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brennanm

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    Comment #36978078

    This makes no sense. How is pressing a key on a piano different from pressing a key on an electronic piano?

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    29,000 tech layoffs in 3 months: 3 Steps every manager needs to take

    It's not a good time for tech: - 3rd largest NASDAQ downturn in 20yrs - Growing companies down 75% in 6mo And now… 30k people laid off since March. Including from companies like Te…

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    Surveyed 500 ppl in tech about growth, goals, & meetings. Here's 10 takeaways

    Hey HN, At Hypercontext (S21 / https://hypercontext.com) we build an app that helps managers run better meetings by making sure those meetings have an agenda, notes, and goals that…

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    Comment #27892962

    Not company wide, but definitely paying and a great relationship with folks at Netflix.

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    Comment #27889542

    They’re giving feedback on the experience. Nothing was broken, just confusing. Using HN for feedback is pretty core to YC’s value for batch companies and has been going on for quit…

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    Comment #27887562

    We have a small team starter plan that's $5 total for your first 5 users. Also, we'll only charge you for additional users if you a) invite them and b) they sign in and become acti…

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    Comment #27887532

    Noah! Thanks for commenting. Re - ML on feedback: Customers/users haven't taken us there, yet, anyways. Would love to jam more, if you're open to it? brennan at hypercontext.com?

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    Comment #27887487

    It's volume pricing for users above that threashold, if that makes sense. So, the first 100 users are $5.60/u/m or $560/m, if annual (to keep numbers consistent). 101 users would b…

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    Comment #27887454

    All good man. Enjoy google docs

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    Comment #27887441

    Amazing. Would love as much feedback as you can muster if you want to send it my way: brennan @ hypercontext.com

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    Comment #27885928

    You're doing gods works here. Thanks so much. Please do ask for a reset when you get the chance and/or email me directly brennan at hypercontext.com would love more feedback like t…

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    Comment #27885598

    Spotted - Yeah we rebranded from Soapbox about 30 days ago. https://hypercontext.com/blog/news/soapbox-rebrand-hypercont...

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    Comment #27884770

    I 100% hear you here. Meetings are inherently pretty viral, so stopping the multiplayer is actually quite hard. We've had to manage it in app fairly deliberately as user growth can…

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    Comment #27884687

    Don't let us discourage you. There is room for multiple companies in any space worth building a startup in. Happy to build this space with you, together. Competition is good for cu…

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    Comment #27884596

    Job Specs: - Manage 10 people - Code fixes in between meetings - Learn new technical concepts after hours - Management books/podcasts while you sleep - Nobel prize on PTO Views on …

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    Comment #27884551

    For the folks who don't want to click-> "[Peter Principle] observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their 'maximum level of incompetence': employees are promoted based o…

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    Comment #27884521

    We launched the goals library Sept last year and it's been growing slowly ever since. Still more to do on it (and other large/free/helpful resources like our template library https…

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    Comment #27884494

    In my head, Hera is more of a merge of something like apple reminders and apple notes. More of a single-player experience for productivity. Superpowered has a bunch of similar conc…

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    Comment #27883391

    Yup - definitely have been competitive with them for a while now. Great for innovation in the space for sure. They're a bit more "sell to HR" focused and we're more "biuld for the …

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    Comment #27882773

    We've looked at that and found it's been more beneficial for folks to use one or two of our canned conversation starters to uncover something they wouldn't have otherwise talked ab…

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    Comment #27882758

    We've disguising a career change as a promotion since 0 BC

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    Launch HN: Hypercontext (YC S21) – Meeting notes, actions, and OKRs in one app

    Hi HN, we’re Brennan and Graham, founders of Hypercontext ( https://hypercontext.com ). We make an app that helps managers run their 1:1 and team meetings with action items, feedba…

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    Comment #26025272

    Super cool

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