The future of nReduce

Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 6:16 AM UTC

snambi wrote: post #6

dave_sullivan wrote: post #3

I've been in nreduce for a couple months now and I think it's a great program. The startups are very mixed in terms of goals--some are working on side projects, others are building real businesses with real customers, revenue, and all that. The community has been extremely helpful, and it's a good way to connect with people facing similar problems. This is a bit of a glowing review, but as far as my goals of accounta…

I agree. There is a mixture of teams in various stages. It is very good to learn from teams that are ahead of you in terms of learning. I've been attending the physical meetups in san francisco. Eventhough, the turnout has reduced steadily over a period of time, I think that is the best part of nreduce.

Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 6:26 AM UTC

railsjedi wrote: post #12

nReduce has been incredibly helpful to our startup and I'm super psyched that Joe and Josh have been able to put dev resources into building what's turned into one of the most useful resources to keep our startup motivated and shipping things every week. I helped kick off the initial idea a few months ago, and it's morphed into something way different and in my opinion way better than what I initially was aiming for.

Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 6:31 AM UTC

dragones wrote: post #14

One of the few things that differentiates nReduce from other founder meetups (Hackers & Founders, 106 miles etc.) is the online platform they have built to manage weekly video checkins (before & after videos) and private groups where other founders can choose what other startups to pair with and share constructive feedback on what groups are building. Rather than meeting another founder briefly over a beer and having…

Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 6:37 AM UTC

adthrelfall wrote: post #16

dave_sullivan wrote: post #3

I've been in nreduce for a couple months now and I think it's a great program. The startups are very mixed in terms of goals--some are working on side projects, others are building real businesses with real customers, revenue, and all that. The community has been extremely helpful, and it's a good way to connect with people facing similar problems. This is a bit of a glowing review, but as far as my goals of accounta…

We've found that over the weeks the startups have got more comfortable using the nReduce platform to give more constructive feedback, and are not afraid to shy away from being direct. Also some of the teams involved have actually changed their plans when the rest of their 'support network' have firmly suggested alternative approaches.

Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 6:49 AM UTC

nodesocket wrote: post #18

ericabiz wrote: post #8

Hmm. I signed up for this when you launched in June, and so far I haven't received any email since mid-June when you told me about a meetup in SF. I assumed this project was dead, actually, since I haven't heard anything from you since then, and I'm surprised to read you've been doing meetups and even have an online community. You might want to dig up whatever email list I'm on and let us know that you're still aroun…

nReduce is indeed alive, and quite active in San Francisco. Been involved since the first meetup. The meetings have been drawing a decent crowd (up-vote for pizza and beer) and the feedback has been amazing. Joe and Josh are doing an amazing job, essentially they built a social platform for us in a few weeks.