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I did have a hard time figuring out what your app is. Work on the copy and you might see a better response.
I'll come out with a contrarian point of view: I think you're wasting your time and certainly your money. To have invested your life savings into this app which, uh, is really hard to determine what it does seems silly to me - especially since you have a family to care for. Slack Meets GitHub Issues? Doesn't Slack already meet GitHub issues in that it integrates with GitHub fine? The fact that you need a very long bl…
I like the idea of "chat is your to-do list, and your to-list is your chat", but you're website doesn't communicate this, I had to try it out to really get what the product was about. It's annoying that I can't delete the first loops from Loopy. I also think the app needs an easier way to navigate between loops, rather than relying on the back button. I think the user list is not very privacy focussed, I remove it fo…
OP, I think this phrase, or something like it, should be front and center of your communication effort. IMO it describes your product better than all the stuff I've read in ~5min on your sites.
You could have validated this idea (for next to nothing, I might add) before quitting your job and investing all of your savings. There's a lot of good reading out there around how to do what you've tried to do here in a safe and sensible way that doesn't waste time and your own hard earned money, but you seem to have ignored all of that. I suggest you purchase a copy of http://theleanstartup.com/ I genuinely wish yo…
Seriously, I apologise if I make out in my post that this has been the worst time of my life! It wasn't the intention. For the most part it's been an amazing ride, and I had enough funds to be relatively comfortable while doing it (once I got used to the adjustments).
I'll come out with a contrarian point of view: I think you're wasting your time and certainly your money. To have invested your life savings into this app which, uh, is really hard to determine what it does seems silly to me - especially since you have a family to care for. Slack Meets GitHub Issues? Doesn't Slack already meet GitHub issues in that it integrates with GitHub fine? The fact that you need a very long bl…
I'll come out with a contrarian point of view: I think you're wasting your time and certainly your money. To have invested your life savings into this app which, uh, is really hard to determine what it does seems silly to me - especially since you have a family to care for. Slack Meets GitHub Issues? Doesn't Slack already meet GitHub issues in that it integrates with GitHub fine? The fact that you need a very long bl…
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Unfiltered First impressions: Your medium article is 50X better than your website. Your website is useless for promoting your product. I don't like the headline font for your site, the lack of screenshots, basically the lack of focus on a product that will live or die on its usability and interface. I'm not a fan of the Z in openloopz. Combined with the comic sansy looking headline font it doesn't feel polished. The…
Wow, this is fantastic feedback, thank you for taking the time to write it. Apologies if my post came across as personal suffering - I certainly don't want any pity! I didn't intend for it to be too negative - I was just being honest and got a bit carried away! This has been a very, very hard slog and I realise most people on here are going through the same thing. I would never write something like this on a more mai…
I'll come out with a contrarian point of view: I think you're wasting your time and certainly your money. To have invested your life savings into this app which, uh, is really hard to determine what it does seems silly to me - especially since you have a family to care for. Slack Meets GitHub Issues? Doesn't Slack already meet GitHub issues in that it integrates with GitHub fine? The fact that you need a very long bl…
I agree with your assessment. I don't think this product has the type of competitive advantage needed in this highly saturated communications market. I think you can use this to lead to better things. Iterate on the product, get some feedback, and attack it again. In the meantime, blog throughout the process. Get your voice out. If you generate interest about your product before you release it, you can generate more…
There are so many communication tools, surely its a solved problem right. Ask a knowledge worker today about their favorite communication tool, and you will end up with a dozen answers in about a week's time. Definitely a sign that the problem is solved. There are a dozen solutions after all. :)
But every single time it's been worth it, and I learned and grew in ways I may not have anticipated. Maybe the product will succeed, maybe it won't, but usually there's a great opportunity (consulting, job offer, realizations that lead to the next thing, acquisition, friendships, other learnings, etc.) that comes from building something you know is great. I expect that this will be your story, so I just wanted to say congrats on your journey from a YC founder, 34, and forever at it.