Labeling demo videos with specific short runtimes reduces website visitor hesitation
Vlad Magdalin · Critiquing Startup Websites With Webflow CEO · Y Combinator · Dec 23, 2022 · at 13:04
Webflow CEO Vlad Magdalin reviews the landing page design of AI video startup Colossyan with Y Combinator's Aaron Epstein.
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“This is one of the only websites I've seen where, you know, a lot of websites try to get you to watch videos where it's like, it's only 15 seconds. And I think that Puts your guard down around, ok, this is not going to take a lot of time.”
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