Congrats to @ayusin on launching the Helpingo app for college students.
While families use WhatsApp, friends use Messenger, offices use Slack and communities use forums, college students are still stuck in a mix of tools with college mails, Facebook groups, word-of-mouth, WhatsApp groups and physical notice boards. This makes their life stressful because there is always a fear of missing out and always something happening.
Enter Helpingo. They are starting off with a simple app. You create hubs and then you can get into a discussion in these hubs. Others are notified when some discussion begins.
Additionally to make an important announcement, you simply convert your message into a card and it shows up on the Dashboard along with notifying everyone.
The app is mobile-first, Android-first (because India) and built in React Native and is a great example of what the technology can do. Built with love in Bangalore, India. Ping ayushi@helpingo.in if you'd like to intern remotely!
I've seen a lot of these apps, but none have taken off bc they don't reach critical mass. As much as I love products with good UI/UX, for the college demo I don't see a lower-friction way to replace Facebook groups.
@bryantpeng I agree it is tough to get past the initial resistance. However from our research, college students are already moving away from Facebook groups to Whatsapp groups for instant communication. They need something fast and mobile-friendly.
We will be using lots of growth hacks to get adopted in colleges. Keeping fingers crossed :)
@therealcoelho Hey Karl. Apologies that you are unable to try the app. We launched on Android because it dominates the Indian smartphone market (Android has around 97% of the total Indian smartphone market share). I agree we are not solving for 100% users but Android was the easiest way to get started with our initial users. We will definitely launch on iOS as we move forward.
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