My startup's first press article

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12 points·mattculbreth··9 comments

Congrats Matt. We received a huge amount of press when Fantasy Congress was first created. You probably already know this, but my advice from the media cycle world is that you should not get distracted. Just keep on focusing on your great product and you'll do great!

PG's comments on press help here: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

Glad to see it getting off the ground Matt. I remember when you told me about it a few months ago over lunch.

likewise, the first press article for a startup I work for (excluding a pre-launch techcrunch post): http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=42...

Yep, which we'll be using shortly on our blog. Nice work on that.

I'm all for Atlanta-area startups, but...

What the hell does it do? I've read the elevator pitch three times and I can't figure it out.

We're a software company building an on-demand web application to deliver Business Intelligence Extranets. Most traditional products like Business Objects or Cognos are primarily focused on internal audiences at a company. We're doing something that's built for a company's customers and suppliers.

This phrase has about as much caloric content as a tic-tac:

"on-demand web application to deliver Business Intelligence Extranets"

What's the problem that you guys are solving? How are you solving it? (And don't just tell me, put it on your website)

Very hard to understand what it is about, but good luck anyway!

Did you write this yourself?

No, was interviewed by the author.

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