UPDATE - Next steps: selection, timeline, and pre-sale info
Hi, Product Hunt!
Just wanted to add to @terrence_wang1 in his thread, from all of us on the team, thank you🙏. The support we got from this community yesterday genuinely changed something for us. We're still smiling about it (and yes, slightly recovering from a small celebration last night 😄).
Here's where we are right now and what to expect over the coming weeks:
On the Founding Member applications
We received so many applications that we honestly weren't prepared for it... in the best way possible. The challenge now is that we only have 50 beta samples available, so we can only welcome 50 of you into this round.
We're spending the next few days carefully reviewing every application to choose the final 50. We want to make sure this beta cohort represents the kind of diverse use cases that will help us build a better product.
What happens next week:
Selected Founding Members will be notified by email
Applicants who didn't make it into this round will also be notified by email and we'll be processing the refunds of your $5 deposit
If you applied and didn't make it into the founding member program: we still want you to be part of the journey. We'll be offering a very generous early-bird discount on Memoket Gem when our pre-sale begins in June. We will notify the community here and by email.
Our timeline from here:
Early June — Founding Member units begin shipping to selected beta testers
Late June through July — Public pre-sale opens with early-bird pricing
August — Mass production complete and units begin shipping to all pre-sale customers
Stay in touch with us:
We'll keep posting updates here on Product Hunt as things progress. You can also join our community spaces where the team is hanging out daily and answering questions in real time:
If you have any questions at all, drop them below. Every single one of us on the team reads every comment and reply. We promise to get back to you as fast as we can.
Thank you again for showing up for us yesterday. We can't wait to share what comes next.
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I adore how open this is. Many teams would become silent when they were overworked.
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@sanjau_sanjay Thank you Zachary! We will keep our community updated along the way as you guys are the ones giving us the motivation to keep going!
The excitement from the team feels genuine 😄 hoping the beta phase goes smoothly for you all.
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@olivia_watson2 Thanks Olivia! We are super excited and now back to work to ship those beta :)
Love how transparent you’re being about the process and time line that builds a lot of trust with early supporters.
Also a good sign that demand was higher than expected 🚀
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@assi_mahmood Thanks Assi! Indeed. We are blown away by the demand. Now back to work to ship those beta products and hope we can get them to your hands as early as possible!
I appreciate the transparency and communication! Congratulations on the number of applications you received. Looking forward to the June release:) I am know this product will help make my work and life more efficient. I am constantly typing notes, meeting minutes, and ideas in Google docs, Freeform, and Notes--looking forward to having it all in one place. Plus, eliminate the need to manually type all "my stuff" in to save it for later.
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@dr_kim_morton Thank you so much for the encouragement and sharing your potential use case. You are definitely welcome to join our Discord community where early supporters share a lot of their needs/feedback/input to our product features. It's super exciting and heart warming to see all you guys helping us to build and perfect Memoket Gem. We are now working hard to ship our beta units to you guys :)
I’ve seen a lot of launches on Product Hunt, but the way your team communicates stands out. the honestly, excitement, and gratitude feel geniuine
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@new_user___090202674ab6e030a7a9c52 Thank you Mukesh! And our gratitude is real. We have a lot of early supporters who share their needs, feedback and pain points on their existing tools, and expectations for Memoket on a daily basis. This is gold. We are so excited and grateful to have such an amazing community. Thanks for supporting us!