Our site URL: http://sharedstatus.com<p>First off, a couple of data points: I originally launched SharedStatus in 2009. The product wasn’t ready, had a complex feature set and a pricing and trial model that got me several hundred users but few paying customers. I acquired a new partner, we rebuilt the application from the ground up and I’ve embraced the freemium model. We just launched it at the beginning of February.<p>From a funding standpoint we are self-funded and hope to keep it that way. I’ve had success in the past as a startup founder, hit an equity event and have the luxury of pursuing this on my own terms.<p>I recognize that people look at our product and say “Oh, so you’re like Basecamp / Yammer / etc”—this is just where we landed. There are others doing what we are doing but we all have a slightly different take on it. I suffer no delusions of grandeur of becoming “Facebook for IT” or anything like that; I just want to have a product that solves a defined need that my partner and I are passionate about, acquire as many customers as I can to build a sustainable business and have a valuable service.<p>Other than general feedback on the site and/or product, I would love to hear some HN feedback on our freemium offering. I really want to encourage people to start out—and in some cases continue to use—the free version. The goal is to market (without being obnoxious) our paid models to them with increased capacities and features.<p>Thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide on SharedStatus.
I really like the website. There could be a bit more eye-catching elements on the front page, but besides that everything looks really clean.<p>But I have to agree - you should definately put up a section "What makes us different". When I was browsing around on your webpage all I thought was "What makes this different to Basecamp??"<p>So you don't necessarily make a comparison page, but highlight what you do better with your product than other project management software.
Looks nice. The first thing I looked for is how your application's PoV is different from Basecamp's. Leading with a comparison would quickly let me know whether I'm interested without having to figure it out myself. I did sign up and it looks solid. Best of luck!
Clickable: <a href="http://sharedstatus.com" rel="nofollow">http://sharedstatus.com</a><p>Looks like an interesting PM tool, will have to check it out a little later during my off hours. Thanks for sharing!
suggestion: make the mac-photo be clickable. It could end up playing the video itself or take the user to a page with more screenshots of your system.<p>Update: just noticed that it changes when I mouse over the "share tasks" and such links. Not very intuitive for me that I should put my mouse over them and they are somehow connected to the monitor-section.<p>suggestion: "Project was successfully created" should auto-close after 5 seconds, since it is that type of message.
I've received some outstanding feedback, both here, on the IRC #Startups channel and via email. I really appreciate you folks helping us improve our product!