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Thanks, let us know if you have any questions. We'd love to help you guys out.

Thanks! Let us know if you have any questions, we'd love to set you guys up.

Thanks for the data point! It's definitely not for everyone, but the teams that actually need to be in the same room really love Sidekick.

Yes that's really helpful. As a software engineer by trade, I totally understand wanting to maintain flow.

Someone else in the thread talked about how to find the balance between what's most productive for you and what's most productive for the team. I think that's going to be key for our users as well.

Thanks for the data point. Yeah to be honest we do really well with very tight-knit teams right now. Cofounders are generally already good friends.

That's great feedback. Honestly, we haven't set up a team larger than 5 at this point.

However, I also believe that 3-5 is roughly the amount of people who you actually work really closely with. These units are probably the right grouping for who is in one room.

There is no actual max number, but I do think the design and the use case would fall apart right now. But there's some things we're thinking about like separate channels that might help with this.

Makes sense! We're also looking for other markets to expand into so that's really helpful.

Super cool idea! Will definitely reach out.

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, we're going for a different use case than Facebook Portal or other dedicated hardware devices with video are. We're not just trying to make meetings easier and better, we're trying to simulate the magic of being in the same room.

Wow that's quite the creative setup. And yes, something about having a dedicated device makes it a lot less frictionful.

we totally agree!

We should have probably flagged the number of conversations in the original post, that's good feedback. We're on average seeing 20 new conversations per day.

We've built a bunch of other features that also maximize the chances you're not alone in the call. The reason this metric is important is because being alone is the reason why nobody wants to stay in the call. An example is Meeting Mode, which I bring up in the original post - it lets your teammates know that you'll be back in 30 minutes so people don't feel like they're alone.

We actually are working on the ability to talk to one person on the call as opposed to everyone at once. But that's a good flag and it's great to know it's a problem you identify with.

That's really cool! Have you expanded beyond your cofounders? And are you guys still using it for always-on?

Also, how do you guys handle knowing when you can talk to the other person? How do you know if the other person is in a meeting?

Great idea! We're thinking about calendar integration so something like that could be awesome.