Lose It or Lose It - Why, How, and How Much

This is brilliant. I love how he shared his milestones, and costings. What do you guys think of the app? Do you think he will get venture or angel?

Is there a <a href="http://withings.com" rel="nofollow">http://withings.com</a> integration? If not, why? That seems mind-numbingly obvious. I would consider doing this if there was an integration.<p>Note that the user experience would be much better too. Rather than need to upload photos, I would just use my scale normally.<p>Also, you could incentivize the photos by reducing the amount you lose. You could lose less of your bid when you miss a weigh-in by, for example, getting people to join the service. They could then follow your progress to make sure you don't miss your next one.<p>Finally, I'd make this about a charity and only take a cut of the losses. There isn't much reason you deserve hundreds of dollars for lazy people. This might decrease the success rate but increase your signup rate.

14K for a design and 5K for the initial legal work seems pretty steep to me for a completely new, unproven web. Surely it could have been done an order of magnitude cheaper for similar quality, no?<p>Anyway I'm glad he shared the data.

I think this startup would be a great partner for the Biggest Loser TV show. The show could provide the contestant with money and each week the contestant would make money if he/she lost weight. You could incorporate the original idea by forcing them to give some of the money back if they regain weight.

Considering the way you'll make money, I would get a good laugh if you added some advertising to your site for fast food / ice cream places.<p>Kidding aside, this is an interesting post. I feel like I might have committed less on the design side and then revisited it at some point, but I understand where you're coming from too. Good luck!

This seems really cool and I'm always glad to see entrepreneurs making progress. The only thing that seems kind of odd is that it's a service meant to help you lose weight, yet it directly benefits if you don't lose weight. Though, I'm sure that's what the tips are meant to offset.

Two things I thought of....<p>1) Can I lie and say that I lost the weight in order to get my money back?<p>2) Is there anything out there that works with positive reinforcement for weight loss? In other words, instead of punishing people (which may work for some), reward people with prizes (money, gifts, etc..)

I don't read the post, but from the comment I think that in order to lose weight there is an easy solution:<p>Eat less and move more.