Grain, a startup built atop of Zoom for note-taking and video-clip making

I decided to start Grain b/c I was tired of requesting access to recordings of convos and repeating myself when I could just share the part of a recording instead. Our team built something pretty cool that I honestly didn't see coming when we started.

Happy to answer any questions and thanks for the support.

Re: Grain, a startup built atop of Zoom for note-taking and video-clip making

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Post by edoceo » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:49 PM UTC

imron wrote: post #4

> a startup built atop of... ...a third-party company that can kill your business at any time (see for example what happened with, twitter, facebook etc).

Maybe they shooting for an acquihire play? This thing is more of a Feature than a Product.

Re: Grain, a startup built atop of Zoom for note-taking and video-clip making

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Post by mgadams3 » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:51 PM UTC

imron wrote: post #4

> a startup built atop of... ...a third-party company that can kill your business at any time (see for example what happened with, twitter, facebook etc).

Like anything in start-ups it's a calculated risk. Zoom's app marketplace is designed to facilitate start-ups like ours as they move to become a platform. See https://marketplace.zoom.us/competition. One of the partners behind it told me they had 600 applications so at the very least there are dozens of us! Dozens!

Re: Grain, a startup built atop of Zoom for note-taking and video-clip making

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Post by chirau » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:59 PM UTC

Is this a feature or a product? How about 9 months from now? There is a genuine concern with startups built "atop of" another product. There is a thin line between alive and dead in that space. Twitter devs can tell you a thing or two about it.

Hopefully this is a catapult or an entry point. All the best, regardless.

Re: Grain, a startup built atop of Zoom for note-taking and video-clip making

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Post by shunicorn » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 12:04 AM UTC

I think this product is way overdue for how ubiquitous video has become, even pre-social distancing. Scrubbing through lengths of video to find the relevant clip is such a pain.

I'm digging the integration features, e.g. slack, imessage

I feel like this is one of those tools that will end up being used in ways not initially planned. Meme generation and reaction videos perhaps, lol.

Good luck Grain team!