YC Demo Day Session 4
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Anyway, I agree. I think the pricing is a bit too high for bootstrapped health startup.
Aptible is going to allow a lot of people to enter the health-tech space when the costs would otherwise be prohibitive - it's going to be huge. Forcing every company to duplicate all that compliance work in-house makes no sense, just like having every company maintaining its own colo hardware makes no sense.
They ask questions that even their husbands wouldn't know.
All women.com needs to do is ask questions about feminine products and they'll keep out most men.
Edit: For the record, my wife participates in the forum dozens of times a day. The ability to discuss sensitive issues with other like minded women in a verified exclusive forum is an incredibly good idea - one that is proven to work.
When this happens, the typical bouncer response is: 1) Realize that I look well over 21 years of age, and wave me in. 2) Be a hard ass and not let me in.
This particular bouncer looked at me and asked: "What was the first album you bought?"
I answered promptly, and he seemed content with my answer. I imagine this is something that would be hard to do, off-the-cuff but quickly, if you're faking it.
(In case you're wondering, the album with The Wayne's World Soundtrack. I wanted to hear Bohemian Rhapsody.)
I can't imagine what you'd ask men. Cars? I know nothing about them. Tools? No idea. Cooking, sport, shaving your beard.. I've got a beard trimmer?
In the case of verifying women, you can simply ask the difference between different tampons or whatnot and most guys will have no clue. There are lots of things that ALL WOMEN know that men don't.
In the case of the forum my wife participates in, they ask questions about what happens at the Mikvah. While a few men might know the laws around this, no jewish male has ever been present at the mikva, and no single jewish women either... It is an experience exclusive to married jewish women...and there are specific things that are said and done that most men would have no idea how to answer. The few that would know the answer would likely stay away from the site in the first place (if they even use the internet!)
Edit: Here is the questionnaire. http://balaboostas.com/forum/entry/register?Target=%2F
If your other answers aren't consistent with the others, it would be obvious to the moderator. (i.e. you went to a lubavitch school, but wait the sephardik amount of time between meat and dairy.
Sure, some people can probably figure this all out, but the questions are just as much for making the users feel comfortable than it is to keep the one moron who googles this all, out of the forums.
AirBnB uses a third party you send a scan or photo of your passport to. The third party can apparently tell both fake documents and doctored images.
backpackbang will dodge the bullets and be valued 300mln
Biotech & Nuclear will continue research. One will yield value.
Rest will pivot, acquihire or die.
I can't see any future where they don't get shut down.
All it is going to take is a couple smuggling stings on the travelers, and then they will have the reputation as not being safe.
I mean, who wants to spend their vacation in a foreign prison, waiting for the consulate? Or risk losing their job for smuggling a couple hundred dollars?
Maybe that's why it stands out.
I'm a pretty experienced traveller and I do people all kinds of favours but I'm fairly picky about what I take across borders for others. As in: I get to inspect the item inside and out beforehand.
Obvious, though not insurmountable, problems aside, I disagree it's niche.