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Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by brunovegreville »

Cybotron5000 wrote: post #19
brunovegreville wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our current version is on Electron :( The bundle size is unfortunately significantly larger than a native MacOS app but we are very cautious with performance, memory and speed so if we did our job right you won't tell the difference from an UX perspective!

Hey Bruno - sounds like a cool concept - wishing you both all the best! Just looking at the screenshot (and being afflicted with the pedantry of being the son of an English teacher), would ‘Ready to take back control of your meetings?’ be more usual/a little less clumsy wording-wise? Not that I think what you’ve written is ‘wrong’ - in some ways it’s fresher/more unusual (‘Ready to bring sexy back to meetings?’ :), b…

touché, our french origin is exposed :) We've had this feedback before, I am going to change that, thanks for the suggestion!

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by ushakov »

brunovegreville wrote: post #15
ushakov wrote: post #12

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you would , but you don't have to, especially when there are free alternatives around ;)

Just to make sure the value prop of Hera is clear (given the alternative itsycal): Joining your meeting in one-click is a small fraction of our value proposition. The core of what users do in Hera is around efficiently preparing and taking actionable notes in meetings. Feel free to check the Loom demo done by Louise and don't hesitate if you have any questions!

checked out, now i understand that you're a WYSIWYG editor for editing calendar events and a menubar app to join meetings

correct?

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by [deleted] »

brunovegreville wrote: post #15
ushakov wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you would , but you don't have to, especially when there are free alternatives around ;)

Just to make sure the value prop of Hera is clear (given the alternative itsycal): Joining your meeting in one-click is a small fraction of our value proposition. The core of what users do in Hera is around efficiently preparing and taking actionable notes in meetings. Feel free to check the Loom demo done by Louise and don't hesitate if you have any questions!

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Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by corry »

Really like this, congrats on the launch!

To the people moaning about Electron apps... you're not the market. To the people moaning about $100 price... you're not the market. To the people moaning about Mac-only... you're not the market. To the people who missed the value-prop COMPLETELY and think some free taskbar widget is the whole idea... you're not the market.

IMO if you're managing 10+ people and have 10+ meetings a week (i.e. are an executive, founder, or otherwise in leadership), and this helps you get even 10% better at meetings, you'd do it in a heartbeat.

The fact is that in most startups and even larger tech companies, meetings remain one of THE most important decision/collaboration fulcrums that exist. One might say that "being better at meetings" is one of the most important things you can do as a leader.

Final comment to the naysayers - I'd like to introduce to a little startup/email client called Superhuman. I'm sure these naysayers were posting all these negative hot takes on that too. And the naysayers were wrong then. Because they aren't the market.

Congrats guys!

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by brunovegreville »

ushakov wrote: post #22
brunovegreville wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just to make sure the value prop of Hera is clear (given the alternative itsycal): Joining your meeting in one-click is a small fraction of our value proposition. The core of what users do in Hera is around efficiently preparing and taking actionable notes in meetings. Feel free to check the Loom demo done by Louise and don't hesitate if you have any questions!

checked out, now i understand that you're a WYSIWYG editor for editing calendar events and a menubar app to join meetings correct?

No, it's not: You can see Hera as a note-taking app entirely dedicated to meetings. It's easy to take notes in meetings, capture highlights or next actions that you can then either export to other tools or easily access in your future meetings.

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by brunovegreville »

corry wrote: post #24

Really like this, congrats on the launch! To the people moaning about Electron apps... you're not the market. To the people moaning about $100 price... you're not the market. To the people moaning about Mac-only... you're not the market. To the people who missed the value-prop COMPLETELY and think some free taskbar widget is the whole idea... you're not the market. IMO if you're managing 10+ people and have 10+ meeti…

Thanks for the kind words! Looking forward to seeing you on Hera!:)

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by danboy4 »

ushakov wrote: post #7

sorry to undermine your efforts but someone has to say this: as a Mac user, i won't be paying $100/year for electron app will stick to itsycal, a freeware, "real" macOS app, i've paid $10 for not affiliated, but feel free to check out: https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/

There’s also Meeter: https://trymeeter.com/

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by erichurkman »

I have been looking for a tool that better connects meetings to notes. I have some local scripting to connect meetings to notes and collect TODOs across my dozens of meetings/week. It looks like Hera could've replaced a lot of my custom setup!

But storing in your cloud, and needing access via G Suite is a non-starter. You won't get much for early adopters in top-end enterprise if you need _yet more apps installed in G Suite_ AND _sync to yet another cloud for infosec to have to vet_.

> Hey infosec, I have a new vendor that needs access to G Suite and it syncs unencrypted meeting notes to their cloud.

vs.

> Hey infosec, I have a local application that reads from Mac's calendar integration and stores notes locally.

Re: Launch HN: Hera (YC S21) – macOS app to prepare, join and take notes in meetings

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Post by brunovegreville »

erichurkman wrote: post #28

I have been looking for a tool that better connects meetings to notes. I have some local scripting to connect meetings to notes and collect TODOs across my dozens of meetings/week. It looks like Hera could've replaced a lot of my custom setup! But storing in your cloud, and needing access via G Suite is a non-starter. You won't get much for early adopters in top-end enterprise if you need _yet more apps installed in…

Understood, right now your meeting notes are not encrypted, but stored in a secure database on our server. We are currently considering two options to make sure your notes are safe: either end-to-end encryption on our servers or offline-based storage for your notes.

Thanks for the remark

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