Name: Interview Kickstart (http://InterviewKickstart.com)
Elevator Pitch: Nail your next coding interview.
Stage: Bootstrapped. Profitable.
Employees: One fulltime (me) and about 18 people contracting (teachers, interviewers)
Looking for: Feedback.
Here is my feedback : I was expecting to see tuition on your landing page. Saying not cheap, seems confident but it makes it hard for me to take incentive to ask for an invite.
> If you get into Google, Facebook or Palantir, we’ll refund 100% of tuition. No catch.
I wonder how people approach this kind of offer. Seems tempting, may also increase motivation but I wanted to know what people say about this ?
Seems kinda backward to me ... we'll teach you how to do this well, and if it works we'll refund you?
I get you aren't the only variable at play, but saying you'll refund if they fail the interview would be much more compelling! (But economically unfeasible I'd guess)
I had the price up there at one point ($4K). But some people found it too expensive and would call me to just tell me that. I got tired of answering them. I hence made a direct assertion by saying it's not cheap. The course is inherently expensive because of it being a people intensive business and those who clearly see value, express interest regardless of price.
People obviously love it. It's a nice incentive for them to work hard, and more importantly, to believe that we're in it for the right reasons.