Getting real feedback is really hard!
I didn't realize how difficult would be to find a technical co-founder. But I decided to not wait for one to start building. The only thing I think about is building a successful startup and making a product people love. So I've made a landing page (getdolphin.ai), and working now on an MVP.
If you feel identified I'd love to talk with you! In a nutshell, I'm building Dolphin AI to help PMs aggregate, analyze, and extract insights from qualitative customer feedback. I wanted to get your advice on whether this tool might be useful for other PMs and product teams?
I can share the landing page directly if anyone is keen to learn more and get more feedback. This thing is hard! 😅
Hi Ilai,
Congrats on getting started, and good luck finding a technical co-founder!
This is an interesting business problem. As a product person, of course I'd be interested to have an aggregated view of what customers think of my product. I'm not clear on the solution proposed though by reading the landing page.
Your landing page mentions connecting the source of feedback, so for example would it be a URL like x.com or trustpilot.com to know what people say about my product there? If so, it seems you would compete with social listening analytics tools (Brandwatch, Netbase, Synthesio, etc.), which are mining huge amounts of data to do that.
Or did you have a smaller scope in size? Currently as an indie hacker I receive some qualitative feedback on my Discord + a specialized review site. It's not a huge amount so I'm keeping track manually, but when the app gets bigger, it may be helpful to have an app do that for me automatically.
In short: I think it's an interesting problem area, so need more info on the solution you propose.
Hope that helps.
Super helpful! We're looking at feedback not just within reviews or social media but also with support tickets, interviews, etc. There's so much data we can take from these sources 🙂
Would love to chat more and hear your thoughts! - I'll drop you a message now! Thanks again!
Kudos on taking the initiative and diving into the deep end! 🚀 I totally feel the hustle. Checked out getdolphin.ai - the concept is intriguing. From my experience, PMs do crave for efficient ways to handle feedback. Whats the pricing model ? Would be keen to chat more and provide some in-depth feedback. Let's do this! 💪
Hey thanks for the reply! Will email you now and we can arrange to speak more! Would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks
Hey Ilai, I'd love to speak. I'm a PM with a background in research, and I've worked on dozens of products (including a few startups I co-founded) where I've spearheaded customer discovery and feedback processes.
What's the best way to reach out to chat more?
Hey Leslie, I'll reach out now so we can arrange to speak! Thanks for the message :)
Hey Ilai, I'm unclear if IH has dm's or shares my email, but feel free to message me at leslie@sunchaser.io
Hey Ilai,
Congratulations on starting your new venture. If you're looking to get some real feedback on whether or not you're solving a problem, here's what I recommend doing:
Find Your Customers
Compile a list of potential customer emails, and send out a bunch of emails asking if they've struggled with the problem you're solving. If they have, I would schedule a call with them to discuss further.
You can learn a lot about your problem AND your customer by talking to them. You may discover small changes to your product that better solve their problems (which is a huge win).
Charge money
On the call offer your solution and make sure it costs money. It's very easy for someone to say "I love the idea!", "This would help me out a lot", "I'd love to try it out". By charging money you're validating how important this problem is to your customer. If you're solving a problem that they are not willing to pay for, then you should consider pivoting your product to solve a larger problem.
It's a bit of an intimidating process, and will definitely be discouraging at some points, but it is way easier than building out a product just to find nobody wants to pay for it.
Best of luck,
Justin
Absolutely, it's commendable that you're taking the initiative and not waiting for a technical co-founder. Building a startup requires determination and action, and it's great that you're focusing on creating a product people will love. Your idea of Dolphin AI to assist PMs in handling qualitative customer feedback sounds promising. Product managers often struggle with extracting insights from such feedback, so your tool could definitely address a valuable need. Sharing the landing page for more insights seems like a good step. Remember, the startup journey can be challenging, but your proactive approach is a solid foundation. Best of luck with Dolphin AI! 🚀
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Thanks! This was one of the most encouraging messages I've received here - I'm grateful for the support!
I've built companies before, startups and traditional businesses, but somehow this time is taking longer 😅 - What can we do, we just keep moving forward and building!
Thanks again 🤝
Hey I absolutely agree.
It's hard in two ways:
I definetly made the experience, that the beginning: Finding people who are willing to talk to you, is one of the toughest in the journey.
Yes! Exactly.
100% agree on your 2 points!
So you want feedback ... let me check your landing page pretending that i am a potential client with no knowledge of this stuff ...
so i saw this text ...
"We automate product research so PMs don't have to spend hours sifting through user feedback manually."
"We automate product research" ... how ? with what ?
"so PMs" ... Prime Ministers ? Policy Managers ? ...
"don't have to spend hours sifting through user feedback manually" ... how do you know they do this ? where is your data to claim this ?
So why is this company called Dolphin ... is for protecting the species ?
Pedro
Note: can your AI Dophin come here and check this feedback ? :)
Thanks!