Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by mihar » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:09 PM UTC

Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture
secure.stairwayapp.com

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by tantadruj » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:15 PM UTC

I will never use this. You know why? Because my work at big big enterprise would be too transparent and everybody would know that I don't add value to meetings. On live meeting I just talk myself out of everything and that's it. We don't want decisions to be made on meetings.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by draggnar » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:21 PM UTC

tantadruj wrote: post #2

I will never use this. You know why? Because my work at big big enterprise would be too transparent and everybody would know that I don't add value to meetings. On live meeting I just talk myself out of everything and that's it. We don't want decisions to be made on meetings.

looks like they've found a disruptive niche then

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by jaaron » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

What sort of pricing plan is this? The per-user expense _increases_ as you buy more seats?

https://secure.stairwayapp.com/plans

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

#5

Post by gyardley » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

When I went to your domain and read the main page, I didn't understand what it did.

The big call to action 'learn more' button took me to a series of points that didn't really clue me into what it was about. I thought I got it, but I wasn't sure - certainly not sure enough by the time I got dumped off at the signup page.

Both the 'about' and the 'features' page told me more, but I had to click around to get to those, and I went to them only after I went through the 'learn more' flow.

Now that I think I get it, it sounds pretty cool - asynchronous text-based meetings. But I had to click around a fair bit more than most people will to understand it.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by tomazstolfa » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:27 PM UTC

I've been a beta tester of Stairway.

Can't emphasize enough how fast the product evolved into a must have. No more "I didn't promise/say that.'

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by bantic » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:28 PM UTC

This is very cool. There's so much that could be done to better organize and run meetings. It's great to see someone taking a stab at it. I wished there was more of a demo before signup. Even just some screenshots would have helped.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by StavrosK » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

jaaron wrote: post #4

What sort of pricing plan is this? The per-user expense _increases_ as you buy more seats? https://secure.stairwayapp.com/plans

I guess they figured their utility increases as the meeting grows. It's not like you can segregate people into two meetings and get out of that, either.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by tadruj » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:30 PM UTC

jaaron wrote: post #4

What sort of pricing plan is this? The per-user expense _increases_ as you buy more seats? https://secure.stairwayapp.com/plans

Asana has something like that. More users, bigger network, more meetings, more traffic, more resources.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by swalsh » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 4:32 PM UTC

I spent about 30 seconds clicking around, I have no idea what your app is.

I think a video, or an example of someone using it would be nice. The philosophy alone is not enough for me to understand the app, or even make me want to use it.