I'm 22 and for the last few months I've been building something that should have existed years ago.

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PinPoint helps you find people or lost items through smart, time-limited location pins - safely and privately.

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Why it worked

The video uses a relatable 'founder's journey' narrative that frames the product as a solution to a universal human frustration, building trust before introducing the app.

Summary

The founder explains the problem of losing touch with people or items in specific locations and introduces his new app, PinPoint, as the solution. He demonstrates how the app allows users to drop pins at locations to reconnect with others or find lost items.

Structure

1Founder identifies a common pain point
2Explains the limitations of current social connection
3Introduces PinPoint as the solution
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This should’ve existed years ago! #startup #app #founder #reconnect #socialapp

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HI I'm 22 and for the last few months I've been building something should have existed years ago let me ask you this have you ever met someone not taken their details and had no way to reconnect an airport a festival a networking event Or when you lose something your keys your wallet you have no way to connect with them that shouldn't be the case It never made sense to me so I built PinPoint it lets you drop a pin exactly where something happened where you met someone where you lost something where a memory was made and if someone else pins that same location you see them you can reconnect no endless searching for usernames just reconnecting exactly where it happened and see the uses are endless now I did say launching Feb but I wanted it to be perfect so it's launching this week

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I'm 22 and for the last few months I've been building something that should have existed years ago. Let me ask you this: have you ever met someone, not taken their details, and had no way to reconnect? An airport, a festival, a networking event. Or when you lose something—your keys, your wallet—if someone finds it, you have no way to connect with them. That shouldn't be the case. It never made sense to me, so I built PinPoint. It lets you drop a pin exactly where something happened. Where you met someone, where you lost something, where a memory was made. And if someone else pins that same location, you see them, you can reconnect. No endless searching for usernames, just reconnecting exactly where it happened. And see, the uses are endless. Now I did say launching Feb, but I wanted it to be perfect, so it's launching this week.