thanks everyone for the great feedback and responses. This was well received that there either needs to be lots of improvements or to target a specific niche within this. i've taken all the advice and will be re-using this to target a specific niche after a feedback i received through the site.
thanks for the constructive feedback. The reason i created the site was i realized all the tools out there (eg. spiceworks) are the ones you have to install on your lan and they would give you all the information and index your network. However, with my personal experience working at a startup and at a big bank, the teams all share a excel which gets emailed around and has multiple versions etc. I tried to make this site simple and target the small shops where they want to manage things from anywhere. This is just a first draft and i'll be adding more features as people request them.
personally i think the main value this gives over excel is that it allows you to edit it from anywhere, run reports (it's coming!) and get notifications on upcoming renewals for maintenance on gear etc.
You're missing the point. No one wants to do data entry. People will download Spiceworks before they pay you $15 for you to manage their spreadsheet for them. Spiceworks will scan your device in the network automatically, grab it's warranty information automatically from the vendor, and thrn email you when your warranties are up for renewal. It does this for free for thousands of assets and that is one feature.
Do you know who your customers are? Are you aware why your competitors do what they do and why they give it away for free?
great job on getting an app created and out there. however, personally i don't think i would use yet another app just for the sake of sharing links. i already have whatsup which i use on my android to share anything and have the conversation in the same window or group chat.
but again great job on creating the app and good luck!
well, you gotta try the app to see its potential. Why do so many people use snapchat when you can send pics to friends already through imessage/whatsapp? Because of the interface.
Look simplifies the process of sharing links, pictures, and apps and focuses on sharing cool things, not starting discussions.
People post on snapchat because of quirky face pics and time limit feature. It keeps people updated with others moods and well- yeah mainly weird face pics. You can send the same pics through iMessage, but not with the time limit feature. Just think about in real life. If you and your friends are being goofy and hanging around, one of you might make a quirky face or pose for a second, but they wouldn't hold that pose forever.
Your app has a great design- really simple and easy to pick up. But when people find links they want to share with their friends, they can send a text message, share it on Facebook, or even on Twitter. I don't think people are as interested in having an app just to share links, but I think you have a solid foundation to do something cool. Rather than targeting it for friends to share links together, try and make it into a idea sharing bulletin board sort of thing. I see you have groups as a feature already. If this was an app where I could add a bunch of people to join a group and then we could all post links, notes, pictures, messages, etc. in the group feed, that would be great! However, this is just my feedback. You saw the vision for the app, so it's your choice to try and take it where you want to go.
This is why I need Y Combinator. Because I know there are features I can add/subtract from the current app. However my vision is and always will be in tact: share cool things and talk about them.
not sure if our website would be considered a "startup" since all 3 partners are doing it part time but we all invested around $5000 over a span of a year and by the end of first year we were profitable and didn't need to invest anymore.
being a technical cofounder i did all the coding so the only expense was the server costs and also the design company to put together a nice layout for us. so overall, not much overheard.
