Comments on: Introducing, Braintrust, my bootstrapped lean startup

By: My Ignite Talk: How I Set Out to Kill Email and Ended Up Building an Email Client | TK's weblog

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:09:32 +0000

[...] big irony in my life right now: how I spent nearly a year and a half working on a startup called Braintrust that was aiming to “kill Email” and then ended up doubling down on a different idea [...]

By: Diederik Sjardijn

Diederik Sjardijn — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:21:06 +0000

@brad really? theres no negotiating? because when i bought: http://www.mditv.com they wanted 7 too and then in the end we bought it for 1000 bucks…

By: Romy

Romy — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:34:28 +0000

Make that demo link above public (button on front page?). I setup an account not realizing I'd need a group of people to test the utility.

Also, kissInsights probably shouldn't popup for 1st time users. It's too early to do anything but close it.

By: Tawheed

Tawheed — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:15:08 +0000

@Ben, thats great feedback, I’ve set up a sample braintrust that you can check out with 1-click. See http://braintrust.io/demo.

@justin, yes, there was a typo. I’ve fixed it

@jeff, yeah thats exactly what I’m doing. Good job.

@diederik, They want 7 figures. I can’t afford that.

@Corey, thanks for the feedback. I’ve tweaked the page based on your advice.

@brad, P2 is close to what Braintrust looks like, but there is a lot more that goes into making this effective — (e.g. how to send effective email digests, the tools around it to make people coming back, the real-time aspects and how notifications show up, and most importantly, how you can set this up and get it up and running without having to installing/setting up/downloading anything)

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:39:32 +0000

You might see Google Wave and SocialWok as comparative apps. But the P2 WordPress Theme is pretty much your “vision”.

By: Corey Ballou

Corey Ballou — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:16:22 +0000

My very first thought is that you don’t have your “See Plans and Pricing” anywhere above the fold. It looks like it would fit nicely in your little call out below the red text. Perhaps consider doing some A/B testing while moving that button around.

By: Diederik Sjardijn

Diederik Sjardijn — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:35:14 +0000

exciting stuff man! did you see braintrust. com is for sale?
im gonna try your product now will let you know what i think of it!

By: My daily readings 05/16/2010 « Strange Kite

My daily readings 05/16/2010 « Strange Kite — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:30:50 +0000

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By: justin

justin — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:22:36 +0000

is there a typo in the second line of the “about braintrust”?

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:58:07 +0000

^ I don't know how many times I've read that 37 signals comment about various sites. Is it the same guy or do people really think that they own the patent on gradients and curved edges?

BrainTrust looks really well thought out - the Facebook Wall and Twitter communication models have much potential in business. Will definitely check it out next time I need something like this.

One thing - as it's slightly hard to communicate the USP and 'what Braintrust is', maybe have a trial I can use without signing up? I'm really reaching my limit in terms of sign up forms, logins, passwords etc and I need to a push nowadays to make me fill one in. May just be me though.