timjones

Thank you! And thanks for the tip; I'll look into that.

Hey HN!

I started building HelloHailey in public (TheMVPSprint.com) last November, and launched in January. Today, 600 teammates across dozens of teams use it every day.

My last company was backed by YC and raised ~$3 million (not a successful outcome), but this time I'm going the bootstrapped Indie Hacker route as a solo founder.

I'd love to hear your feedback - about the product, home page, messaging, or anything else. Installation only takes a few minutes if you want to try it out!

For companies where innovation previously sprouted from in-person watercooler conversations, replicating that after a sudden shift to remote work is a real challenge. Their entire DNA needs to change.

Certainly they could do it, but it's far easier for an "always was remote" company than for a newly remote company. Remote-first is in Doist's DNA.

Hey HN! Author here.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on how you've built MVP's in the past, and how my process could be improved.

Hey HN! Author here.

I'd love to hear any feedback you have on my MVP process (or my solution). I haven't started building yet, but I hope to have an early prototype ready in just a few weeks.

The "launch with 100 free members" strategy worked extremely well to avoid the classic "chicken and egg" problem. It's hard to quantify, but it set the tone for the community with friendly, intelligent, and experienced people.

As a new member, that led to an amazing first-time user experience where I got high-quality answers to every question I posted.

And now I'm motivated to help out other members just as the first members helped me.

Launch revenue is great, but it won't survive unless it gets this right ^^

It's not entirely clear to me why gig-workers would choose to receive compensation via equity (at least from the contents of this article).

For a W-2 employee, it's appealing to have a share price locked in - when Amazon is worth 3x what it was when an employee started, the value of their stock comp goes up 3x.

Will gig workers similarly see some sort of locked in share price to really see the value from this sort of structure?

Likely to be built within Slack, but certainly not a competitor.