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Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Re: Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Post by trinix912 »

jordandearsley wrote: post #35
nvrspyx wrote: post #21

Let me get this straight. $10 a month of a calendar widget that's only available for a single platform? Plus, these quotes don't really help. > “No more looking for the Google calendar tab in Chrome.” Maybe use the native calendar app then? Or make an app shortcut for Google Calendar in Chrome? > “I just joined a meeting 3 minutes late instead of 5 because of Superpowered, which is a resounding success in my book.” U…

Thanks for the feedback on those quotes! We'll look into changing them. > Maybe use the native calendar app then? Or make an app shortcut for Google Calendar in Chrome? I myself used to be an Apple Calendar user. Eventually I had to switch to Google Calendar for work. Plenty of our users are in the same boat and Google Calendar doesn't support native functionality. You definitely could make a shortcut or find another…

> I myself used to be an Apple Calendar user. Eventually I had to switch to Google Calendar for work. Plenty of our users are in the same boat and Google Calendar doesn't support native functionality.

I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm using multiple Google Calendar accounts just fine with the built-in Calendar app.

> We currently are a calendar widget, but we're now branching out of the calendar space to become a unified notification inbox.

So basically, a calendar widget and a notification center (which is already a part of the OS)?

Re: Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Post by jmarcher »

jordandearsley wrote: post #35
nvrspyx wrote: post #21

Let me get this straight. $10 a month of a calendar widget that's only available for a single platform? Plus, these quotes don't really help. > “No more looking for the Google calendar tab in Chrome.” Maybe use the native calendar app then? Or make an app shortcut for Google Calendar in Chrome? > “I just joined a meeting 3 minutes late instead of 5 because of Superpowered, which is a resounding success in my book.” U…

Thanks for the feedback on those quotes! We'll look into changing them. > Maybe use the native calendar app then? Or make an app shortcut for Google Calendar in Chrome? I myself used to be an Apple Calendar user. Eventually I had to switch to Google Calendar for work. Plenty of our users are in the same boat and Google Calendar doesn't support native functionality. You definitely could make a shortcut or find another…

> I myself used to be an Apple Calendar user. Eventually I had to switch to Google Calendar for work. Plenty of our users are in the same boat and Google Calendar doesn't support native functionality.

Calendar.app works fine with GCal though (notifications, accepting/cancelling invites, etc.). I still go through the Web UI to create invites and what not (because I want my automatic zoom meeting and decent scheduling tools), but that happens seldomly.

Re: Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Post by tesnirnat »

jordandearsley wrote: post #20
tesnirnat wrote: post #11

Wow! I love this. Unfortunately $10/month is a bit high for me, imo. Any plans to bring this down?

Thanks! As I mentioned in the note, the pricing is intentional to validate our product. If it helps, we just rolled out a referral program that gives you two free weeks for every friend that signs into the app.

Totally understand, and I really do support you guys in your journey! Maybe consider offering a business (or family) license where you can buy multiple seats for slightly cheaper?

Re: Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Post by shakow »

jeremyis wrote: post #32
petargyurov wrote: post #12

I'm sorry for being negative, but paying $10 per month for what is essentially a calendar widget is blowing my mind. The fact that this is even in YC and not just a side project is taking what's left of my brain and blowing it into the stratosphere. > We’ve only solved a small part of a bigger problem. The SaaS platforms we use for work don't work well together. It shouldn’t take cycling through ten different apps an…

> Can someone give me an example of this problem? To me this feels so "extra"... Maybe I'm missing something. The business value of missing a notification or meeting can be really high. I feel like businesses would happily pay $10 per user-month to have all their employees on time to a meeting. Or even just closer. I imagine similar logic can be applied to other notifications.

> I feel like businesses would happily pay $10 per user-month to have all their employees on time to a meeting

Maybe I'm being extremely naive, but isn't it already a solved problem with synchronized & shared calendars and notifications?

Re: Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Post by thelastinuit »

First, I apologize for the following, I mean no harm.

Based on some of the comments about notifications.

This whole thing hits me in the core of an issue I have with people and how they handle technology (especially when it comes to notifications). I can't stress enough how I hate to see people's email inboxes or the screen phones. I don't understand why there is so many pending notifications. When it comes to email, thousands, I'm not bloody kind, thousands of unread emails. When it comes to apps in their phones, hundreds. And don't get me started with group notifications (IMs)... Technology, in my view, supposes to enhance us... but I think people are becoming dumber and lazy.

So... this app makes no sense to me. I wouldn't pay for it but clearly I'm a moron and way off the curve so not the ideal client.

Re: Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Post by tesnirnat »

kybernetikos wrote: post #14
tesnirnat wrote: post #11

Wow! I love this. Unfortunately $10/month is a bit high for me, imo. Any plans to bring this down?

Another 'cloud default pricing' casualty. I'd buy more than 5x as many services if the default price was $2/month. Maybe cloud infrastructure is still too expensive?

But using the cloud probably got them here sooner, so I think the tradeoff is complex and not at all unreasonable for an early stage startup. I'm really hoping that they succeed though, and can figure out a business model at a lower subscription cost :)

Re: Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Post by jordandearsley »

cinbun8 wrote: post #6

This is neat and will certainly be useful for folks that have loads of meetings everyday. About your expansion into other areas - The reason the menu bar works is because it is tailor made for one thing now, which is finding the next meeting to join. If you add more options, would that not move the clutter from the browser tabs / apps into the menu bar? Something to think about. Good luck with the product. I wish you…

Great point, it's something we've thought a lot about. The reason we built Superpowered in the first place was because we felt Google Calendar was too cluttered. We took the 20% of it we use 80% of the time, and put it in the menu bar.

We want to take that same philosophy with every other platform. Only show the essential parts you need to do your work.

It's a big challenge, as you can tell we put a lot of thought into design, and we will continue to as the platform expands.

Re: Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar

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Post by atleta »

Is Superpowered really a wise name choice? If you look at https://superpowered.com/ , you'll see that it's in use by another startup. They're doing something completely different (mobile sound SDKs), but still, it's not like it's a personal blog or niche webshop etc. that you may hope buying at a reasonable price one day.
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