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We build a similar type of knowledge sharing tool at my startup, Tettra (https://tettra.co https://tettra.co). It's not open source and is a paid subscription,

We build a similar type of knowledge sharing tool at my startup, Tettra (https://tettra.co https://tettra.co). It's not open source and is a paid subscription, but might be worth checking out. We charge because we want to fund ourselves through customer and remain profitable. On a related note, my co-founder, Nelson, saw Michael's original tweet about Home a few weeks ago and reached out to speak with him. Super nice person. Reportedly Home's really transformed Stripe's already-transparent internal communication culture. As a founder, I've always admired Stripes email transparency policy. Not sure if it's still being used, but anyone at the company could see anyone else's email from the start. Home seems like a more modern way to share, and this type of transparency really helps eliminate a lot of problems that organizations experience when scaling up. The book Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal is essentially all about how the US military transformed itself from a top-down organization a team of teams that can operate effectively in a connected, digital world. Knowledge sharing systems between groups of people that are usually siloed was at the core of that transformation. Tools like Home and Tettra really help with that. On a personal note, it's also validating for me as Tettra's founder to see Stripe investing resources into the same problem we solve. They have a culture I really admire and we're hoping to make it easier for other organizations to operate transparently too. Anyone else using knowledge sharing tools internally? Communication is a proverbial problem for most growing organizations. Would love to hear what's working, what's not, and get a discussion going here.

joshpadnick 9y ago
Just some quick feedback on your site. I'm intrigued by the product but I was really looking for a "features" link on the nav so I could quickly assess what it does. I know you're trying to drive people to "sign up for free", but I guess I wasn't compelled enough by the text descriptions to do that in the absence of a concrete feature list. Also, having pricing before features makes me click on pricing first, which seemed premature in my mind before I was even decided I was interested in the product. Hope this helps!
- ibdf 9y ago
  I was going to say exactly the same thing. I refuse to sign up for websites that can't provide me with one screenshot of their product. There's so little information and so much abstraction and fluff on the home page that I ended up just closing the window.
  - expiredtofu 9y ago
    Agreed, I found a screenshot on their about page [1], but that doesn't seem to belong there. Image link: https://tettra.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-18-at-12.48.14-PM.png https://tettra.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-201... [1](https://tettra.co/about/ https://tettra.co/about/)
- bspn 9y ago
  I agree. This is a concept I've been considering for a new venture and after navigating the site I'm still not entirely sure what Tettra is or how it can help my team.
- andygcook 9y ago
  This is great feedback, thank you! I completely agree. We're actually working on publishing more information about the product. Have some videos coming out about specific use cases, are building out feature pages, and just did our first webinar today too.
- fixie 9y ago
  +1. Just to provide another data point, I checked out the site and peaked around looking for a list of features/screenshots. Couldn't find any and left. Came back to HN and realized others were saying the same thing.
apocalyptic0n3 9y ago
Screenshots. You need screenshots. I won't even consider your product without them; I'm not going to give you personal information for a demo when I have no idea what I am even looking at. There was a thread on the Zulip[1] thread yesterday about the exact same issue. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16863675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16863675)

joshpadnick 9y ago

Just some quick feedback on your site. I'm intrigued by the product but I was really looking for a "features" link on the nav so I could quickly assess what it does. I know you're trying to drive people to "sign up for free", but I guess I wasn't compelled enough by the text descriptions to do that in the absence of a concrete feature list. Also, having pricing before features makes me click on pricing first, which seemed premature in my mind before I was even decided I was interested in the product. Hope this helps!

ibdf 9y ago
I was going to say exactly the same thing. I refuse to sign up for websites that can't provide me with one screenshot of their product. There's so little information and so much abstraction and fluff on the home page that I ended up just closing the window.
- expiredtofu 9y ago
  Agreed, I found a screenshot on their about page [1], but that doesn't seem to belong there. Image link: https://tettra.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-18-at-12.48.14-PM.png https://tettra.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-201... [1](https://tettra.co/about/ https://tettra.co/about/)
bspn 9y ago
I agree. This is a concept I've been considering for a new venture and after navigating the site I'm still not entirely sure what Tettra is or how it can help my team.
andygcook 9y ago
This is great feedback, thank you! I completely agree. We're actually working on publishing more information about the product. Have some videos coming out about specific use cases, are building out feature pages, and just did our first webinar today too.
fixie 9y ago
+1. Just to provide another data point, I checked out the site and peaked around looking for a list of features/screenshots. Couldn't find any and left. Came back to HN and realized others were saying the same thing.

apocalyptic0n3 9y ago

Screenshots. You need screenshots. I won't even consider your product without them; I'm not going to give you personal information for a demo when I have no idea what I am even looking at. There was a thread on the Zulip[1] thread yesterday about the exact same issue. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16863675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16863675)