I’m Jakob Knutzen, Co-founder of Butter. Ask Me Anything! 💥
Jakob Knutzen
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Hey everyone 👋 I’m Jakob, co-founder of Butter, which we've built to help people run super-engaging, interactive sessions from start to finish.
We’re about to launch Scenes, an exciting new tool for interactive presentations and collaboration which people can use alongside Zoom/MS Teams/Google Meet—perfect for anyone who cares about keeping participants focused and engaged!
We’ve launched on Product Hunt 3x before, and we've hit #1 Product of the Day and became a finalist for the Golden Kitty Awards — so I'm super grateful and excited to do an AMA and share our learnings here!
Ask me anything about building a fully-remote startup, product- and community-led growth, keeping clarity, conviction and focus as a founder, and the future of collaboration!
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Kenneth Poon@kpoonvancouver
After watching your product video, it reminds me that I attended a group workshop that the presenter was using butter. I was thinking this is such a fun UI. If you have choose one feature in butter, which one was the aha moment?
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@kpoonvancouver Yay that's awesome!
I think it is when people open a tool in the session the first time (poll, Miro board, Flashcard).
Also we're launching something new so don't forget to support!
https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Conversational Form
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Hi Jakob 👋🏽
From your perspective, what has been the biggest pros and cons of running a fully remote startup compared to a traditional in-office setup?
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@kwadwoadu GREAT question!
Biggest pro: Being able to recruit amazing talent from anywhere
Biggest con: Not being together and feeling the startup energy and love ever day!
Also don't forget to support
https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Launching soon!
@kwadwoadu @jakob_knutzen1 curious how you navigate that from a contractor / employee perspective / how you keep things standardized given the multitude of different cultures / potentially nations with various holidays etc?
Typically we'd all observe one calendar (US CAD etc.) - Curious how ya'll navigate that.
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Hey Jakob! Curious to know—how big of a role does churn play in your growth strategy? Do you feel confident you’ve nailed down the top churn drivers in your product or are you still in discovery mode when it comes to reducing them? What’s been the biggest eye-opener for you so far?
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Hi Jakob, congrats on Scenes—sounds super interesting! Any launch tips as a Product Hunt veteran? How are you preparing for the launch this time around?
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@bensyverson Ahhh, good question!
A lot of great tips out there, but what we're doing this time around is making a full event!
https://www.seeninscenes.butter.us/
This gives time to drive support to PH plus makes a big splash!!
Also don't forget to support
https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Product Hunt
Hey Jakob! Thanks for doing this! Do you have any golden tactics for community-led growth especially when starting out?
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"What is your purpose?"
Rick and Morty reference :)
Better than around 👍mobile apps are needed, good luck, i will test it in team
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@mogeli_lortkipanidze
Thanks a ton! Feel free to check out our new launch on https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Hey Jakob! What's your contrarian take on AI in virtual workshops that most founders are getting wrong? 🚀
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@choi_yong_suk Not sure if contrarian, but I think AI can go super far in facilitating workshops.
But the limit is often in the human touch - e.g. knowing who needs to speak and when, plus driving forward conversation
Love the product video! It strikes me that when I was a student at Columbia, one of my classmate was actually using Butter. Among all the feature, which one you think is the best?
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What is the size of your team?
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Thank you for offering to answer questions! I'm looking to engage more actively on product hunt, and I would love some guidance on building karma and increasing my visibility here. What are some strategies or best practices you recommend for increasing karma? Also, how can I make my product hunt launch more visible and attract greater engagement?
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Hi Jacob, I'm very curious how did you come to the idea of Butter and how did you know if its going to succeed or no? Thank you for your answer :)
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@codebymedu We were facilitating workshops ourselves during Covid, and it was just horrible to do online. We wantedd to create a better way!
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how to grow PH community.
Hey, I'm working on building an MVP tool for product design. It's currently halfway through the development process. How can I manage the initial stages of the build effectively?"
Hi Jakob👋🏻
Congratulations on your Butter. ✨
What tools are available in the Butter application to make things easier for users?
Hey Jakob! Thanks for doing this! And congrats on Scenes. 🎉 Would you mind sharing some of your golden strategies for community growth when you were first starting out? I believe everyone will be very interested, thank you.
What have you done to make your product appear to all people?
Your prouduct video was awesome.