Nido

Slack for college students

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Slack for college students

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Nido is the Slack for Gen Z - a group communication app where group members can communicate with each other and with other similar groups from around the world.

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As I see on the screenshots is like Meetup with Slack. Is there a way to know the available groups at your university?? The main issue with university clubs are that normally they don't have tools for distribution so no one knows what they are up to. How could a university group get involved in Nido??, I don't see how someone could sign up.

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6yr ago

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Hey @joaqib great question! We are still in a public beta as we are still iterating on the product and building out some core features. At the moment, we are on-boarding university groups manually to give them a premium experience and to work with them to really understand what their needs are hence why there are no distribution methods on the app yet.

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6yr ago

@carloscosta, love the idea and congrats on the launch 👏 What makes this different from the existing group communication tools?

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6yr ago

Nido

Maker

@basheerak Thanks! The main differentiation at the moment is that we match groups to form global communities. In our case, we allow private university clubs to have their own private group and enable them to connect to other similar clubs therefore creating a global network of likeminded people from verified groups. We also want to distinguish ourselves from the rest of the products by appealing to a younger audience with our fun user experience, and adding features that facilitate offline interaction like events and meetups.

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6yr ago

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Hey Product Hunt it’s Carlos here, one of the founders of Nido! Thanks @benln for hunting us 🎯 I’ll be here all day to answer any questions you might have and gather feedback from as much of you as possible but in the meantime let me jump in and explain why we started Nido and how it works: Nido is the Slack for Gen Z and our goal is to connect the GenZ through global communities. We aim to do this through our mobile app, a group communication tool where group members can communicate with each other and with other similar groups from around the world. Our feed is custom-made to accommodate the needs and desires of university clubs, by using channels and threads you can say goodbye to messy group chats and privacy intruding Facebook groups once and for all! We are taking the concept of slack but adding fun features such as meetups, polls and video threads to be used for casual communication, where our aim is to appeal to a younger audience. On top of that, university clubs can connect with similar clubs from different schools around the world, so they can gain access to a global network of like minded to meetup and share ideas. We are currently in beta, testing the app out with various schools in the US, UK and Australia. I’d love to hear what the Product Hunt community thinks of this and if anyone is interested in joining the team, we are currently hiring, so checkout our Angel List profile 😁 Cheers! Carlos

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6yr ago

Hi @benln @carloscosta! I really loved the idea and it definitely fills a huge gap that exist in this industry! Really looking forward to it's application, branding is dope! Also, would love to feature it on my Instagram handle and business Podcast, which will expose it to masses here in India. Looking forward to your reply!

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6yr ago

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Maker

Hey @porush_puri glad you like it and we'd be glad for you to share it!

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6yr ago

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Maker

Hi all! Guillaume (aka Guili) here, I've been leading the product team building Nido from the very beginning 🤓 Glad to see our cool little app was hunted !! Send out any tech-related questions you may have in my direction, I'll be happy to answer! Have a great day! ✌🏻 Guillaume

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6yr ago

@guillaume_prevost How long did the entire development take?

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6yr ago

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@paramvir_gill we've been working together as a team for 2 years now, but we've only been building Nido for 3-4 months (since October), re-using parts of our previous project.

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6yr ago

@paramvir_gill @guillaume_prevost What was your previous project?

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6yr ago

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@paramvir_gill @adam_jarvis it was Friend Theory, a social travel website and app that helped finding your friends and friends of friends when travelling, to have a better travel experience with like-minded people and a trusted connection anywhere in the world.

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6yr ago

Been following Nido since they were called Friend Theory (love the rebrand btw). Awesome product. I'm a big traveller myself and Nido is a fantastic way to drop into communities across the globe. Would highly recommend giving it a try. As a product its super slick they've done a fantastic job with UX/UI. The team's marketing is also next level good - makes you want to ditch your office job and hit the road and not turn back!

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6yr ago