Roast our idea, landing page, and validation method

Hey guys! We're looking for some actionable feedback.

Brainstorming meetings, team huddles, and customer interviews are all important but who documents them? Is it the PM, a VA, or maybe the junior in the team? We wanted to make meetings more about discussions and less about note-taking.

Problem:

In meetings, team members have to simultaneously take notes and contribute to the discussion.

Solution:

A platform that takes meeting notes in bullet form so that you can focus on problem-solving instead of note-taking.

How it's different from other platforms:

We don't record & store the meeting. Why? Because not everyone is 100% comfortable with it.
We don't transcribe conversations word-by-word. Why? Because you don't need the entire transcription to understand what was discussed.

Why is it important to write down meeting notes? Check out what Michael Seibel has to say in this short clip: https://www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkxoklf_GYTGcPK7pvYH8WsjRbLguCEmXPt

How we're validating:

Before developing or automating anything, we have VAs who will write the notes and summaries for you —for FREE. They can join your video or in-person meetings.

You can checkout it out here: https://jotme-va.webflow.io/

We're open to any feedback, no matter how brutal!

Cheska

on March 23, 2023

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Hi there

Interesting proposition. I like it. I think it competes favourably with AI, transcript services and audio recordings.

I do think there are some holes in the info you’re providing.

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the section with Michael Seibel videos. It feels like you’re constructing an argument for the usefulness of the product, but you’ve missed out a step.
1. What happens when you don’t take notes?
2. Why you need someone else to take notes
3. Why that someone should be a JotVA.
  E.g. Why this product? Why not Otter AI? Why not audio recordings? Why not transcription services?
This info is key to pointing out your differentiation to users who may have those other things as an option while they’re checking out your service. Also SEO ...

I’d also suggest that it’s better to have the words on the page, rather than the videos (or as well as the videos). SEO etc and some users may prefer to skim.
WordsOnWebsites

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  Thanks so much for the feedback! :)
  
  I've edited the landing page around the questions and focused on what the user can gain. I'll start working on SEO tomorrow as well.
  
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    Hiya. Great stuff! I see what you've done there, and I understand the flow. That section might benefit from a tiny bit more explanation, so that it more explicitly flows from one part of the 'argument' to the next. For example, the questions 1, 2, 3, mentioned above would be clear and easy for a reader to follow.
    
    The way you wrote it in your original post above was really clear.
    
    If you think of it like a story or narrative that you're creating for the user - and it's their story really. So they're immediately engaged because it's directly addressing their concerns with their current situation.
    
    Also, I gather (haven't used it, but might be worth investigating) that Otter is neither a transcription service nor a recording - the AI guesses the words that are being used by the people in the meeting. So the advantages you have is that there is no guessing (accuracy), no wordy transcriptions (time-saver) and no intrusive audio recordings (privacy/ethical).
    
    Looking forward to seeing where you're going with this!
    
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Great value prop and idea.

Suggestions:
- If your targeting the user who is most likely going to be actively doing the note-taking in the meeting i.e Juniors. Think about the power dynamic, Most solutions in the market-place require you to record the meeting. Most would find this confronting, does your solution allow real-time transcription without the need for recording ?
- If that’s so, your product is perfect for someone in this position. Potentially target this niche, as they may be more open to solutions to help out them in the workplace.
- love the idea that your only capturing the most important notes, I do believe having a back-up would be important that contained the whole transcription. Incase it missed something.
Also one blocker
- Trial ( potential way I could test this product before using it in an actual meeting ), I’m frightened I might finish my meeting and didn’t work. Not I’m stuck ??
- Video where you show how the product actually works?
Would love to understand how you arrived to this? Did you do any early market-validation or research? All the best!!!
LiamL

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  Hey Liam! Really awesome suggestions. We'll definitely checkout juniors from different industries.
  
  For the blockers, we'll keep those in mind once we have the AI platform. Right now, we're validating by making human-made summaries. That means for now ML = manual labor. Haha! So far, trial users are happy with it.
  
  As for the story, my co-founder and I have tried different startups. A few things we noticed during our escapades:
  
  Writing notes got really distracting and made us miss some key points when talking to customers
  
  There's that awkward moment of asking permission to record potential customers/partners (you're meeting for the first time). It was pretty obvious not everyone was comfortable with it
  
  Internally, we'd have meetings talking about findings, tech specs, and by the end of the hour we'd spend the next 10-20 minutes writing down (and trying to recall) everything we discussed, write down justifications on specific decisions, and action items. That's 10-20 minutes too long!
  
  It'd be great to hear if you experienced any of those problems or maybe something along those lines!
  Cheska
  
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