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Making Mindsense Where Dropbox & Evernote Went Wrong
http://making.mindsense.co/2016/04/21/where-dropbox-evernote-went-wrong
New from Mindsense is our next big innovation in taming the email problem: Throttle. Check it out now. Where Dropbox & Evernote Went Wrong. For IDG Connect, Dan Swinhoe interviewed me on Mindsense’s progress over the last few years. One of his questions was particularly interesting, so I’m reposting it here. Be sure to. Read the full interview. Both well-known productivity apps are seen to be. It’s a human-centered design-thinking mindset that focuses us on discovering unsolved problems and coming up wit...
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Making Mindsense Mindsense: 2016
http://making.mindsense.co/2016/01/05/mindsense-2016
New from Mindsense is our next big innovation in taming the email problem: Throttle. Check it out now. It’s about time. I owe you our fans, followers, and customers a big status update on all things Mindsense. I’ll kick it off with our successes and challenges of 2015, then talk about where we’re headed with Mail Pilot and Throttle, and give you a few company-level updates. We were elated after having achieved goal #1: get good ratings. The bedrock every mobile app needs to succeed. Mobile just isn’t the...
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Making Mindsense How we named our new product, Throttle
http://making.mindsense.co/2015/07/07/how-we-named-our-new-product-throttle
New from Mindsense is our next big innovation in taming the email problem: Throttle. Check it out now. How we named our new product, Throttle. We had only 6 hours to come up with a name. Originally, we were going to call it Periscope. The idea was that you could see them (marketers) but they couldn’t see you. But when Twitter bought this little thing called Periscope. That put the kibosh on our name. The users, or at least those that we interviewed about the product to that point, all cared about control...
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Making Mindsense How To Innovate: The Dummy’s Guide
http://making.mindsense.co/2015/11/18/how-to-innovate-the-dummys-guide
New from Mindsense is our next big innovation in taming the email problem: Throttle. Check it out now. How To Innovate: The Dummy’s Guide. Pitch after pitch, it’s clear a lot of people get this wrong from the start. We take a hard stance on our process for coming up with new products, ideas, features, or services essentially, how we innovate. The human element of innovation is too often lost. First and foremost, we talk to people about their problems. What is your biggest problem? I love this quote. ...
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Making Mindsense When “Someone’s Already Done It”
http://making.mindsense.co/2015/11/12/when-someones-already-done-it
New from Mindsense is our next big innovation in taming the email problem: Throttle. Check it out now. When “Someone’s Already Done It”. You come up with a brilliant idea, you obsess over it, you Google some info, and on your screen lies your idea, being done by someone else, for the last two years. You’re all too familiar with that sinking feeling in your stomache that follows. You adandon the idea almost immedaitely after all that excitement and ideation. Two things. First, existing solutions. When I d...
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Making Mindsense How we found our biggest leak and reduced it by more than 50% in one week
http://making.mindsense.co/2015/07/22/how-we-found-our-biggest-leak-and-reduced-it-by-more-than-50-in-one-week
New from Mindsense is our next big innovation in taming the email problem: Throttle. Check it out now. How we found our biggest leak and reduced it by more than 50% in one week. We want to make sure you get as much value out of the product as possible. For us, that means you understand the product, you understand how to work it, and you use it. And with Throttle, using it = generating addresses. Numbers represent the number of users stuck at that step. Our goal is simple: find the leaks the tallest bars.
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Making Mindsense What Happens When You’re #1 on Product Hunt
http://making.mindsense.co/2016/01/21/what-happens-when-youre-1-on-product-hunt
New from Mindsense is our next big innovation in taming the email problem: Throttle. Check it out now. What Happens When You’re #1 on Product Hunt. Last week, we launched a new thing. We were hoping for the best, but we didn’t anticipate how big the best would be. Most notably, Throttle took the top spot on Product Hunt for the day. Ever wondered what happens when something takes the #1 spot on Product Hunt for a day? Comments and Community Quality. Some examples of the positive and productive community ...
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Making Mindsense Three Qualities of Entrepreneurs That Aren’t Clichés
http://making.mindsense.co/2015/11/11/three-qualities-of-entrepreneurs-that-arent-cliches
New from Mindsense is our next big innovation in taming the email problem: Throttle. Check it out now. Three Qualities of Entrepreneurs That Aren’t Clichés. Regularly, students ask me about what qualities make good entrepreneurs. There are too many cliché answers I could give, so over time, I’ve built up my own list of three that aren’t cliches:. Alex is the CEO and Co-founder of Mindsense. Makers of Mail Pilot. Here on Making Mindsense. Keep reading articles on Making mindsense. What Happens When You’re...
