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Comment #30339826
This is the reason I started Dex (YC S19) -- tried Monica and while it solved the right problem I found it a heavy -- it felt like to much work. To be a single source of truth I wa…
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Comment #25273794
Founder of Dex here! Apologies for the involved flow + being booked through December. Since everyone manages relationships differently, we've found it a valuable step for our new u…
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Comment #21423757
Dex (YC S19) | Founding Engineer | Full Time | San Francisco + Remote | $80,000 - $120,000 + 1-6% Dex ( https://getdex.com/ ) is a personal CRM that helps anyone build stronger rel…
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Comment #21129055
Dex | Founding Engineer | Full-time | San Francisco or Remote | $80-120k + 1.0-6.0% | https://getdex.com/ Dex (YC S19) is a personal CRM that reminds you to keep in touch. Thousand…
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Comment #20703361
Totally get your concern. We'll surface the privacy policy more prominently (+ work on making this more clear), which you can access here https://getdex.com/privacypolicy . Dex is …
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Comment #20703350
Thanks for sharing your experience -- as you mentioned we've built Dex around the import experience for now [since typically those people get more value out of the product], but de…
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Comment #20703339
Thanks for this suggestion -- this is something I've thought about (especially in relation to helping users remember a good reason to reach out). You can do this sort-of with the t…
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Comment #20703230
I would really like for the version of the product to move towards something like this -- a big struggle with relationship management now is some degree of fragmentation. Some of t…
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Comment #20702839
You're right on both counts. The company started approximately 9 months ago, focused on different ideas in the relationship management space; traction prior to YC was minimal. The …
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Comment #20702790
This is an interesting insight -- definitely aware of Dunbar's number but haven't thought about the best way to incorporate it into Dex. Appreciate the suggestions!
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Comment #20702765
This is a great point -- will look into this. I have to admit I haven't looked into this but agree it's a good idea + probably a quick thing to do!
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Comment #20702502
Emails is definitely a straightforward thing to do. SMS is also pretty possible. For really interesting use0cases like Messenger, the difficulty becomes more of collecting and stor…
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Comment #20701706
Appreciate this feedback -- I recognize Dex is underwhelming for you and we''re working to fix that. We actually do have an experimental feature for Facebook import (it does take a…
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Comment #20701674
Re: demo / screenshots, I totally get this. Honestly the landing page hasn't been a huge concern, but I'll take your feedback that you actually want to see the feedback first; we'l…
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Comment #20701273
Google Contacts are useful for email data (since folks often add to Google Contacts, which does create issues with noise...) I'll add you can add your iCloud contacts into Dex if y…
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Comment #20701267
Thanks for sharing Prim! Really interesting. Manual data entry as you know is the hard part -- any personal CRM will require some data entry. We try to make this easy with a calend…
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Comment #20701144
Backstory looks super interesting! Will definitely try it out too :) Thanks for the feedback about the sidebar integrations; we're in the process of revamping it and will likely mo…
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Comment #20701127
I'm happy to take your money and also clarify the privacy policy -- will follow-up with you when that's done!
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Comment #20700616
Right now the recommendations are based on your calendar history and your past activity with recommendations -- we're hoping to include more signals as we develop ways to ingest th…
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Comment #20700573
I agree with your statement that the value of a relationships is what keep relationships alive. I'll add we do believe forgetfulness plays a role in how you prioritize. One benefit…
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Comment #20700513
Will follow-up via email :). I'll note I think one thing that Dex does different is it tries to be actionable as best as possible (like your #2 weekly prompt). Without a prompt, it…
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Comment #20700501
Appreciate the product feedback -- it's super actionable. We haven't completed a full-on email integration yet because we want to be relatively conservative and make an email integ…