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Show HN: Parallel.so – looking for early stage users

19 points by dereklou 6y ago

choicenotchance 6y ago
So many mistakes in the content there. For eg., in about page: > Laura now has much more time available > Let us tell you how his routine has changed since he discovered Parallel. Later on: > All this tasks that she has to do involves 20 hours of work that Laura cannot bill the client. Also what's up with "All this tasks" ? And I'm not even a native English speaker. Not nitpicking, but a company who prefers to write about their products/services in English, but fails to do it with absolute correctness, makes me fear the same in their product.
97-109-107 6y ago
This is really interesting, while I don't have use for it right now, I think you're tapping into something hot. There's an overall trend to augment business operations with custom but simple tools (Airtable's ecosystem, the whole no-code movement and a plethora of others). A few quick takes - is security something that the clients have said that is important? I'm not sure if it's top of their minds, and if it isn't, maybe you don't need to highlight it - one of the screenshots has multilingual content - can your customers use the panel in English, but have their clients only see localized versions? - how are you planning to market and sell this? The language might need a bit of touching up for English speakers
- dereklou 6y ago
  Thank you for your comments! I'll give you some context: I practiced law for 7+ years and I was tired of chasing my clients for the documents I needed to do my job. I couldn't find a solution that could easily be used by lawyers and decided to start this project. Regarding your points: - Considering the above, security and confidentiality are a must. - Yes, clients see localized versions. We will include a language selector for the recipient. - We plan to sell this license/user/month. Our current approach is outbound + starting some inbound. And yes, we need someone to work on our English copies =)

19 points by dereklou 6y ago

So many mistakes in the content there. For eg., in about page: > Laura now has much more time available > Let us tell you how his routine has changed since he discovered Parallel. Later on: > All this tasks that she has to do involves 20 hours of work that Laura cannot bill the client. Also what's up with "All this tasks" ? And I'm not even a native English speaker. Not nitpicking, but a company who prefers to write about their products/services in English, but fails to do it with absolute correctness, makes me fear the same in their product.

97-109-107 6y ago

This is really interesting, while I don't have use for it right now, I think you're tapping into something hot. There's an overall trend to augment business operations with custom but simple tools (Airtable's ecosystem, the whole no-code movement and a plethora of others). A few quick takes - is security something that the clients have said that is important? I'm not sure if it's top of their minds, and if it isn't, maybe you don't need to highlight it - one of the screenshots has multilingual content - can your customers use the panel in English, but have their clients only see localized versions? - how are you planning to market and sell this? The language might need a bit of touching up for English speakers

dereklou 6y ago
Thank you for your comments! I'll give you some context: I practiced law for 7+ years and I was tired of chasing my clients for the documents I needed to do my job. I couldn't find a solution that could easily be used by lawyers and decided to start this project. Regarding your points: - Considering the above, security and confidentiality are a must. - Yes, clients see localized versions. We will include a language selector for the recipient. - We plan to sell this license/user/month. Our current approach is outbound + starting some inbound. And yes, we need someone to work on our English copies =)