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Everyone is asking "what is this?" after they visit your site which should give you direction to next steps. As some appreciated the minimal design, give your new visitors a little more direction and hand holding. Note, Google always provides a video for every new product to explain in full detail.

www.youyap.com and youyap.com point to different results of your site.


Yep use gmail,the cool thing is gmail will allow you to send emails from your gmail account that look like its coming from your work account.


I wish the open page was more to the point regarding what your site was about. It took me about 2mins to navigate and read what was the purpose of your site. When it should take me about 3 to 10 sec.


Another added tip for writing and, this can be used for almost anything, is following the Statement Example and Explain format. (SEE) It is very English 101 but always helps, e.g., “I need you to change the font to bold” (Statement) “See this is how you do it <strong> my bold text</strong>” (Example) “ Once we make the change visitors will be able to read the text better” (Explain) Or “I love you” (s) “I think about you all the time” (e) “This is why we should get married” (e)


“Does a start up founder have to be a hacker”- the answer is, NO. The purpose of the founder is to execute. The secret to a start up isn’t the “original idea”…it’s whether or not your founder can execute - never mind the idea. If the founder can’t code a page is he resourceful enough to “execute” and find someone who can…etc.


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