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That's your biggest selling point, hands down. A pack of 500 forms (see link below) retails for $60; you'd be saving school districts literally…",{"value":59,"source":50,"evidence":60},"K-12 teachers",[61,65],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"3941860","rwhitman","Agree, the copy on the landing page doesn't seem to read \"hey teachers, this is for you!\", it comes off a bit more of \"hey tech guys check out this SAAS app we made for…",{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"3942005","imroot","I ended up showing the website to my wife (a former K-12 Teacher with a special ed\u002Frestraint endorsement in the Commonwealth of Kentucky), who is now working on her Doctorate in…",{"value":70,"source":71,"evidence":72},"Application is free; monetization planned via third-party content store","maker",[73],{"id":74,"by":11,"text":75},"3942013","Thanks! I guess it's not immediately apparent, the application itself is free. 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So well designed... did you do that in-house or contract it out?",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"3942070","chrisdroukas","This is a beautifully designed site. I absolutely love the sliding signup\u002Fsign in sheets.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"3941747","ecubed","Neat concept and a well designed site, I hope you guys get some market penetration as I'm sure this would be a huge burden relief for teachers everywhere. A few suggestions: If I…",{"value":129,"source":114,"evidence":130},"Could save schools money and time",[131,132],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},[134,142,153],{"value":135,"source":114,"evidence":136},"Landing page copy aimed at tech people, not teachers",[137,138],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"3942454","tylermenezes","Just curious: have you actually talked to many teachers? Shown them the site and asked for feedback? 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