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Sounds like an interesting idea, the work flows sound particularly interesting. I don't know if I would spend any time focusing on what is wrong with big manage

Sounds like an interesting idea, the work flows sound particularly interesting. I don't know if I would spend any time focusing on what is wrong with big management systems (you are telling them something they already know, assuming there is a demand for your product), and would instead focus on your functionality (which you do a good job of covering). I would irrevocably obliterate your opening sentence, it is MBA speak, which is to say that it is meaningless to the majority of readers. I'd say something simpler like: "StreamFocus.com is a simple system for establishing order from product development chaos." But thats just me. :) I'd consider scaling back on the promised features a bit (especially the Quicken integration) unless you are actually completing them. Its better to deliver a great small app and add functionality over time, than to deliver a mediocre massive app and fix functionality over time. The gist of the issue is that the idea sounds good, but a lot of it is vague enough that it could be fantastic, or drudge. Its hard to know without seeing a working copy.

gibsonf1 19y ago
Thanks for the feedback :) We've been hacking on the application since early this year, so the features here are actually just about ready to launch (Lisp has made things go at a good pace for us). (The QB integration is already there - I use it for billing and payroll myself) The workflows and auto-prioritizing are the big deals of our app that no one else yet has. It has dramatically improved productivity in my Architecture Firm (We are up to about 40% increase in efficiency with staff able to do higher level work with the aid of the work flow templates). We are thinking of opening up a YC private beta in about 2 weeks to get feedback about the real thing. On the first sentence - an interesting point. We'll think about that (that is effectively our 1-liner, so its a pretty important sentence)
gibsonf1 19y ago
We made some changes from your feedback. We simplified the first sentence, and we created an explicit launch feature list on the homepage at http://www.streamfocus.com http://www.streamfocus.com . Thanks again, and please let us know if you want to be a private beta tester. We are planning a private test in about 2 weeks.
gibsonf1 19y ago
We just did a major redo of the http://www.streamfocus.com http://www.streamfocus.com website whose revisions just went online about 5 minutes ago. Finally, all css, no tables, and more content :)

gibsonf1 19y ago

Thanks for the feedback :) We've been hacking on the application since early this year, so the features here are actually just about ready to launch (Lisp has made things go at a good pace for us). (The QB integration is already there - I use it for billing and payroll myself) The workflows and auto-prioritizing are the big deals of our app that no one else yet has. It has dramatically improved productivity in my Architecture Firm (We are up to about 40% increase in efficiency with staff able to do higher level work with the aid of the work flow templates). We are thinking of opening up a YC private beta in about 2 weeks to get feedback about the real thing. On the first sentence - an interesting point. We'll think about that (that is effectively our 1-liner, so its a pretty important sentence)

gibsonf1 19y ago

We made some changes from your feedback. We simplified the first sentence, and we created an explicit launch feature list on the homepage at http://www.streamfocus.com http://www.streamfocus.com . Thanks again, and please let us know if you want to be a private beta tester. We are planning a private test in about 2 weeks.

gibsonf1 19y ago

We just did a major redo of the http://www.streamfocus.com http://www.streamfocus.com website whose revisions just went online about 5 minutes ago. Finally, all css, no tables, and more content :)