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Dev tools · August 23, 2012

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User Testing for the Lean Startup

http://www.betapunch.com: Sign up / Submit startup, get a unique URL to launch our screen recorder, share the link with your beta sign ups or anybody you want to test your site, they record and upload their video which sends the feedback directly to your startup page. Each startup gets a unique URL to share with testers. Send the URL to them via email or place the URL on your website. For the screen recorder I am tapping into the Screenr.com API. Would love to hear the HN community opinion and if it is something you would use to get usability testing for your own startup. Currently our free…

User Testing for the Lean Startup launched on August 23, 2012 with 7 votes, #115 of 411 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

http://www.betapunch.com: Sign up / Submit startup, get a unique URL to launch our screen recorder, share the link with your beta sign ups or anybody you want to test your site, they record and upload their video which sends the feedback directly to your startup page. Each startup gets a unique URL to share with…

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