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I have not used this product personally (yet). But, having said that...
I do love what this product is aiming to do. I believe communication can solve all known problems. And to that end, fostering a culture of "getting in sync" early-and-often with your coworkers is an antidote to wasted energy, lost time, and negative workplace dynamics and can drastically improve your team's efficiency, predictability, and level of happiness.
Having the right tools to help facilitate communication, especially in a distributed environment, is critical for a team's success and there's plenty of room in this space for better tools.
Also, (disclaimer), I've worked with Dan for many years and can say that he's a very thoughtful and empathetic leader. He's an extremely talented engineer and has rich background working with many teams, which makes him uniquely qualified to design and build a platform that solving this class of problems.
This is a fantastic team who cares deeply about the product space. Been amazing to watch the product evolve and use it!
Pros:Easy to keep tabs on what we’re each working on, standups are actual discussions and not just blank stares while thinking about your updates
Cons:I can be better about contributing 😇
We've been using Range for a couple weeks and I have to say it "brought us closer" in ways which are hard to describe. As the founder I have a better sense of what everyone else is working on.
@julien51 Yeah, that's my favorite parts of Range too. We don't talk about it much in the marketing because people find it hard to imagine. But it's totally true!
@j_vanderburgt Thanks! Yeah, that's one of the features that our customers like the most, especially on distributed teams. I really like the weekly email summary of those moods too.
Helps break through the clutter of too much noise from Slack.
Pros:Thoughtful way to get team members to bring their whole self to work.
Cons:The team has to be bought into the vision.
Using it daily in an early-stage tech startup, part in-person, part remote. Already helping with communication.
Pros:Built with empathy, care and attention for building a highly functional team culture. I easily get my team's productive and emotional pulse.
Cons:Some more functionally-minded team members may onboard slowly, but if you lead by example, they come around fairly quickly.
✨ UPDATE:
We just launched a new Slack app for Range, which let's teams check-in to Range, all without leaving Slack. More details here:
https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Hello! I’m a designer and co-founder here at Range. We’re excited to launch open signups today on Product Hunt!
Range is all about helping teams work better together. And we knew the way to achieve that goal was to be constantly listening to our customers. So we designed Range in close collaboration with teams at Twitter, Coursera, WeWork, and more. I’d like to continue that tradition of listening to feedback here on Product Hunt.
My co-founders and I will be around all day to answer any questions, and of course take suggestions too!
I’m particularly interested in any feedback you might have on product design. Most of my design influence is from Google. I helped to design Gmail, Spreadsheets, Trends, and G Suite. I also started the Google Ventures Design team, where we wrote the book on Design Sprints. So I’m keenly aware of the power of great feedback.
Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback about Range.
Thanks. 🙌
@kowitz congratulations on the launch! we’re super happy users of Range here at Coursera and its grown in leaps and bounds since we first started using it to keep track of our work. it’s one of the tools that i’m delighted to use every day, and it’s far surpassed the many other tools we’ve used for stand ups in the past.
i’m especially fond of the third question we answer every day - the one that’s not quite about your work, but about you and who you are. while the day-to-day work comes and goes, reading my co-workers responses to questions like “what’s your greatest fear” or “what did you think you were going to be when you grew up”, those are the things that stick and the things that keep me in sync with my team in the ways that really matter. and now with this launch, even more people will get to answer those questions!
keep up the great work!
@kowitz excited about this tool. I'm sure the Range team is flooded with integration requests but I'll toss one more on the pile. We use 15Five for alignment, people ops and OKRs. Any plans to integrate to it or similar tools?
@jfedor Hi Jeff, so far we've focused integrations on tools where work happens. We're definitely interested in exploring other integrations and would be curious to explore the usecases you imagine.
@kowitz congrats on the launch Braden! I've been following the product's progress since you left GV. If I were to pitch this product to CEO friends of mine, how would you suggest that I describe it?
@_jacksmith Thanks! I think it depends on the size of the company. For larger teams of 80+, CEOs appreciate the ability to create visibility across team, to see what goals people are working on, and to track progress. And for CEOs that understand the importance of team culture, they appreciate all the little things we do around team questions and mood sharing.
For smaller teams, they tend to really appreciate the daily check-in part of Range. It's sort of like getting the benefit of a standup meeting, but with no meeting, and much easier, in a way that scales to larger teams, and provides a great history of accomplishments.
Great video and congrats on the launch, @kowitz! Really like how you can pull the long term objectives into the day-to-day check-ins and meetings. Have you seen any interesting outcomes from the teams who use it when they look back at all the #objectives?
@kunalslab What we've been hearing from a lot of teams is that they'll write objectives/OKRs at the start of the the quarter, then mostly forget about them. It's not that teams want to forget their goals, it's just that there's so much going on!
I think the biggest outcomes so far have been keeping your goals top-of-mind when you're running meetings, and also making goals visible across teams. And we're working on more ideas in this area too!
Related: We built views especially for retrospectives to help teams look back at their work. Here's an example of a "highlights" view that we use to look back on what happened over the week: 
Wow @kowitz , check-ins, OKRs and meeting templates all linked up. You've bundled 2-3 products into one and it looks great! Have added it to our top tools at https://softwareforprojects.com/...
Hey folks! I'm Jen, the third co-founder at Range. I'm so excited to share our product with you!
Range uses simple touch points to help teams improve communication, alignment, and connection. And I'm most excited about how it helps individual teammates. With Range, you have the information you need to drive your own work forward—without being micromanaged—and to connect with your team in a real way. 💚
Can't wait to hear your feedback and ideas for where we can go next!
I can't wait to start using Range on my team! Seems like such an incredible product built by a group of really thoughtful and smart people. Congrats on the launch everyone :)
@tyler_hedrick Thanks! Please do let us know how it goes, or if we can help with anything. we're always on Intercom and we love hearing product feedback.
We have been using Range for a while now. It's great.
Pros:an async standup app that actually works. Great also with handling structure and notes for reoccurring meetings. I love the fun questions.
Cons:Nothing of note!
Thanks Jordan, really happy Range is helping your team.
Meeting actions should be showing up for you as suggestions for your daily check-in, feel free to reach out to us on intercom if it's not working as expected. We're currently building out a new sidebar for integrations, which will act as a personal backlog and universal inbox.
What about freelancer juggling Being on multiple teams via Slack? Seems like this is meant for a group that is at a single
company...
Big fan. People have been working in this problem space for awhile, but this is finally done right. Cal integration, asana, files, etc.
Pros:Exactly what I need from my team and what I want to communicate to them Nice how calendar is input right beneath standup notes
Cons:Can't quite set who sees what (maybe you can do this by creating different teams?)
Hi Albert, the team structure controls distribution rules. While most things are considered public within your team, and discoverable if looked for, we want to control the noise by only pushing updates from people on your teams. We're always available on Intercom if you want to discuss how best to structure your teams.
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We've been using it on a fully remote team at SeatGeek for 6+ months and are big fans!
Pros:Get to know teammates better, work transparency, fun questions, slack integration
Cons:Nothing I can think of. We're big fans!