[aeoleonn]

Hi Tim,

Inspiring page about your journey. HelloHailey looks great. But I am still left wondering-- in one sentence, what is the product? It's great that you list the benefits of the product. What is the product itself though? I am left wondering, "Is this product a map of colleagues where it shows their headshot/avatar along with a message?" -- i.e. is the product/service actually the map at the bottom of the HelloHailey website?

Thanks!

[sparkywolf]

I also found that very unclear. It kind of sounds like another...Slack? Maybe?

[timjones]

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

[DidISayTooMuch]

I had the same exact question. What does this product do? The landing page does a poor job of explaining, imo.

[timjones]

Definitely a good question! Short answer - I have a strong idea, but nothing concrete yet.

I've started this whole journey with a problem-first mindset.

In the first 2 articles, I chose a problem and a niche:

As a remote product or engineering leader in tech, it's hard for my team to develop personal connections with teammates distributed across time zones.

Over the next 2 weeks I'll set my product vision and share specific requirements for an MVP. I'll scope an MVP that I can build in a month or less.

The landing page today is vague - I was hoping the problem and potential outcomes would resonate with potential users, with the goal of collecting and qualifying early waitlist sign-ups.

So far I've had 50-60+ signups, but hard to say how serious they are.

[aeoleonn]

As an aside, I've found interesting ideas which then inspire me with tangential ideas on sites such as:

https://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur

https://reddit.com/r/personalfinance (people who retire early and share their product/service idea)

https://www.indiehackers.com

https://www.starterstory.com