Web Apps To Keep Your Startup Organized(readwriteweb.com)
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Web Apps To Keep Your Startup Organized
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These are a bit obvious. I'd be worried about any start-up that's not aware of the first three, and I have actually heard of and used all of them before.
I hadn't heard of DimDim, so I just setup a trial account hoping it would be a viable alternative to GotoMeeting. Short answer: no. Sadly, it seemed very slow and unresponsive. The extra $40/month for GotoMeeting now seems good value.
Had never heard of MindMeister before, was looking for something like it yesterday. It'll definitely be handy to use.
They didn't cover any tools that help you communicate/collaborate on stuff beyond the logistics (e.g. project management, todos, milestones, etc).
What about discussions about roadmap, pricing strategy, marketing?
What about discussions about roadmap, pricing strategy, marketing?
I'm surprised a ticket tracking / code repo app isn't mentioned on here. For that, use either Codebase (costs money) or Redmine (open source).
That's easy! Get everyone on dropbox and create a projects folder which you share with everyone in the company. Create a subfolder in projects/ for each project you have. Inside those folders make "bugs", "source", and "docs" folders.
It's simple and easy. (And you'll want to shoot yourself after about 3 hours of using it)
It's simple and easy. (And you'll want to shoot yourself after about 3 hours of using it)
The problem is that employees get used to a certain workflow (such as email), and it is hard for them to get into a new mindset. If Basecamp or the other products are used from the beginning, it would be all they know.
Basically, when you introduce a product like Basecamp to an organization, employees get frustrated it doesn't conform to their current way of doing things. It needs to be the other way around- users need to conform to the way Basecamp does it (which is hard once employees already have a workflow).