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luketuckeron Mobile CTF – Earn Up to $175K and Trip to Vegas for DEFCON 25 from Hackerone

Reverse iOS and Android apps to find flags

Finalists will be invited to Las Vegas

To pwn a popular mobile app

And earn up to 175,000$ in bounties at DEFCON 25

luketuckeron Twilio and telephony developer expert shares some gems

This is a podcast interview with the CTO of Hobnob (mobile invite startup using sms invitations backed by Greycroft, Bessemer, Aspect Ventures). They were one of the first to use long codes for their MMS messages via Twilio. Mark is a telephony expert you could say, as the former CTO for 500 Startups company FastCustomer.

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When inspiration hits, you write a startup parody Justin Bieber song and record yourself singing it. That's what you do. This is perhaps (no, it is) the most embarrassing thing I've ever posted on the internet. Be brutal, be kind, but hopefully you'll get at least a chuckle or nice break in your work day even if you're laughing at me. ;)

luketuckeron MVP Playbook for Founders – Feedback Wanted

Hey Bob,

Read the post. Thanks for sharing! Just a few quick thoughts / feedback:

1. I really appreciated that you define your terms. I think it’s very important to know and set that baseline for your reader.

2. I also like that you provide a lot of outbound links. Others may not like this but I always find it helpful.

Here's Some critiques… 3. Not sure you answered the question in your title: “How much will it cost build my startup MVP?” By the title I was looking for a breakdown by product type / business model. Assuming your giving feedback on building a software based product you can eliminate hardware plays, etc. But there’s a big MVP buildout cost difference from a photo sharing service, to a SaaS business, to a mobile messaging app. If you answer this in your second post, awesome! The only suggestion I would provide would be to put a good teaser at the end of this first post for the “stay tuned” and provide a little content hook for the reader.

4. To some extent, feel like you copied and pasted too much from the sources you referenced. Based on your impressive bio I would be stoked to hear about your experiences (the struggles, the triumphs). That’s what would really draw me in. I’ve read all those books and it’s always a good refresher for sure, but your own anecdotes and info would be gold to me! Show your personality and flair.

5. The structure of the post was hard to read. I would focus on a hierarchy of the content (lists are always great!). A few thoughts: inset quotes, pics, graphs, tables, indent the bolded sections).

All around, thanks for posting and look forward to following your story. Cheers!