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Hi Chris -- the app looks great, nice work. Aesthetically similar to Slack, for sure, but there are some obvious differences as well. Curious if you talk more

by grvdrm 9y ago

Hi Chris -- the app looks great, nice work. Aesthetically similar to Slack, for sure, but there are some obvious differences as well. Curious if you talk more about your target market? This feels geared toward smaller start-up like orgs that may already have something similar/have no legacy tie-ups. However, have you thought about teams in larger enterprises that are likely to be hooked into the use of Microsoft Word/Excel, and especially Outlook, and may use something like Skype for internal chat? Think there are numerous folks (like me) who are on top of newer/interesting tech but have to fight hard to move people away from their habits. Further example: would you build or allow access to legacy Exchange servers?

christophepas 9y ago
Sure, this is something a bit special : we clearly have an easy way to get into new companies, there is no friction on getting on Slite for them. The thing is we solve way more issues for teams between 20-200 people, as they are the one struggling with process and knowledge sharing. The strategy we have to convince them is by integrating in their workflow : if Slite can solve their issues while requiring a low-cost setup by integrating in their toolchain, we think it can prove value quickly enough for those teams to adopt it. And clearly Skype or Office will be at some point included in those integrations. As for the Exchange servers to be honest I have no idea and it will highly depend on our users' demand.