Hey everyone! I built Backstories as a place to surface the stories behind startups and share what goes on behind the scenes; the inspiration and the journey to launch.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and more than happy to answer any questions :)
Also, huge shout out to @mikaelcho and the team at Crew. I used their platform for the design and development of this product.
@v4violetta Hey Violeta, thanks for your comment. Great questions.
1. Yes, we're open to anyone. Looking to share as many stories as possible. Everyone has a unique experience and learnings, so the more the merrier.
2. Awesome :)
3. I'm working on pages to organise startups by Location and Market (messaging, analytics, seo, etc). This will hopefully make it easier to find relevant stories when the site has a bit more content. I'd love to hear your ideas / suggestions on how you'd like to see stories organised :)
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@ashread_ Looks great. The structure of each story is beatiful, where I can see the conversation, and the value in a sidebar.
When you have these organized in logical categories, a 'similar products' section would certainly help me where I want to see related products by market, rather than going back to listings and start finding.
@vingar Thanks for your kind works. Similar product suggestions is a great idea, cheers! I'll add that to my to-do list once we have a few more stories on the site.
Appreciate you taking the time to check out Backstories and share your thoughts.
@v4violetta@ashread_ Congrats in the launch, looks great!
What's your longer term vision for the platform?
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I really like the idea of sharing stories, but it would be really helpful to see a founder to founder connect, via social media or email.
Any plans for monetization?
@ishadua90 Hey Isha, appreciate you taking the time to comment. Would you like to be able to contact the founder via Backstories? No real monetization plans just yet. Just looking to build up the community and share some stories at the moment.
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@ashread_ Sure a founder to founder connect (like a chat/messaging mechanism) will be a great add on, since there is going to be a reference point in the conversation. IMHO its will be better than a cold linkedin request/email.
As founders there is lot that we can learn from each other.
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Another awesome project from Ash. I have already reached out to a ton of startup friends. I think, all to often, the "why" gets lost.
This is awesome! I did something similar last week as a fun side project. But I love the idea of backstory as it is the most authentic thoughts by the founders themselves. Great job!
Good catch, @erictwillis. I just told our story. I've done it before, usually when speaking with people, but am glad to have a place that's just for the backstory. Our's is far more interesting that what we do.
@itsmahendhar Thanks for sharing, now taking a look :)
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@ashread_ Backstories is great. It would be awesome if you add a video of the founder speaking about the things that inspired him to start and how did he get started, in not more than a 3 minute video.
Users love videos :)
Edit: Sorry, posted a comment instead of replying.
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