What the gurus at IdeaBahn are currently thinking, musing, strategizing, dreaming, and cursing about.
In the last two weeks we have singularly focused on getting the platform in front of innovative companies and individuals. The result has been positive and helped us quite a bit in defining the packaging of the platform.
Couple key takeaways:
- Users do not want ANOTHER platform. The psychological barrier to entry is really quiet great because it adds another layer of action.
- Traditional tools like word documents and powerpoints are key ways that information is transmitted and consumed (hopefully) within large organizations.
- The current offerings are not meeting these needs because lack of transparency, number of steps involved and cultural mindset.
Moving forward, IdeaBahn will be at the
Web 2.0 Expo next week, along with stops in Palo Alto and perhaps even San Jose.
Things are beginning to kick on full cylinders for our small team. Couple memorable recaps from this past week.
- Hung out with guys and gals at Shoeboxed.com - It was really quite energizing to see another startup at work and an inspiration for us to aspire towards.
- Went to my first Refresh the Triangle meetup at Ogilvy - Talked to some very cool RoR guys.
- Met up with a friend from Penn and had dinner with about 30 students who were in town for the Entreprelliance conference - I’m glad that more of these programs are starting up in colleges around the country and really giving students an opportunity to broaden their business perspectives.
Lots of ideas buzzing about and I’ll do a better job of putting them on here!
After receiving good feedback from our friends at Square 1 and McKinney. We are incorporating some of the key responses we’ve been hearing over the last couple weeks.
- Quick Entry for ideas
- Optimized colors - projectors, different screen warmths tend to affect this
- Redesign UI for quick access
All of these things are being packaged in the UI and we are excited to unveil the slick desgin. So thanks to the early testers for the great feedback!
Daniel and I attended our first meetup last night here in Chapel Hill. I’m glad to report the the young entrepreneurial community in the Triangle is definitely growing. It was a good chance to meet up with old friends and reminisce about years past.
Certainly a pleasure to hear and see what other people are working. I am definitely going to be pushing on this front in the coming months, because as a young start-up we’re in a position to share our experience and learn from others. That’s essentially why start-up life kicks butt!
On a side note, happy to know a lot people are excited by ideation.
Daniel and Pete are hard at work to put the final modules in place for the platform. The base itself works very well and I’ve been using it in as many occassions as possible to test how easy it would be live capture the ideation process. So far the results have been good. But I’m excited to share with guys and gals the platform after the bells and whistles have been added. So sign up for Beta!
