3 Ideas (with slides) for YC W10 - What do you think?
tezza: Hi. I'm formerly of both startups and Artwork Automation tech. Your idea sounds great & good luck with finding a co-founder.@YC W10 I have a few comments1. CutBots :: Installed base of cutting machinesCan you offer a service to post the results to your customers who don't have a cutter? Frequent or On Demand customers may still want a discreet device but experimenters may be prepared to wait for the post.--2. Established CompetitionShapeways.com and others. Their big trade is vanity bracelets.--3. Suggested ReadingCrossing the Chasm - Moore. Specifically this book details the difficulty of going from the Hackers who search for your "Hack CriCut" to the Early Majority who do scrap-books. The Early Majority will need specialist tactics and Moore's Whole Product solution.--4. Business to BusinessMy Artwork Automation tech was B2B rather than your B2C focus. I would say that you should consider refocussing away from customer facing to White Label provision.Consider that anyone can now have Nike shoes made with your own name on them[1], and lots of people have heard of Nike versus whoever did their implementation for them.Try to imagine selling your tech to say a Crafts Magazine where the magazine can promote their cutter tool and you provide the technology & delivery and take a cut of any transactions.-----------[1] http://missgeeky.com/2008/04/03/nike-id-design-your-own-shoe...