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    Here's my plan to start a landscaping business with only $50. Any feedback?

    @curiousponderer I think the negative comments are coming from a scale perspective, but from a sweaty startup perspective this is fantastic. There are some notes for when you start to scale: - insurance: didn’t see this factored in the cost and between potential injury on the job (to yourself...
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    AMA: I'm Daniel, non-technical cofounder of YCombinator-backed startup Sleek

    Yes the activation energy required is different, so the extra cashback is the catalyst for making me put in the activation energy required. For me personally the extra 2% is enough to make me at least look into Sleek, especially around Black Friday timeframe. Then if I install and input my...
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    AMA: I'm Daniel, non-technical cofounder of YCombinator-backed startup Sleek

    @skitta I think you can better “hit the nail on the head.” What gives it form freedom? Why is it easy? Convenient checkout is strong, but autofilled checkout is more descriptive. Card free checkout directly addresses the annoyance of having to get a card. But I do think that the key difficulty...
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    AMA: I'm Daniel, non-technical cofounder of YCombinator-backed startup Sleek

    @skitta I’ve seen speedy checkout used before. I mean, who doesn’t want to be speedy? Would you rather a slow checkout? But I’m also curious, what’s the actual pain point the easy checkout solves? For me, it’s not having to dig out your credit card at the next store after just putting it back...
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    AMA: I'm Daniel, non-technical cofounder of YCombinator-backed startup Sleek

    @skitta This lands way better than the other statements. I do think the EXTRA 2% needs to be called out so users aren’t comparing this to their current/credit card cashback. “Extra cashback” might land better than “2% cashback” I love the call out on 1 million stores because it addresses the...
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    AMA: I'm Daniel, non-technical cofounder of YCombinator-backed startup Sleek

    @skitta None of these hit on the actual reason I would use an extension like this… the 2% extra cashback. Once I’ve already filled in my details, it might make for an improved experience down the road with some of the retailers I shop at, but I’m not going to START using the product because of...
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