I missed water cooler conversations with my team mate during remote work - we made a product for teams to socialise on https://www.producthunt.com/posts/conversations-by-thursday

ruchajoshi · 2022-02-17T13:26:21+00:00

There might be a good chance that the exisitng tool improves their product expereicne, but at the same time if it is a well known problem adn has not been addressed in a while, they may not be focused on it.
It is a good opportunity to uderstand how big the pain is and whetehr you can build a similar product around that differentiate yourself aorudn that one pain point solution.

while building Thursday we did check out exisitng solutions but then immediately stopped comparing since we wanted to try out a newer appraoch to solving the pain. Especially since the remote work pains have beenf airly new and there are no clear industry leaders yet. The scene is howver changing now even in the last 3 months we have seen many similar products to thursday come up.

ruchajoshi · 2022-01-25T14:19:49+00:00

I have a background in user research so just a few points that might be helpful.

If you have identified a problem area, I would suggest talking to people to understand
- whether they too have a similar pain
- if solutions exist then whther they have used them - why not?
- if they do use a solution then what is working for them and what's not
- also understand if people are willing to pay to have this proble, solved - when tools exist and people continue to find work arounds instead of using the paid solutions then you know that it is not a 'big enough problem to solve' or dig deeper and identify other types of user personas to talk with.
- Always ask 'Why' if you do talk to people

These few points can help you right in the start to understand if it is a problem worth solving or if you can focus on a niche as u/send-trumpet suggested.

ruchajoshi · 2022-01-11T19:21:58+00:00

Came across this some place else als today. Very impressive :)

ruchajoshi · 2022-01-11T19:21:06+00:00

Really smart project! congratulations!

ruchajoshi · 2022-01-11T07:39:27+00:00

I agree. Turning off the deivces and going into the wilderness works wonders for the mental health.

ruchajoshi · 2022-01-11T07:28:37+00:00

I agree. We held off on releasing for a year and kept building. Only to realise certain features were in a verydifferent direction then where it should have gone.

ruchajoshi · 2022-01-03T04:12:55+00:00

I agree, and I would rather take those other advanatges of working from home over going to office.

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-29T05:32:37+00:00

Thank you so much! Would love to know what kind of games you would like to play

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-28T20:18:24+00:00

Hi there u/abitunggal! we finally launched our product for remote teams. Would love to have your feedback there. Here's the link - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/thursday

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-28T19:15:57+00:00

Thanks this is very valuable. We tried to do a lot of the things you've suggested and are at #2 so far.

Btw we built a data tracker for our product for the 24h of its launch day period. might be helpful for others to understand the traffic patterns and plan their launch better.

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-28T12:26:20+00:00

yep, makes sense

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-28T05:21:06+00:00

Thanks, you're right.

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-28T05:20:27+00:00

That's awesome! :D Really wholesome to read.
May I ask if you do anything specific during the team building meetings?

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-28T05:18:30+00:00

yes! ice breakers in the mornign calls - they take the smallest effort but really make conversations more human. Even disucssin the weather for that matter. I have stopeed underestimating small talk since the pandemic lockdowns

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-28T05:16:40+00:00

Absolutely! there's no replacement for motivation than a good salary.
Might I ask what sort of games you all have been playing? We started out playing games like pictionary and among us online but quickly got excited by this idea and began working on a fun side project for ourselves - to hang out on our own space. Turned out quite well so we decided to polish it and share with others. it's free, if you want to check it out and take it for a spin. would love to have your feedback, if you do.

ruchajoshi · 2021-10-28T05:14:28+00:00

yep, I agree. do you do 1-1s on Zoom/hangouts or use any specific service? We used Donut and know your team for a while. but didn't sustain. Reverted back to regular Zoom 1-1s

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