Do you like when startups make pages with team members?

Ksusha
77 replies
I don't often see pages with a team in startups. And I thought, is it interesting to know about the team that builds a product?

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Alexander Sienkiewicz
My opinion: It doesn't add much value. The buyer is more interested in the product than the team. Also, as you quickly scale, updating something like this can be quite difficult. Unless you are a startup that plans to stay lean, I don't recommend doing this. Yes, it is all about TEAM, but save this for when you are selling your vendor on your product, and invite them to your team, when the time is right. Maintaining "team member pages" can be a distraction IMO.
Ksusha
@alexsien cool, thank you for the answer :)
Sven Radavics
intribe | Tinder for Brand Partnerships
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I like it...and yet I don't have one for https://intribe.co. It's on the to do list but not near the top.
Ksusha
@sven_radavics we did that page some time ago, maybe it can be a reference :) https://aaply.app/team
Sven Radavics
intribe | Tinder for Brand Partnerships
intribe | Tinder for Brand Partnerships
@ksusha_golovchenko I was also thinking about using cartoons rather than photos!
Aaron O'Leary
I like it! I like when startups put a face to the work and not just a CEO / Founder but everyone that's working hard to make it happen on a day to day
Ksusha
@aaronoleary yeah, I agree I think its important to know about everyone who makes the product
Paul Mit
Love the idea of personal touch! Especially for indie hackers and bootstrappers.
Kevin Zepeda
It's a good option when the company is hiring because can you see the diversity of team, well in my case this is important issue
Ksusha
@kevin_zepeda when you choose companies u always pay attention to the team members?
Kevin Zepeda
@ksusha_golovchenko not particularly, generally to the diversity that exists in the team
Дмитрий Исаев
I think it's neutral. As for me knowing about the team may be interesting for asking questions to members, or basically figuring out what count of people works on the product. And of course, it works as a trust factor.
Дмитрий Исаев
@ksusha_golovchenko Yep. Especially if the team product matches my principles & tastes)
Ksusha
@easternleaves yeah,true! do you follow team members in twitter or ld?
Olya Zabalkanska
This is a good question. I think it depends on the goals of your startup. If you focusing on finding investors, definitely yes. Most of the time, the team is as important as ideas and metrics. From a user perspective, I'm not sure if it's really that valuable. However, we had users asking about team, size or location
Garima Behal
I think it has been great for us at OSlash, personally. We add our own touch to it too, by creating custom avatars for everyone who joins. And it's a nice way of getting to know each other internally too! Check this out, if you like: https://www.oslash.com/about
Ksusha
@garima_behal Hey! I like your avatars, its in NFT style?
Karen Sánchez
Thanks for asking this question! 😱 I was really thinking about it, in my startup we don't have a team page and I always wondered if I should do it or not. I'm scared because we're a VERY small team, we do our best, but I don't know if it's worth creating. What do you think? 🤔 What would be the best advice for my startup? We launched a year and a half ago.
Sofia
I love such pages ❤️ Maybe I’m just curious but I’m always very interested to meet teams that thought of products that I find interesting! And being a startup member myself – I love when creativity involved 😁 For example our own Aaply team page: https://aaply.app/team
Ksusha
@sonya_key_ 😍😍😍😍
Santa
@sonya_key_ @ksusha_golovchenko YES! I love the creativity and personal touch to this.
Kirsten
who raised?
who raised?
Thanks for kicking off this discussion, @ksusha_golovchenko! I launched on PH last week and received this as (great) feedback from @florin_biro. Personally, I can only think of the positives already mentioned.
Ksusha
@florin_biro @kirstenndb congrats on the launch! I wish it was good! and also happy to know that :)
Vishal Godhwani from Brew Money
Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
This made me think about why we haven't added a team page yet. It's mostly because this has never been a priority. We had made an about us page on Webflow, but are yet to add details to it. However, after going through all the comments, I realize the importance of it in building trust and a way for site visitors to connect with individual team members.
Ksusha
@vishal_godhwani yeah im happy my discussion can help you :)
Aaron Marco Arias
Personally, I think it's nice. It humanizes the product and shows that there's commitment behind it.
Santa
@aaron_arias @ksusha_golovchenko nicely worded comment. I agree 100 %
Yes, it is important. A new startup team may be brilliant and experienced. Still, these qualities become irrelevant if the members fail to address a mutual vision and cannot pursue the company's future growth strategy together.
Rich Watson
NVSTly: Social Investing
NVSTly: Social Investing
i neither for it nor against it. unless that team is providing a personal or 1on1 service, it's not all to much relative. but there is nothing wrong with it either
Bernard Badó
AI TikTok Assistant
I find it amusing. But I never trust these are the real people.
Ksusha
@bernard_bado :D I think theres no need to lie
Michal Matlon
I think it's nice. Gives it a personal touch and shows that they stand behind what they do.
Jan-Philipp Peters
Increases trust immensely! Especially for early stage B2B startups, having a few faces to put to the product and respectable backgrounds can be huge drivers.
Ksusha
@jpdavidpeters thank you for the answer :)