Last week, we launched Solid on Product Hunt. The result met -and exceeded- our expectations. Numbers, graphs, and lessons learned, here’s what Product Hunt did for Solid. Traffic and Signups: look beyond launch day   On launch day, we got 606 signups attribuable to Product Hunt. This number, although quite satisfactory, is dwarfed by the analysis of the full week where Product Hunt brought us 2,173 signups. Yes, even if the traffic and conversions slow…

Hundreds of teams have already joined Solid to run more productive meetings. Managers especially, are using Solid as a bridge between their in-person meetings, where they take decisions and assign tasks to their employees; and their project management tools, where they keep track of what needs to be done. So far, we had integrated with Evernote and Slack to let you export your meeting minutes in two of the most popular productivity and communication apps out there. Today, we are making Solid even more flexible…

Have you ever opened the Settings in your Google Calendar? I find that it’s not something you typically do. I’ve been rocking the Gmail settings for a while (enabling keyboard shortcuts on my inbox is a BIG productivity booster for me), but Google Calendar’s settings? Not so much. Until recently when our CTO Guillaume told me something pretty interesting. He managed to cut down his average meeting time by 7 minutes and 30 seconds over the past month. How did he do it? He enabled the…

tldr: We’ve just made an update with 2 improvements to Solid: - Public profiles let you discover the people you’re about to meet. [learn more] - Meetings reports give you insights into your meeting habits. [learn more]   Public Profiles, Meetings Reports update For the brave, here’s the long version where I explain why we did this. I’ll also give details on what’s new and what has changed. If you aren’t in already, join the Solid beta to improve your meetings! (it’s free, it’s…

At Solid, We’re working on improving the experience of the meeting. There’s a lot to be done, and we had to narrow down our approach. So we chose to focus on the preparation, note taking and following up phases of your meetings. Since meetings are an intricate process, there’s plenty of room for improvement. Along our journey, we often come across other startups addressing the way we meet. Come Better Meetings: a series of interviews…

In one of his seminal pieces, do things that don’t scale, Paul Graham urges founders to actively look for exchanges with their earliest adopters. Precisely, he writes: The feedback you get from engaging directly with your earliest users will be the best you ever get. When you’re so big you have to resort to focus groups, you’ll wish you could go over to your users’ homes and offices and watch them use your stuff like you did…

When reading advice on how to run effective meetings, there is one tip that often comes up: “Ban electronic devices”. Sometimes, they’ll say “gadgets” or “distractions” instead of devices, but the idea stays the same. Reflecting on this piece of advice, one thing appears clear to me: the problem isn’t the device. The problem is you. How is it that we can handle working ~7 hours a day on a computer, but can’t be trusted with a smartphone in a meeting…

At Solid, We’re working on improving the experience of meeting. There’s a lot to be done, and we had to narrow down our approach. So we chose to focus on the preparation, note taking and following up phases of your meetings. Since meetings are an intricate process, there’s plenty of room for improvement. Along our journey, we often come across other startups addressing the way we meet. Today, we’re introducing Better Meetings: a series of interviews showcasing some of the great startups…

Solid is a new product, and we’re just gearing up to get out of the beta. What you may not know is that Solid is built within Wisembly. While we still have a “startup mentality”, constantly innovating and trying to break barriers, we’re doing this with some comfort. Wisembly just celebrated its 5th birthday. When looking at big corporations, 5 years is relatively short. But for a startup, 5 years matter a lot. Since I joined the team, I’ve been attuned to discovering other startups which, like…

 At Solid, we’re working on improving the experience of the meeting. There’s a lot to be done, so we narrowed down our approach, choosing to focus on the preparation, note taking and following up phases of the meeting. But “the meeting” is a very large topic. Along our journey, we often come across other startups addressing other pain points in meetings. Today, we’re introducing Better Meetings: a series of interviews showcasing the startups and entrepreneurs we encountered. As a first in our Better…