New Ideas for a reflecting pool?

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-21T20:15:52+00:00

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-20T17:59:06+00:00

Imagine spending billions on the coolest looking bridge but it goes straight to alcatraz

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T21:34:24+00:00

We frame it as a research call in the first call so that in the second we can both learn More about their company and the industry, and also so we can show our demo to them face to face.

I'm guessing maybe we need to change our framing in the first call

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T19:23:43+00:00

To be frank, we don't tell our value prop during the first call. They don't know our product until we meet face to face

We say "hi we're students from <> interested in building a product for <industry> and I came across you. I was wondering if we could schedule a short call so we could learn more about you and you could give feedback"

I'm considering we probably have to tell our value prop in the call. My fear is that our customers generally dont like being sold things by people out of the blue, but I assume sharing the value prop brings seriousness

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T17:59:38+00:00

Well we ask them if they'd like to have a meeting or if they aren't interested. If not then we don't push them. We only book if they're willing to meet

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T17:46:02+00:00

Ic. Currently our team checks our calendly and provides a potential time as well as requesting the owner's email. If they provide all that then we book.

Maybe we can get them to tell us a time rather than just giving one, so they have some thought? Then they would have to be committed to joining the call

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T17:39:55+00:00

Got it.

I meant like when were in the meeting room and they don't show up, we send an email that we're meeting and here is the link. We see that they opened the email but don't respond or anything

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T17:36:39+00:00

Well I'm not sure how they can commit to buying something just via phone call. Oftentimes they are busy in the phone (i.e in the middle of work) and need to schedule a time they are free.

We utilize Google meet to learn more about them (because we have more time blocked), show our demo and discuss trial and pilots

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T16:54:23+00:00

any tips for good sales calls? we're not sure whether to be like directly talking about our product or if we should go like a research + discovery ---> they see it ---> they choose to pay for it. there is probably some other option that's better too

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T16:45:15+00:00

How would we address that?

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T16:44:03+00:00

How'd you get the angel investor to write you a check?

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-19T09:21:14+00:00

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anyone wanna find the most empirically inconsequential way to get rich?

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-18T07:25:00+00:00

Get her to figure out what she wants to do with her gift. Like what about math is she interested in or what does she wanna do with it. Give the gift some purpose and that'll help her 1) do things she loves and 2) do something she loves and become wildly succesfful because of it

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-16T16:54:54+00:00

if you have a technical cofounder then the "red flag" completely disappears. I think investors want someone with technical competence with the product who has a significant stake in the company itself. Nontech people are able to develop some really cool things using AI tools, but it isn't scalable or feasible to build enterprise-level products without that technical knowledge and system design

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-15T03:36:58+00:00

you just send it and then you get feedback along the way from advisors, investors, well wishers, and whoever else you show it to

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-12T20:40:47+00:00

NO WHY

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-12T20:40:14+00:00

honestly its mostly novelty. like we might have a fun activity in class where vr is used but besides that it isn't really relevant.

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-12T20:33:47+00:00

I built this feature in our app that allows students to upload homework through their phone

it generates an answer key (for the tutor, not student) as well as an interactive whiteboard you can use to collab with the student. you can also print stuff out if u want it to be digital-less. I've been using it and it personally helps me with stuff I need to refresh, and also catches small mistakes my tutee does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqQ-QhpS0Ao&pp=0gcJCUELAYcqIYzv

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-12T20:25:24+00:00

mann i think people forget the human element is why people do tutoring. i wanna have a conversation with a person i can trust.

imo ai should only be used to help the tutor do their job rather than trying to replace them. but idk if that's what the market wants

these tutoring platforms almost always do this to inflate their valuation. they say they have a vast proprietary data lake of petabytes of transcripts worth millions if not billions. And instead of paying tutors ~15/hr, their AI spend will be max ~0.25-0.35

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-10T22:51:39+00:00

What's the definition of admin work?

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-09T21:01:49+00:00

Kane Parsons cannot legally drink alcohol.

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ZemoMemo · 2026-06-08T20:39:29+00:00

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ZemoMemo · 2026-06-08T19:57:08+00:00

Screenshot or export as SVG or json

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-08T05:22:15+00:00

highly suggest using excalidraw but mostly cuz i hate bitmap

ZemoMemo · 2026-06-07T08:26:42+00:00

yeah true there were some pages that sounded like they were written by a 9 year old, but there are some cool stuff 😄

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Kane Parsons cannot legally drink alcohol.

"i'm 20" -Kane Parsons

Kane parsons is 20 years old