you search for topics like politics and history, you will find more people who propagate conspiracy theories in the results.Also, sometimes people add their interest in bio's which does not represent their influence in the topic.

karthiksk2012on Ask HN: How did you acquire your first 100 users?

True.The idea behind creating on the story of pipecourse is because usually people blog about what worked for them and only when things get succesful. By blogging also about what i tried,what didn't work , i thought people can relate better and I think if lot of startups did this, I think we can learn a lot from each other.

karthiksk2012on Ask HN: How did you acquire your first 100 users?

Got it. I actually created a pipecourse on my startup thinking it will be a way to show users one of the usecases of the platform.But i get your point.Thank you.

karthiksk2012on Ask HN: How did you acquire your first 100 users?

I didn't know about betalist.Yes i am trying my hands in content creation and blogging. Thank you for the feedback.Very helpful

karthiksk2012on Ask HN: How did you acquire your first 100 users?

Really great feedback. The reason I asked this question is I just launched my app https://pipecourse.com/ and its been few days. I tried cold emailing people but getting almost no response. Any particular feedback for this will be appreciated.

karthiksk2012on Ask HN: One website that isn't popular but is your favourite?

www.smbc-comics.com

karthiksk2012on Ask HN: Can you suggest some IOT project to work on for undergraduate CS course

A Device which you keep in your balcony or outdoors which will tell you the temperature at home, The level of pollution in the air, noise etc. Also the mosquitoes or insects around, how clean is the air, how healthy and bunch of other utilities.