Will work for traction

In the last 6 months our team has shoestringed a bookmarking tool for power users. The project is stable beta, but now we have a problem:

0. No connections in the valley. 1. No money for advertising. 2. Both of us are introverts. Unfortunately this excludes social promotion.

We are looking to make a project for you in the next 3 to 24 months and we'd like to have publicity for our project in return.

maxwin · 14 years ago

One suggestion. You should put a link to your bookmarking tool. There is no shame on promoting yourself in the right context. Or at least put it in your profile.

zebra · 14 years ago

FavTool.com

I just don't want to spam here

damoncali · 14 years ago

http://FavTool.com - clickable

Whitespace · 14 years ago

I fail to see how this would work out. If you get enough good publicity -- the kind that'll keep you busy for the next couple of months with users/scaling/networking opportunities -- how will you be able to fulfill your promise to take on extra work? And if being introverts is preventing you from networking/marketing it yourselves, how do you think you'll handle success?

zebra · 14 years ago

The tool is almost ready - it needs ~15 days work to be 100% ready. Scaling is not a problem - different users go to a different servers (this site is not very social).

Success for me is to have money for me and my family. I think that an individual can be successful without being public.

willgdjones · 14 years ago

Hey,

I'm a student in the UK at UCL, and I'm lucky enough to be president of the Entrepreneurs Society.

I've got a few projects that I need some help with, and I would love to trade publicity (most likely it will be in London) for help with development.

Email me on president@uclentrepreneurs.com if your interested and we can talk some more.

Thanks,

Will

len · 14 years ago

weve been working on the starving artist problem (aka building distribution for your work). get in touch.

jfoster · 14 years ago

As other comments allude to, you need to grow yourselves in order to grow your product. I know it's not easy and feels unnatural, but the benefits will stick with you the rest of your life. I'm a bit introverted myself and I've been working on fixing it.

zebra · 14 years ago

I tried to fix this. I went to a shrink. I'm over 30, I'm not 16. This is the rason I choose this unusual route of action.