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Was the idea really validated? Is their business model "get on the front page of HN daily"? If not, absolutely nothing was validated.
by corresation 12y ago
Was the idea really validated? Is their business model "get on the front page of HN daily"? If not, absolutely nothing was validated.
- namenotrequired 12y agoThey didn't just get a lot of people to their page. They also got a large chunk of their visitors to pay them. The first part might not be sustainable - and it seems they weren't planning for it to be as this was a one time offer - but it definitely validated something, and also put them in touch with a lot of customers.