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Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by kabuks »

shawn13 wrote: post #37

This sounds and looks exactly like a more modern version of a worker cooperative (I am a member in a worker co-op). The laws around co-ops tend to be very 19th century but this is really what they are all about -- are you plugged in to the worker co-op community? There would be many interested users, potential grants and investment, etc.

That's the idea.

What would a worker coop look like if it was designed with the internet in mind. And what if the governance was baked into the project mgmt tool.

Here's a detailed doc explaining what we're trying todo: http://bettermeans.org/front/?page_id=306

It's a long read, and we need to make it shorter, but you're spot on.

No, I'm not plugged in to the worker co-op community. Loop me in.

This is the governance model we've come up with: http://bettermeans.org/front/?page_id=312

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by gilesc »

kabuks wrote: post #8
zyang wrote: post #5

is this it? http://rm.bettermeans.com/projects/bm

Yes! How did you find it?

This is cool! I've was looking for something like this earlier in the week. Obviously this isn't the place for filing bugs, but after signing up, http://rm.bettermeans.com/my/account is a broken link for me? Which kind of makes it hard to try my hand at a demo project.

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by jhuckestein »

"We’ve put together a new organizational design that allows anyone to join us, to gain equity share, to make decisions, and to make a living. And we’re building the technology platform to support it."

That's really intriguing, congratulations! If done right this can probably have a profound impact on the way businesses are run. The best of luck to you, sir!

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by kabuks »

canterburry wrote: post #35

Ehm...what is it and what do I use it for? I just see posts from people, something called workstreams and reading the text in the description on the right just makes me want to shoot myself out of boredom. Oh...and how the heck do I get credits because I see some people are already loaded.

This governance model explains who an open enterprise works.

http://bettermeans.org/front/?page_id=312

Would love your feedback

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by kabuks »

jhuckestein wrote: post #43

"We’ve put together a new organizational design that allows anyone to join us, to gain equity share, to make decisions, and to make a living. And we’re building the technology platform to support it." That's really intriguing, congratulations! If done right this can probably have a profound impact on the way businesses are run. The best of luck to you, sir!

Thanks. It's still very early, and very rough. But our hope is that others will come on board and make it way better than what it is right now. We're eating our own dogfood, and have are running bettermeans on the platform. Everything is transparent, and equity is shared.

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by startupcto »

Why 30 days? If you are just making little minor changes, features for "perfecting" it, you could launch now or even latest in a week. You don't need 30 days.

I'm not in your position so I don't know your product or what state your product's at, so I'm just basing this off the statement that you're been in the state of "perfecting" the web app.

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by jcapote »

This sounds like a web site idea in it self. "Announce" launches with firm commitments to a beta user community, and everyday you can go see what was supposed to "launch" that day, and give feedback. It'll put the pressure of public failure on the founder where it normally wouldn't exist (as is the case here).

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by jhuckestein »

jhuckestein wrote: post #43

"We’ve put together a new organizational design that allows anyone to join us, to gain equity share, to make decisions, and to make a living. And we’re building the technology platform to support it." That's really intriguing, congratulations! If done right this can probably have a profound impact on the way businesses are run. The best of luck to you, sir!

Just some quick feedback on some of the site copy: It appears you like to use buzzwords and superlatives quite a lot. I'm not sure if this is appealing to everyone (it certainly isn' to me). After reading your three columns "Entrepreneurs", "Workers" and "Companies+Nonprofits" I still don't know what you do and how I would use your product.

All I know is that you "exponentially increase my agility" (which is most likely untrue). If I'm a worker you apparently also engage all of my humanity (which, as everybody knows, is made of passion, purpose and creativity). And as an entrepreneur, I feel that you are somehow trying to offend me ;)

Maybe a description of what exactly your product does (screenshots are better than stock images and icons) would be more helpful.

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by canterburry »

kabuks wrote: post #44
canterburry wrote: post #35

Ehm...what is it and what do I use it for? I just see posts from people, something called workstreams and reading the text in the description on the right just makes me want to shoot myself out of boredom. Oh...and how the heck do I get credits because I see some people are already loaded.

This governance model explains who an open enterprise works. http://bettermeans.org/front/?page_id=312 Would love your feedback

Well, the first thing I notice is the inconsistent navigation to "home". If I just go to the domain, I get /front, if I click the link "home", I get a different looking front (/home) page.

Re: Tell HN: I'm launching in 30 days. No matter what. Hold me to it

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Post by kabuks »

gilesc wrote: post #42
kabuks wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes! How did you find it?

This is cool! I've was looking for something like this earlier in the week. Obviously this isn't the place for filing bugs, but after signing up, http://rm.bettermeans.com/my/account is a broken link for me? Which kind of makes it hard to try my hand at a demo project.

Thanks. Just fixed it.
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