willcheung

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by willcheung 9y ago
Hey guys, I used to work in Sales, and my company usually paid for Email Tracking (like Yesware) and Contact Profile (LinkedIn) tools. These email features are now an indispensable part of my daily workflow. Now that I started my own compan
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7 points by willcheung 9y ago|1 comments
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by willcheung 15y ago
We do have parts of the functionality you're talking about. You can copy someone's individual ideas and add them to you own duffel. But you have to sign up first, of course. :)
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by willcheung 15y ago
We thought that the the first homepage looked too much like "travel inspiration" site. But yeah, we're trying to encourage users to try the site before signing up.
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by willcheung 15y ago
We do have one...actually I forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder! http://duffelup.com/site/tutorial_overview
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by willcheung 15y ago
Got it. We did many things to remedy the issues you're talking about, but hid some of them so we can focus on getting users to actually try our tool first.
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by willcheung 15y ago
Point taken. We're too poor for professional copywriter, but def will change our wording.
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by willcheung 15y ago
My wife also said "corky" is corny. But she also suggested I put an image of a duffel bag with smiley faces on it, so I can't tell whether she was serious. Anyway, I agree we should show and not tell, hence the ability to create a trip wit
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by willcheung 15y ago
Appreciate you spending time to write a detailed, honest feedback! Although our site is most useful for travelers who plan trips (a lot of people travel but do not actually "plan" trips), what we were trying to convey was that "even if you
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4 points by willcheung 15y ago|16 comments
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by willcheung 15y ago
Large organization can provide you with resource (developers, capital, etc.), so if you can still do what you like to do, I'd take it. On the other hand, if it's just a "job", no amount of money could justify giving up the little idea that
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1 points by willcheung 16y ago|0 comments
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by willcheung 16y ago
For our launch, we also tried reaching out to tech / travel blogs to write about us. I found the time spent following-up and convincing them that your product is awesome wasn't worth it when you can be coding or improving the product (it w