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buyfromfarm

10 karma · joined August 7, 2014

Founder of Buy From Farm - buy and sell produce at farmers' markets and around you

http://buyfrom.farm

our android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ljapps.farmersmarket

iOS app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/buy-from-farm/id888714969?mt=8

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buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: What's your website? I'll do a video review of it
I am also too late. http://buyfrom.farm
buyfromfarm··on iOS Developer/Designer Interview Questions
agreed. Some are just names. It is kind to ask a technical writer if he is qualified for keeping up with the new trend.
buyfromfarm··on Is it too much to ask interested job seekers to use our product first?
Thanks for remembering me. It goes pretty well for product development. We have 6000 market vendors information now. We also build some tool for market organizers.
buyfromfarm··on Is it too much to ask interested job seekers to use our product first?
I don't quite get it. The Co-founder role is for marketing and sales.
buyfromfarm··on Is it too much to ask interested job seekers to use our product first?
what if you have been invited to be a co-founder role? I guess I shouldn't expect developers to have the same passion as I do. I hope the interested co-founder candidate should have some passion about the domain. I feel that it is very difficult for a co-founder to stick with the project if he/she don't agree this project is solving some problem he/she cares about.
buyfromfarm··on Is it too much to ask interested job seekers to use our product first?
Thanks. I do appreciate what you have put together. I am a little curious what motivate a person to send an email to me and say he is interested in the co-founder role. Idea alone?
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Customers say “great idea and product” but they don't download
Well, my website is in English and I am asking a question in a English Forum so apparently I am targeting US. I understand your point. Yes, I should do my own research before I started to make an app. Tell me this is the story of facebook, dropbox, box, airbnb, etc. Not related but I am pretty new to HN. I thought the answer to a question should be related. Personally I don't get how your answer is USEFUL. From my understanding, the vendors I interviewed were happy with this solution. And You were telling me it's a wrong product. It's contradictory, isn't it?
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Customers say “great idea and product” but they don't download
this is a blank page. nothing is there. tested with chrome and safari.
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Customers say “great idea and product” but they don't download
Well. Making me rich as my intention is probably a little bit too much. At least I think I am trying to help them. The idea is from neighbors helping neighbors. I am from China. Nowadays almost 99% grocery shopping is done in farmer's markets in China, India and almost most developing countries. There are countless news about farmers couldn't find buyers. This is the problem I am solving. If you think my solution is bad. There are a few startups I found out, funded, and charged vendors up to $100/month for providing their product info. I understand you are trying to help. But not happy with my intention is challenged.
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Customers say “great idea and product” but they don't download
Helpful one. I actually met a CEO of a local wine company. He was excited (at least he asked a lot of questions), pointed me to his VP Marketing. Some are helpers. I will lock one and follow up.
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Legal Options for a H1B founder to participate in Y Combinator
As suggested by a Quora user, you can search for answer at Quora.com, having a friend who is citizen or greenholder opens the company for you, you join as a stack holder. (Disclaimer: getting your own attorney). Some guys I know applied O-1 visa successfully to creat their own business.
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Customers say “great idea and product” but they don't download
Ok. Can I interview you first? Why wont you use it? Assume you are a user. Do you know what can you buy when you visit a farmer's market? I know you can check the website of a farmers market. But most of them don't have vendor product info. Let's see you know Barton creek FM so well you know each stand. How about at Muller? Will you just go there to try you luck. You can also argue most of vendors have their own websites. But really? A small business like them to build and maintain a website? I saw most of websites are old and lack of update for Barton's. A followup question: use this app, you see your neighbor is putting up some small trees for sale, like craigslist, will you buy from your neighbor. Like my mentor, a golf legend, plants 50+ trees at his backyard, he wants to sell some of them, at his 70's, how could he do that? In the end, and also how I pitched, most of grocery shopping happens at formal and informal farmers market in developing counties such as in China and India. So I also think there is a huge opportunity there.
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Customers say “great idea and product” but they don't download
Oh, you talk about the website. You think the website kills users motivation? The thing was that 1) my previous website wasn't like this at all (no venders signed up, I shifted my idea to neighbors who wants to sell produce to neighbors) 2) I just told them how to download the app. Like searching "buy from farm". I personally don't think your comment is trying to answer my questions because it can't be no single download. They already saw how app works.
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Customers say “great idea and product” but they don't download
Thank you for sharing this. Even though my mind is telling me that my case is way different. I read through and will think hard. A followup question: what should I do? I am not gonna close my door without trying harder.
buyfromfarm··on Ask HN: Do you have a project logbook?
When I was on my own, I used Google Doc to keep track of daily logs in a loose way. I am getting a team so I switch to asana. It has been for 3-days I am fine with that.