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Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by foolinaround »

ahmedomar701 wrote: post #2

We are Ahmed Nasser and Ahmed Omar of Odiggo (YC S21). We connect car owners with mobile mechanics in the Middle East. Our mobile app lets you schedule a tire change, an oil change, replacing any car part, or basically any service for your car in minutes. The mechanics come to where your car is. As a kid I used to wake up very early on Friday to fix or do something to my fathers car, it was like a never ending proces…

the tools at a garage are very physical - a good jack that raises the car up feet vs inches, all the tools that might come handy, additional supplies, etc?

I once had a mechanic come to my place, then he realized that due to a leak, he needed a different supply that is not there, then had to reschedule an appt etc.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by dsr_ »

skulle16 wrote: post #3

Hey HN, I’m Colum, a co-founder of Genuity ( https://www.gogenuity.com ) - a SaaS platform for companies to manage IT: things like keeping track of laptops, managing employee support requests, and buying software at wholesale prices. We are trying to solve two major problems: (1) there is no QuickBooks of IT - most IT solutions are costly, hard-to-use enterprise offerings; and (2) lower volume = higher prices. We bel…

Genuity was a data-center operator in Arizona; it was purchased by GTE, then used as the name for the network operating company which was later sold by Verizon to Level3. L3 was bought by CenturyLink, now part of Lumen.

I suspect Lumen still owns the Genuity trademark for network related activities, and IT management is rather close to that.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by RankingMember »

pionar wrote: post #20
ishbaid wrote: post #5

I'm Ish, the founder of Virtually https://www.tryvirtually.com/calendar . We're the easiest way to manage Zoom events for private communities. Managing virtual events for more than a few people is a pain. Either you paste emails from spreadsheets into Google calendar or you rely on internal mailing lists, which get out of date and make calendar invites hard. If you want to do events for subgroups, or send out reminde…

Are you worried about Zoom basically taking your idea and baking into their product? Also, what does this have to do with Zoom specifically? Is it just the attendance tracking?

Teams already has this, so it's only a matter of time before Zoom adds it.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by ishbaid »

rexreed wrote: post #11
ishbaid wrote: post #5

I'm Ish, the founder of Virtually https://www.tryvirtually.com/calendar . We're the easiest way to manage Zoom events for private communities. Managing virtual events for more than a few people is a pain. Either you paste emails from spreadsheets into Google calendar or you rely on internal mailing lists, which get out of date and make calendar invites hard. If you want to do events for subgroups, or send out reminde…

What is the intent for showing how many people were late or no-shows? Is this app for internal meetings? That would explain the no-show / attendance thing. Or is it for external events? In which case, what is the importance about late attendees. No-shows is to be expected, especially for free events (And even paid events have a substantial no-show rate). I'm confused as to who the intended customer audience is meant…

I totally see your confusion. Our intended audience is online cohort-based programs.

Think online courses, bootcamps, or private commmunities.

Google calendar is great for 1-on-1 and small groups, but when you're managing hundreds of zoom events for a number of different subgroups within a larger community, it's a nightmare.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by 1123581321 »

dang wrote: post #17
1123581321 wrote: post #8

The titles for these crack me up. Each time I quickly imagine one startup incorporating all the descriptions.

Not sure how to do the titles for these so I'm kind of winging it. The names of the startups wouldn't mean anything to most readers, and might not fit in the 80 char limit anyhow. The current style is kind of inspired by The Browser newsletter, which digs up assorted links on the web. If anyone has a different idea for what to put in the title field for these, I'm all ears! Edit: do semicolons help?

I think semicolons may help. Will have to see when I read the next one. By the way, I didn’t mean my comment to be mean-spirited.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by skulle16 »

pizzetta wrote: post #19
skulle16 wrote: post #3

Hey HN, I’m Colum, a co-founder of Genuity ( https://www.gogenuity.com ) - a SaaS platform for companies to manage IT: things like keeping track of laptops, managing employee support requests, and buying software at wholesale prices. We are trying to solve two major problems: (1) there is no QuickBooks of IT - most IT solutions are costly, hard-to-use enterprise offerings; and (2) lower volume = higher prices. We bel…

How can one tell how much is being saved through your service compared to contracting directly with a SaaS (Box, Okta, for example.) keeping in mind, that rarely are list prices what small companies pay to begin with, though admittedly, larger companies can get bigger discounts. When technical issues come up, does one get support directly from the vendor; if not, how does that work?

Thanks for taking a look and great questions. The premise of Genuity is smaller customers can get better pricing together by bundling lower demand into a single delivery system. Typically, smaller companies are harder to reach and service with a direct salesforce and are typically services by resellers and VARs like CDW. We believe our model lowers costs for customers but also the vendors by cutting the fat out of the system using software. As an example, we are running a promotion on MSFT and save customers 15% versus what is on their site. In the future we are also thinking of allowing customers to share what they are paying as well.

Also, today in our marketplace we integrate these apps directly for billing, provision, etc. so we handle all the support elements.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by [deleted] »

rexreed wrote: post #16
llampx wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to do meetups for some hobbies before the pandemic. For me, managing no-shows is very important. Many events have an attendance limit, and everyone who flakes takes space from someone who intended on going. I only started getting no-shows and late cancellations under control once I started kicking people out for doing more than X no-shows. Also, it really helps to take money for reserving a spot, contrary to y…

I run dozens of events a year. Online and even now in-person. I don't have any "space" issues with virtual events. Which platform that you're using has registered attendee limits (vs. actual live attendee limits) and how does a no-show at a virtual event take away space from someone who is going? All the streaming / event platforms I use charge based on actual viewers and attendees or active users on the platform. If…

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Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by skulle16 »

dsr_ wrote: post #22
skulle16 wrote: post #3

Hey HN, I’m Colum, a co-founder of Genuity ( https://www.gogenuity.com ) - a SaaS platform for companies to manage IT: things like keeping track of laptops, managing employee support requests, and buying software at wholesale prices. We are trying to solve two major problems: (1) there is no QuickBooks of IT - most IT solutions are costly, hard-to-use enterprise offerings; and (2) lower volume = higher prices. We bel…

Genuity was a data-center operator in Arizona; it was purchased by GTE, then used as the name for the network operating company which was later sold by Verizon to Level3. L3 was bought by CenturyLink, now part of Lumen. I suspect Lumen still owns the Genuity trademark for network related activities, and IT management is rather close to that.

Great memory. When GTE merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon, they had to spin out their Internet assets which became Genuity. Genuity was a large publicly traded ISP but ultimately went Ch 11 when Verizon did not buy them. Level 3 bought their assets, Qwest (now Lumen) bought Level 3 .

We always liked the name and did check on the mark.

Re: Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom events; spas and beauty

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Post by skulle16 »

skulle16 wrote: post #29
dsr_ wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Genuity was a data-center operator in Arizona; it was purchased by GTE, then used as the name for the network operating company which was later sold by Verizon to Level3. L3 was bought by CenturyLink, now part of Lumen. I suspect Lumen still owns the Genuity trademark for network related activities, and IT management is rather close to that.

Great memory. When GTE merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon, they had to spin out their Internet assets which became Genuity. Genuity was a large publicly traded ISP but ultimately went Ch 11 when Verizon did not buy them. Level 3 bought their assets, Qwest (now Lumen) bought Level 3 . We always liked the name and did check on the mark.

Qwest became Centurylink then Lumen :).
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