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"SMACK. Like daffodils in motherfucking spring." Love it!

This makes me wonder why there isn't a kickstarter for startups (is there?). You could "dock" your startup in one place, then people could decide if it's good enough to invest in, or even request joining your team.

But couldn't he answer without giving personal information?

1. Don't you find this interesting? 2. I didn't misspell...it's also written this way.

If you're struggling with design, head over to 99designs.com

Good start, but it needs to be better.

A few things off the top of my head: 1. It took me ten seconds to figure out you are a catering company. It should have only taken me 2 seconds. 2. Don't like the girl. What is she holding? I just jumped over to istockphoto.com and did a search for "catering" and found a dozen images you could buy for $15 that are better. 3. Also, I don't mean to keep picking on the girl, but nothing about her says "catering" to me. 4. Nothing feels connected. The title, mission statement, and the girl, all seem like they are just floating.

Good luck! Hope I helped.

Good question. I'd like to hear the answer to this as well.

You're afraid others will steal it? IMHO, I think this paranoia can be harmful. Yes, if you talk to people, there is a "chance" that someone will steal it. This is a risk. But I think you need to take that risk, because the benefit of researching your market far outweights this.

So get out there, talk to people, find out if your idea is SO GOOD, that people are willing to pay for it. Hell, see if they'll pay for it now!

Good luck!

On the one hand, this is a nice problem to have.

On the other hand, I see your dilemma.

On the other hand, I think you're over thinking this.

On the other hand, it's just so crazy it might work!

Alright, enough of that. IMHO, I would NOT call the first start-up and ask them to be your reference for the second start-up. First, what would they say? They don't really know you yet, beyond what you've listed on your CV...and the second company already has that.

Reference are suppose to tell people what a CV can't. Are you a team player. Are you punctual. Are you an all around nice guy, or girl.

Also, if I worked at the first company and took your call, I GUARANTEE that by the end of the day, the details of YOUR phone call will have circulated around the entire office...and not in a "wow this guy rocks" kind of way, but more like "who does this guy think he is" kind of way.

But hey, like I said....it's just so crazy it might work!

Quantcast is pretty good as well. I tend to use them and Google (both free)

If you're only talking about trust, then no. I've meet people with lots of hustle that I could never trust. I guess it's a package deal. I need to trust you, and know you have hustle.

The trust comes over time. But your past helps. What other partnerships have you been in? Can I talk to those individuals?

As for hustle...I should probably explain what I'm talking about. I'm an introverted techie who would rather be up till 2am coding than socializing. That's a great skill for building a product, but not so great when it comes to pushing it. So for me, hustle means that while I'm coding, you're out there building buzz and meeting potential customers and investors.

And finally, there might be trust, you might have hustle, but in the end maybe we just don't click.

Damn, it really is like a marriage eh?

So now I'm curious, who are you?

Good questions! I'm actually a tech person who is interested in finding a non-tech person. Trust you? That's tough, because I don't know you yet. So for starter, what have you done? I'm a hacker, so I could give you my tech credentials. You're a hustler (I hope!), so show me your hustling credentials.

Then after that, it's really all about chemistry. Are we going to be able to count on each other when the shit hits the fan...for the 20th time? Because bottom line, if we hook up to pursue a startup, we'll be married.

Sorry, I'm missing the tech angle to this article.

Right on the home page at the bottom. Thanks in advance!

Thanks sebandr.

I didn't want to give a link to the site in my first comment, as it didn't seem appropriate. But if you're a fellow foodie, I'd love it if you could have a look and give me your thoughts.

mylifethroughfood.com

This really hits home.

I'm 33, wife, son, well paying job. I'm also passionate about food and have 'just' launched a recipe scrapbook web application. It's been tough. Last night at 2am I was writing e-mails, and coding, while trying to rock our newborn son to sleep.

You mentioned risk. That's interesting. I'm by no means successful in my venture (yet!), but I've been able to get this far on about $100 and amazing support from my wife. So my risk has been on the extreme low side. Now I'm trying to drum up some interest, and marketing is new for me. So where do I go from here? Find a foodie co-founder who is awesome at hustling? Stay the course, try my best, and see where this goes? Quit my job and just go for it?! Not sure yet.

So I guess I'm just saying, go for it! Don't quite your job yet, get your wife on board, give yourself 6 months, and see what you can do! It's going to be TOUGH! But your passion should carry you through.

I'm really enjoying this! Please don't stop.

iwantmydomain.com I can't believe these guys are not mainstream yet. Hooked up to my Heroku app in 5 seconds, then setup gmail apps in another 5 seconds. I has zero complaints with these guys.

I guess I must be dumb. I've been a Forensic Scientist for the last decade, so morbid humor does nothing to me.

Sort of like:

www.egiva.com?

Checked out your site this morning, and I have to say I was very impressed! It's a great idea, and I really hope it takes off.

Actually I submitted it twice! :) I've never submitted a website to HN, so when I first did it, I was disappointed to see it plummet after about 5 minutes with no comments. So I tried again later in the day (which is the link you provided), and I received about a half dozen comments, many of them regarding the name. We've also submitted through feedbackarmy.com and have had similar negative comments about the name. So I figured I would ask HN what they thought. I'm sorry if you think I've done something wrong here.

That really helped. Thanks! It's looking more and more like we're going to change the name. It's too bad because I really liked the current name. I think I enjoyed the shock value, and thought it would be a good thing.

I find the name is quite polarizing. It intrigues people and pulls them in, but it also creeps them out a little. I'm going to have to really think this one over. Thanks for the feedback.

I'm a scientist. I have no issues with the process of turning sewage water into clean drinking water. Absolutely none. However, I do have an issue with humans. Humans screw things up. Humans don't always implement the proper quality assurance programs, and when they do, they might not follow them. Every time I pour myself a glass of water from the tap, it's not the science I'll doubt, I'll just be wondering if Timmy down at the local water treatment plant did his job properly today, because if he didn't, I'm now drinking someone's shit.

I've used feedbackarmy, and I highly recommend them. The feedback was worth every penny (about a buck per feedback) and the customer service was great.

The images are quite nice. I assume some serious time was spend in photoshop getting them to look this way. I especially liked the blue city photo.

Other than that, I have to agree with what`s already been said. My first impression was that this was a photographer`s website. Then I read the text on the right and realized you are a web design company. Alright, but what kind of web design company? What exactly do you do. Make me WANT to enter my email. Tell me you're passionate about web design. Tell me that you've been pleasing clients with your awesome work since 2008. Maybe even tease me with a few links to some of your incredible work. You do web design. You do it well. There are clients out there that would be so much happier if they knew you were designing their website. You've got to get this across.

Good luck!

Alright, being serious for a second. I really didn`t understand a lot of what you were talking about. I agree that the supermarket is not always the easiest place to navigate, sometimes the employees are not helpful, and yes, the products and prices can be confusing.

But then I starting thinking about all the hungry people in Africa. Think about it. People are absolutely starving to death, and we get all our food delivered to a centralized location where we can browse an endless number of products and walk away with a mountain of food. And the prices are not bad. On average, we only spend about 10% of our income on food. That`s nothing!

:) I`m in...you must now waste 2 minutes of your life. I agree that this doesn`t get me back my 2 minutes, but it does give me something else, something I can`t quite put my finger on. Let me know what you did!

I just wasted 2 minutes of my life. I want it back please.

Thanks for posting this. By far my favorite is the Facebook versus MySpace. It's amazing how quickly things change.