akbarb

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by akbarb 5y ago
The winning idea... Isn't that what we are all looking for? We will keep digging. Thanks!
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by akbarb 5y ago
I see what you're saying. The answer is no. I did not. I do share something with you though that this app is supposed to be for animal lovers. All that is there is related to what an animal owner or someone who is interested in animals
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by akbarb 5y ago
Well said. Good points. Yeah. Unfortunately, he caused more harm than help. I ended our relationship when I realized that he was not really the best mentor for what I started. I am going to take a step back and read some of these materials
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by akbarb 5y ago
For a dating/social app what matters to users is the pool of other users. Are there enough users, etc.? and the answer is no (at this point). I will look into the sources you shared. I have heard of The Mom Test and The Lean Product Pl
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by akbarb 5y ago
Well, I made a lot of mistakes and am more than glad to share them here. As I mentioned in one of my comments, after having the original idea/thought I got too excited too soon. At the time I did not know mobile or web development and
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by akbarb 5y ago
We do have FB and Instagram accounts and frequently post there. I try to announce updates or changes to the app in other related FB groups too. But normally the posts in other groups are reviewed by their admins and not allowed.
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by akbarb 5y ago
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's good to know what all others think about our product. As you mentioned though, the final decision will be made by me and my co-founder.
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by akbarb 5y ago
My co-founder and fiancée is a veterinarian and we met on a dating app. I never had pets before meeting her. I knew nothing about the importance of pets in their owner's lives. I turned out to be a crazy cat lover as she is lol but I a
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by akbarb 5y ago
Your words are encouraging. I think the app is unique in that it offers things that many other apps don't, but looking at the other comments I got here, that does not necessarily mean it is wanted or needed by the audience that it targ
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by akbarb 5y ago
Good points you make here. Thanks for saying things that I don't want to hear :)
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by akbarb 5y ago
I think as a first time founder, I got too excited too soon. The things that I initially spent money on were probably things that I could have done myself for a fraction of the costs. Also, being impatient and wanting to get things done qui
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by akbarb 5y ago
I am not being defensive here. As you know, I am starting to question things too. hence this post. Just to make sure that you know my reasons: 1. Filtering based on interest in animals (and not just dog or cat) 2. I am not sure if I underst
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by akbarb 5y ago
1. Our analytics showed that there were many robot installs coming from Google Ads. That's why I added captcha and then the strange installs according to Google Ads stopped. 2. You are dating people. some people like to put their pets
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by akbarb 5y ago
Most of the money we originally spent was on creating content on our website and videos on YouTube (for Youtube/Google ads). Our money spent solely for advertisement (Google ads mainly) has actually been not that much, but the ads have
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by akbarb 5y ago
Hi. Thanks for your honest opinion. That's what I am actually looking for. So many questions and for sure I have asked all those questions from myself and through research as I started working on this idea. We switched from only a dati
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by akbarb 5y ago
Got it :)
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by akbarb 5y ago
You mean the app doesn't show posts? It does. You can't add anything, but you can see everything when you log in as guest.
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by akbarb 5y ago
thanks for your comment. Good point about a web version. My understanding was that people rather be on their phones than a web browser on their laptop. Also, we do have an option to relax and/or disable the location filter, but I think
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Should I Stop Trying?
12 points by akbarb 5y ago|41 comments