Motivate HN: Featured in Giz & LifeHacker Tonight

2 points by leebossio 14 years ago | 2 comments

This is a motivational post, especially to those that are:

1. Starting the entrepreneurial path for the first time

2. Struggling with their own startup or project and need a pick-me-up

So my startup is called SayHi, and we make the SayHi Translate App for iOS. We've had a crazy week. Friday Lifehacker featured us and bumped us into the Top 200 paid apps. We were number 2 in Business.

We went on sale last night to $0.99 to drum up more momentum, and Lifehacker featured us again today as the App Deal of the Day, and simultaneously Gizmodo featured us as the App of the Day.

Currently we're around #60 top overall paid for iPhone.

Keep in mind a few things.

I don't have a Stanford degree (nor do I have any degree, nor do my cofounders). I didn't come from money. I started this startup in 2009... and after a long start, things have really finally begun picking up (a few months ago).

You can do it. Startups are really freaking hard, but it's definitely possible. Happy to answer any questions you may have, and give any advice I can to those in need.

I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without a supportive tech community... and while I still can't say where I'm going, I know that I have plenty to give back.

Will reply here, or you can email lee (at) sayhitranslate (dot) com

Zaheer 14 years ago |

This is definitely motivational! I literally just posted my first project to HN (www.intertechtion.com). While I posted to Facebook a few hours ago and not had many subscriptions, I am optimistic for HN!

P.S. I'm a first-year university student so this is pretty new experience to me!

leebossio 14 years ago | |

Congrats! Getting your first project out there is always really exciting. Even if it's hardly used... knowing you made something is an incredible feeling.