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What Does Your "About Us" Page Say About Your Startup?
- pgbovine 16y agoHow do y'all feel about start-up "About Us" pages that try to make the company's employees look super cool? e.g., "check out these pics of us rock climbing, dudes!"
- horacegrant 16y agoIt leaves the impression that their attentions are divided, at the very least.
- benologist 16y agoThey're every bit as awesome as the job descriptions they post when they're hiring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- TotlolRon 16y agoabout.html > index.html
- spencerfry 16y agoI don't understand what you're getting at. Your Index page is for selling your product/service. Your About page is for telling your story.
- TotlolRon 16y agostory > selling
- chcameron 16y agoExpressing your opinions in written English > using mathematical signs to communicate ideas. (sorry couldn't resist) :) However, I do agree that the founder's story is just as, if not more important than the idea.
- bmelton 16y agoI was loathe to respond to the parent, because I didn't want to encourage it. That said, I can agree with that somewhat, but if I'm buying into a service, I care much, much more about the service I'm paying for than whether or not the founder goes mountain climbing or hang gliding or whatever.
- xiongchiamiov 16y agoIs that a greater than sign, or a shell redirection?
- Andrew_Quentin 16y agoTypically, an "About Us" page contains a company description - "here's what we do" - and company mission - "here's why we do it. If the visitor does not realise what you do or why you do it before they arrive at the about us page then it is unlikely a genuine visitor, unlike a journalist, would hang around that long to visit the about us page or even think about visiting it. To answer the question, my about us page deals with legal stuff, such as copyrights.
- harshpotatoes 16y agoWhile this may not be a concern for many startups at the moment, while I was job hunting I found the about us page to be very helpful in weeding out companies I should stay away from. I.e. the more bullshit they added in their about us, the less likely I was to investigate further to decide if I should attempt to apply there or not. So maybe something to keep in mind for the future is realize potential customers probably won't care about the "about us" page, and tailor the page more for people who are actually trying to learn something about your company.