Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
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Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#2What’s Labit?
- Laboratory pages for research groups.
Why Labit?
- We want to bring research groups closer to each other, give them opportunity to establish connections and simplify collaboration.
How Labit works?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJClMIWOh-M
As it is with many ventures, Labit started out of frustration. We are a team of 4 people (2 researchers and 2 software engineers). We were frustrated that laboratories and research groups around the world were working in a relative isolation. Their webpages are outdated, unorganized, scattered on the Internet, and in many cases broken. This realization sparked a discussion that led to creation of Labit.
Any questions and feedback are welcome. Thanks!
Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#3What’s Labit? - Laboratory pages for research groups. Why Labit? - We want to bring research groups closer to each other, give them opportunity to establish connections and simplify collaboration. How Labit works? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJClMIWOh-M As it is with many ventures, Labit started out of frustration. We are a team of 4 people (2 researchers and 2 software engineers). We were frustrated that labor…
Very cool. It's like a CMS adapted for a research groups (a.k.a. labs --- note potential source of confusion since lab can also mean actual lab with test tubes etc).
One thing that I found confusing is the lack of pricing info. Is this going to be free and if so how will you pay the hosting bill when you get 1000+ freeloaders?
Or do you see it as a run-it-yourself free software?
Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#4Nice to see your work here. I am one of the co-founders of Labit. Here to answer your questions if you have any.
Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#5What’s Labit? - Laboratory pages for research groups. Why Labit? - We want to bring research groups closer to each other, give them opportunity to establish connections and simplify collaboration. How Labit works? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJClMIWOh-M As it is with many ventures, Labit started out of frustration. We are a team of 4 people (2 researchers and 2 software engineers). We were frustrated that labor…
Very cool. It's like a CMS adapted for a research groups (a.k.a. labs --- note potential source of confusion since lab can also mean actual lab with test tubes etc). One thing that I found confusing is the lack of pricing info. Is this going to be free and if so how will you pay the hosting bill when you get 1000+ freeloaders? Or do you see it as a run-it-yourself free software?
Some additional features that will be added will be priced. But basis is free. Everything that is in there now is free.
Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#6What’s Labit? - Laboratory pages for research groups. Why Labit? - We want to bring research groups closer to each other, give them opportunity to establish connections and simplify collaboration. How Labit works? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJClMIWOh-M As it is with many ventures, Labit started out of frustration. We are a team of 4 people (2 researchers and 2 software engineers). We were frustrated that labor…
Very cool. It's like a CMS adapted for a research groups (a.k.a. labs --- note potential source of confusion since lab can also mean actual lab with test tubes etc). One thing that I found confusing is the lack of pricing info. Is this going to be free and if so how will you pay the hosting bill when you get 1000+ freeloaders? Or do you see it as a run-it-yourself free software?
Hi there. Good questions. We will be introducing pricing for some advanced features (that we are working on right now) and analytics later, but the core functionality will stay free. We are covering the hosting bill with the help of some local startup programs and some bootstrapping for small things. And currently we are actively seeking funding from investors/accelerators. Some are interested, but waiting to see if this gains traction. So right now, we have to onboard as many users as we can, get feedback from users and then we will have a considerably higher chance to find some funding.
Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#7Here is a link [1] to a post on Medium written by my co-founder and a link [2] to our YouTube page that has some tutorials if you want to know more about Labit.
[1]: https://medium.com/@chengeerlee/bringing-research-groups-onl...
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzIti06vZguLlJjXhBaQKA
Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#8I would actually be interested to move our research groups website there. However, I'd first have to check with the Uni IT / security if it is allowed to host a website externally. This could be a general problem - did you look into University policies to see if this could be an often occuring issue?
Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#9It's not quite clear to me what kind of features you have to "reduce isolation"? Also, how easy is it to integrate an existing web page design into labit?
Re: Show HN: Labit – a network of laboratory pages for research groups
#10I would actually be interested to move our research groups website there. However, I'd first have to check with the Uni IT / security if it is allowed to host a website externally. This could be a general problem - did you look into University policies to see if this could be an often occuring issue?
Your question is quite common among our first adopters. We have talked with representatives of a few universities. As of now they don't have any objections. However, we are working on clarifying this with other universities in US and Europe.
In any case, the functionality that Labit currently offers doesn't pose a risk to individuals and research groups. Moreover, many labs host their pages on Wix, WordPress, SquareSpace etc. and their university administration doesn't mind. I think that these are the reasons why there were no objections from administration so far.
And a question for you in return.
How important for you is the ability to have a custom domain for your research group? On a scale from 1 to 10.