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Launch HN: June (YC W21) – Two-click analytics reports on top of Segment data

#1

Post by 0xferruccio » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

Hi HN!

I’m Ferruccio, cofounder of June (https://june.so). We make it easy to set up dashboards for your most important product metrics.

After a couple of years working in product teams, we realised that most companies measure the same things. So we created a set of templates that help you streamline the process of getting an insight from your data.

With Amplitude/Mixpanel you have to know what you should be measuring and how. Getting to an insight starts from a blank canvas, is intimidating, and requires some expertise. With June, you pick a template, connect Segment, select the right events for your analysis, and get a report.

We currently have 9 templates including Retention, Active Users, and Churning Users. We release a new one every week. We’re also starting to allow you to create and share your own templates.

To try it out, go to https://june.so/templates and pick a template you’d like to try. Connect your Segment account, select the events required for your analysis, and get your insights.

Looking forward to ideas and feedback from the community!

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#2

Post by dennismu » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:35 PM UTC

okay now i wish we would use segment. what's the main point to use segment? (given that you're building your v1 on top of that)

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#3

Post by SigKill9 » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:37 PM UTC

dennismu wrote: post #2

okay now i wish we would use segment. what's the main point to use segment? (given that you're building your v1 on top of that)

Segment is a tracker that allows you to pipe the data to any tool that supports segment. That way you can change or add tools without touching the tracking code in your app or service.

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#4

Post by 0xferruccio » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:42 PM UTC

dennismu wrote: post #2

okay now i wish we would use segment. what's the main point to use segment? (given that you're building your v1 on top of that)

Segment is a product that allows you to write events once and then allows you to send them to whatever tools you want.

If you use amplitude or Mixpanel you're locked in with an SDK and it's harder to switch vendors. With segment you can write events once and decide afterwards where to send them.

This is useful as your company grows and you start using analytics events in BI tools, Marketing tools (like Intercom) and product analytics tools (like Amplitude)

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#5

Post by knes » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:43 PM UTC

Do you store the data you received from Segment. If so, how ? and how it is "secured"?

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#6

Post by emre » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:57 PM UTC

Congrats on the launch! Why did you decide to start with Segment? Do you plan to add other services in the future? (GA, Firebase etc.)

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Post by 0xferruccio » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 4:57 PM UTC

knes wrote: post #5

Do you store the data you received from Segment. If so, how ? and how it is "secured"?

Yes we store the data from Segment as it's just a pipeline.

Data is stored on AWS on a managed DB that is encrypted, always up to date with security patches and never leaves our infrastructure.

If your data is extremely sensitive and this isn't enough you can always remove PII from your Segment settings

That being said if you have any suggestions on things that we could do to be more safe I'm happy to learn

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#8

Post by seapunk » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 5:01 PM UTC

Congrats on the launch, Ferruccio!

Hope to see you next time we'll go in France.

Do you plan to add alternatives to Segment?

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#9

Post by 0xferruccio » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 5:01 PM UTC

emre wrote: post #6

Congrats on the launch! Why did you decide to start with Segment? Do you plan to add other services in the future? (GA, Firebase etc.)

We started from Segment because it makes it extremely easy for us to onboard companies and it allowed us to focus on building the core of our product, our templates!

It also makes it easy for non technical folks to get started if Segment is already in place

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#10

Post by 0xferruccio » Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 5:05 PM UTC

seapunk wrote: post #8

Congrats on the launch, Ferruccio! Hope to see you next time we'll go in France. Do you plan to add alternatives to Segment?

Oh wow great to see you here :)

We were talking with Freshpaint and have plans to integrate with Rudderstack too at some point.

In fairness every company we talked to either used Segment or Google Tag Manager, or implemented the Amplitude SDK

So those integrations might come first