I am confused by the choice to feature the number of devs you had and the abbreviated schedule as opposed to a vision for how you're going to make app developers more money.<p>Aren't the key details something along the lines of "You implement an in-game currency, we give you a widget which lets users select from various offers to earn currency by taking actions which have high CPA affiliate payouts, we insulate you from the metric truckload of customer support requests this will generate, and you get paid on a fairly regular schedule"? Or maybe two steps beyond this, "Yeah we know you've heard this before but a) we have higher quality offers, b) we police the feed religiously to ensure your users don't get scammed, c) our CS is really top-notch to get users instant credit for things even when the actual CPA is delayed by days, and d) we're experts at dealing with the pathologies of poor people and promise to keep you far, far away from the seedy underbelly of our business."
1. Get an idea.<p>2. Do zero work on it.<p>3. Set up a landing page.<p>4. Submit link to HN.<p>5. Gauge the response.<p>This new trend really pisses me off...<p>If someone puts the work into it I have no problem with it, but I know that there is a 99% chance that this thing has no substance.<p>Note: to offset the rant, I'm upvoting your submit.
Im at startup weekend puerto rico right now (Im one of the judges) so its cool to see this on HN. Overall, I have been insanely impressed with whats happening in the startup community here. I have been to a number of these events in the US, but I think this one might take the cake in terms of quality.
I would look into this if there was any info about how its going to work, but that is the least helpful landing page I've ever seen. Not even worth giving away my email address.
Kudos for working on Gameboost over Startup Weekend but the ideas is not new. Google in-app game rewards and you'll find out <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&biw=320&bih=356&q=in-app+game+rewards&oq=in-&aq=0p&aqi=s2g3&aql=1&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=3862l7920l0l10119l5l5l0l1l1l0l444l1237l3-1.2l3l0&mvs=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&biw...</a>