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KingMaxon Ask HN: I'd like to make a 30-second screencast. Where do I start?

The OS doesn't matter. The screencast is just a clip that I'm looking to upload on YouTube that I can then send to potential clients.

KingMaxon Ask HN: Screencasts, emails or cold calls. How would you make first contact?

Ok, at the risk of sounding naive, my product is pretty much disruptive. There isn't a similar product yet in the market (I'm not in the US) - hence, I feel I almost have to go out there to create the need/demand before I can sell them on the deal.

That's why I'd like to plan my first move accordingly. I think it's the most crucial move I'll make!

KingMaxon Ask HN: Screencasts, emails or cold calls. How would you make first contact?

> You've built a web prototype of a product, which means you had some idea of what the product should do, and what business problem it should solve, and who it should be useful to.

Right. Only that it's a bare-minimum prototype, built just to gauge customers' reactions and incorporate their input.

> Presumably, in doing that, you relied on the input of some target customers to help you understand their business. Right?

Of course. But the input given until now has been purely based on conversations I had before the prototype (for lack of a better word?) was built.

I'd like to see the reaction of someone that I have zero connections with, so that I don't get a biased (towards me) review. There's still much work to be done, but I'm wondering what the best way is to go out there, and tease them into eventually using the product, once it's set for release.