Suggestr 🛒 (YC W22)

Amazon-quality recommendations for everyone.

[pixelmothman @pixelmothman]

Great examples of hero headlines (Part I):

1. Everything you need to rank higher & get more traffic - @ahrefs

2. Start your business in the United States from anywhere ( @tryfirstbase )

3. Make more money with better product recommendations ( @get_suggestr )

[Oleksii @acecreamu]

Let's do more in 2022, everyone!

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

@acecreamu, I, and everything product recommendations with @Mat_Sherman on the FTF podcast 👇

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Welcome to YC W22, @adityamehtax, @acecreamu, and team @get_suggestr!

Suggestr is a self-serve, no-code product recommendation solution for the 20M+ e-commerce brands that sell on platforms like Shopify.

https://t.co/DPF0U9Ze3r

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

was disappointed while browsing @Apple store today, they recommended me AirPods Pro — I already own a pair and I was logged in

they should check out @get_suggestr

[Oleksii @acecreamu]

Pre-trained language models can produce interesting results in the fields where you'd least expect it!
We found #GPT3 being able to generate meaningful product bundles without any purchase history whatsoever 👀 Something not a single SOTA #recommendations algorithm is capable of

[Amaan Shabeer @amaan_shabeer]

Over the last 1 week, I've been watching YC Application Videos for fun.

Here are my 5 favorite startups for the Winter 2022 batch 👇🏼

#startups #ycombinator #tech

[Jeff Sheldon @ugmonk]

People always ask us if we’ll sell on Amazon. The short answer is “no.”

We tried it briefly and was not worth it.

I’d rather stay small and provide a much better end-to-end customer experience.

Not to mention the % they take from every order.

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

being understood > being cool
❌ AI-based Conversion Data Network
✅ Sell More by Converting Lookers into Buyers

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

🕸 network effects are are not just limited to social platforms and apps; they are equally applicable in human networks

🙋🏾‍♀️ every new person you meet can bring you a degree closer to reaching literally anyone you want

💪🏽 networking is an underrated superpower in 2021

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

looking for angel investors that are interested in e-commerce saas👼

founders, what are some things i should keep in mind?

who are interesting folks i should speak to?

#buildinpublic

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

📣 Shooting my shot — if you’re a Shopify dev please slide into my DMs

Remote position, avg salary, equity, and very dank memes 🔥

1 RT = 1 preempted series A + good startup karma 🙏🏼

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

Extract from convo I had recently with a banker for opening @get_suggestr’s bank account:

“So where is the money right now?”

“This is a convertible note, they will wire the money once we have an account”

“Ok but where is it right now? We need to check if the money is there”

[Oleksii @acecreamu]

Not many people know, but before making https://t.co/YcSgxUh2BX I wanted to make a course about ML in production. The demand is huge and data are sparse.

The only factor that stopped me is that I didn't know shit about ML in production.

Luckily, now we have courses like this:

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

It’s time to write a monthly investor update email.

This will be our first update email for @get_suggestr. We’re currently working on the MVP, so the focus will be on key learnings and future plans.

Time to let them know how they can help 😉 @vcstarterkit

#buildinpublic

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

Buying psychology — pricing products is where you find out that microeconomics is theoretical.

Eg, we charge a % for the sales we generate. Ipso facto, it’s a locked-in ROI. However no one wants to pay 10K a year for recs, regardless of how much additional sales we can generate.

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

As a founder, one of highest leverage activities you’ll do is making (good) decisions.

Decision fatigue is very real, so ruthlessly cut out frivolous decisions.

Probably why many successful founders always wear the same outfit, or order the same food.

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

The biggest skill gap I have right now is writing marketing copy that converts.

What are your recommendations for getting better at this?

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

Restarted customer development after about 10 admin/ops-heavy days — such a high to talk to potential customers, esp when you hear them describe in detail the exact problem your product solves

#buildinpublic

[Aditya Mehta @adityamehtax]

We spoke to 50 Shopify sellers in the first month of starting Suggestr to discover the prevailing market personas.

Over time, noticed many micro-personas within our original personas. The longer you look, the clearer the picture of the market gets.