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by ksun 5y ago
This is the reason I started Dex (YC S19) -- tried Monica and while it solved the right problem I found it a heavy -- it felt like to much work. To be a single source of truth I wanted to import from Facebook / LinkedIn etc, and I didn
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Beacons: The Storefront for the Multi-SKU Creator That's Growing 3X Monthly(sacra.com)
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by ksun 6y ago
Founder of Dex here! Apologies for the involved flow + being booked through December. Since everyone manages relationships differently, we've found it a valuable step for our new users. ('do things that don't scale'). I
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Personal CRM in 2020: a list of 20 startups, apps, and failed attempts(getdex.com)
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by ksun 7y ago
Dex (YC S19) | Founding Engineer | Full Time | San Francisco + Remote | $80,000 - $120,000 + 1-6% Dex ( https://getdex.com/ ) is a personal CRM that helps anyone build stronger relationships. Thousands of users use the Dex d
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Dex (YC S19) is hiring founding engineers to build delightful personal CRM(angel.co)
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by ksun 7y ago
Dex | Founding Engineer | Full-time | San Francisco or Remote | $80-120k + 1.0-6.0% | https://getdex.com/ Dex (YC S19) is a personal CRM that reminds you to keep in touch. Thousands of people already use Dex to stay on top
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by ksun 7y ago
Totally get your concern. We'll surface the privacy policy more prominently (+ work on making this more clear), which you can access here https://getdex.com/privacypolicy . Dex is run as a subscription service ($7.99&#
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by ksun 7y ago
Thanks for sharing your experience -- as you mentioned we've built Dex around the import experience for now [since typically those people get more value out of the product], but definitely trying to make Dex more fully featured for fol
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by ksun 7y ago
Thanks for this suggestion -- this is something I've thought about (especially in relation to helping users remember a good reason to reach out). You can do this sort-of with the tags in Dex now, but admittedly not a perfect solution.
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by ksun 7y ago
I would really like for the version of the product to move towards something like this -- a big struggle with relationship management now is some degree of fragmentation. Some of the integrations you mention (FB/WhatsApp/Messenger
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by ksun 7y ago
You're right on both counts. The company started approximately 9 months ago, focused on different ideas in the relationship management space; traction prior to YC was minimal. The plan to grow the userbase is content marketing + advert
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by ksun 7y ago
This is an interesting insight -- definitely aware of Dunbar's number but haven't thought about the best way to incorporate it into Dex. Appreciate the suggestions!
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by ksun 7y ago
This is a great point -- will look into this. I have to admit I haven't looked into this but agree it's a good idea + probably a quick thing to do!
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by ksun 7y ago
Emails is definitely a straightforward thing to do. SMS is also pretty possible. For really interesting use0cases like Messenger, the difficulty becomes more of collecting and storing user permissions. I recently came tooling like https:&
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by ksun 7y ago
Appreciate this feedback -- I recognize Dex is underwhelming for you and we''re working to fix that. We actually do have an experimental feature for Facebook import (it does take a few steps), but I don't think we come close
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by ksun 7y ago
Re: demo / screenshots, I totally get this. Honestly the landing page hasn't been a huge concern, but I'll take your feedback that you actually want to see the feedback first; we'll make changes. The Chrome Extension unf
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by ksun 7y ago
Google Contacts are useful for email data (since folks often add to Google Contacts, which does create issues with noise...) I'll add you can add your iCloud contacts into Dex if you're an iPhone user!
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by ksun 7y ago
Thanks for sharing Prim! Really interesting. Manual data entry as you know is the hard part -- any personal CRM will require some data entry. We try to make this easy with a calendar integration and Chrome extension, but it's not perfe
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by ksun 7y ago
Backstory looks super interesting! Will definitely try it out too :) Thanks for the feedback about the sidebar integrations; we're in the process of revamping it and will likely move some of this information to a popup instead.
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by ksun 7y ago
I'm happy to take your money and also clarify the privacy policy -- will follow-up with you when that's done!
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by ksun 7y ago
Right now the recommendations are based on your calendar history and your past activity with recommendations -- we're hoping to include more signals as we develop ways to ingest this data. One of the biggest challenges is the interesti
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by ksun 7y ago
I agree with your statement that the value of a relationships is what keep relationships alive. I'll add we do believe forgetfulness plays a role in how you prioritize. One benefit of using Dex is just having visibility into who you k
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by ksun 7y ago
Will follow-up via email :). I'll note I think one thing that Dex does different is it tries to be actionable as best as possible (like your #2 weekly prompt). Without a prompt, it's much harder to get regular value out of the p
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by ksun 7y ago
Appreciate the product feedback -- it's super actionable. We haven't completed a full-on email integration yet because we want to be relatively conservative and make an email integration opt-in (but to come son!) The algorithm is
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by ksun 7y ago
Yup, the privacy policy is on the start page ( https://getdex.com/start ) and can be found at https://getdex.com/privacypolicy . I'll work to make it more clear!
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by ksun 7y ago
It's meant to evoke 'Rolodex' but not directly :)
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by ksun 7y ago
Automation is definitely an area I've thought a lot about -- it's the most common feature request by far. If you actively use your calendar, Dex does a reasonable job of integrating your calendar events with your records. Email is
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by ksun 7y ago
Thanks for the note! Curious to hear more about Socialfly if you have any more info -- there have been a lot of attempts at a Personal CRM and always interested in learning from past examples.
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by ksun 7y ago
There is a free tier now; we'll be building out the features of a premium tier ($7.99 / month) for other features. Since data is meant to be private and never shared, we're following a subscription model.

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