ollieza
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Just a few thoughts.
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Comment · 14 years ago
Thanks for posting those links. Those two applications are purely bug trackers. Silo is designed for all stages of software development "Fix, Build, Maintain". Basecamp and Pivotal tracker treat these three activities in the same way. Silo functions differently for each and I believe this is the USP.
Comment · 14 years ago
Thanks, my post didn't link. Thought it auto-linked...
Comment · 14 years ago
That's great to hear that there are others out there who are dissatisfied with exiting project management tools.
It's interesting that you mentioned Pivotal trackers bad bug tracking support. One of the major issues I've experienced is that project management tools are great for new features but don't work so well for handling bugs. Silo is planned to have three main features 'Fix, Build, Maintain' which all work in slightly different ways. And your're right if you have to use a second tool then the benefit of the first is radically diminished.
You're also right in that the 'basecamp killer feature' isn't clear. Why am I going to switch to Silo? The marketing website needs to work a lot harder to convey the benefit. It is somewhat abstract at the moment. We need to really hammer out the product before we can really sell the killer features and benefits.
As for http://flashissue.com - I love the tagline 'Do you hate creating newsletters?', it instantly caught my attention and got me listening. However I couldn't then quickly work out what you were offering. My advice would be to move the in-app screenshot in place of the generic 'man and help' image which although catching doesn't tell me anything about Flash Issue. I'd also add more and clearer explanations to the screenshot as it's still tricky to work out what the product does.
Thanks for your time.
Comment · 14 years ago
Completely understandable. You're right, it is very abstract at the moment. My attempt was to define the problem and map out what a solution should look like. We are very early stage and work on v1 has only just started. I agree screenshots and examples need to be added. However I'm wondering features are best or whether sticking with 'benefits' is a better approach e.g. 10,000 mp3 vs Your whole music collection in your pocket. Thanks.
Comment · 15 years ago
So I signup, add my bank account details, and then my clients can pay me via their credit cards, which they can put on record and do a recurring payment?
Comment · 15 years ago
but with lots of clients and websites it becomes a faff to track the payments
-> how can it be difficult to track payments? either an invoice is paid or it isn't.
50 clients all making payments on a monthly basis. Reviewing your bank account for payments, marking invoices as paid (harder to differentiate if they are all the same amount). That's a faff. Setting up recurring billing via PayPal with auto-invoice marking as paid removes this.
It looks like Corduroy allows clients to pay for their invoices via credit card online. Is this correct? Can they setup a recurring payment via credit card?
Thanks,
Comment · 15 years ago
'9 Ways to Decrease Your Chance of Bootstrapping a Successful Company' - Number #1: Choosing a Market with Funded Competition
http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2011/11/02/9-ways-to-decrease-y...
Although yes it does validate the space and yes there can be room for more than one. Note 'decrease' not 'kill' :)