Launching today
Doneas
A daily accountability call with other entrepreneurs.
142 followers
A daily accountability call with other entrepreneurs.
142 followers
Doneas helps solo builders stay focused, accountable, and productive. Plan your week every Monday, join a 15-minute daily accountability call with five other builders, and track everything you ship on your public progress page. Plan less. Focus better. Ship more.
Keeping the same circle through travel sounds like the interesting test here. I would want a simple way to agree a new call time when someone’s time zone changes.
@oleksii_sekundant We don't manage timezones automatically, but we have a simple button to change the time and circle whenever you want
@oleksii_sekundant That's a good point. Keeping the same circle matters, but the call time still needs to work for everyone. A simple way to suggest a temporary time change and agree it with the group would be useful for travel. Is that the kind of setup you'd have in mind? Or it could be the opportunity to meet another group :))
@oleksii_sekundant You can choose your circle and call time, and change them whenever you want!! For now, we don't manage it automatically, but that's a good poiint !!
I can definitely relate to this problem sine becoming a solo founder. I've tried AI agents to achieve the same, but I think the solutions is definitely commitments with other humans. Great idea.
@simon_moxon That's been the difference for me too: knowing there are real people expecting me to show up. Tools help me organize my work, but the connection with other founders is what makes me want to keep coming back :)
@simon_moxon Even before AI I tried to do standup meetings with a slack bot, it was good to see tracked data, but I only can feel commitments with humans.
I would hope to see you around on my next call
@simon_moxon Absolutely!! The more calls you do, the more you want to join the next ones. After some calls, it just become part of your day!!
Going inactive after 3 missed days in a row is a fair way to keep circles from going stale. Do most people hold the same call time for weeks, or move around?
@neerajnathany Most people hold!! They like the routine
This is that tool that will make me to call to other people? :D I am a bit afraid that I am too introverted for that :DD
@busmark_w_nika Yes, this is the toool 😂 Maybe joining us on Doneas will make you addicted to calls, who knows
@busmark_w_nika That can be your vaccine 💉! I think my english got better, having it as a habit in the same daily time, same people for a while definitely makes it easier for introvert!
How can we have you in our calls? 🦄
Congrats on the launch! I have been using doneas consistently ever since working closely with Amine, and it has boosted my productivity to levels I did not know I was capable of before. Genuinely recommend using it if you're struggling with staying consistent! because god knows it helped me the past few weeks :) One question I do have for the makers, though, is do you imagine in the future adding a sort of coefficient of productivity ? Like a task done by a person who has been consistently productive over weeks would be worth more than a task done by a person that is inconsistent ? I think this would encourage more consistency and reward the people showing up everyday on the leaderboard!
@anas_chhilif Thanks Anas, so glad it's been helping you! I like the idea of rewarding consistency over time, rather than just one very productive week. I'd be curious to see how a streak bonus could work while still giving new members, or someone coming back after a difficult week, a fair chance to catch up. Definitely an interesting idea to explore :)
@rania_rimali Yeah It definitely should not become too unfair on new users, I hear you on that. But now I am also wondering for people who have been consistent but hit with a heavy week or so if a streak freeze like what duolingo has would be beneficial ?
@anas_chhilif We actually already have a streak freeze! Exactly for that reason: giving people some breathing room during a difficult week without losing the consistency they've built :)
@anas_chhilif Thank you for your feedback. It's a great idea to push users be more productive. Do you use Doneas for your roadmap too?
@amraniyasser @bengeekly Most productivity tools help you plan, but having the same people notice whether you actually shipped gives those plans some teeth.
@harshyadav Exactly!! It’s harder to fake things when you know everybody willl ask you about it tomorrow 😂
@amraniyasser @bengeekly @harshyadav Exactly!!
Hey Product Hunt 👋🏻
I'm Bengeekly (YC S20, co-founded Mailwarm). I've tried every crazy trick to stay consistent as a solo builder:
🍪 Bet a KitKat for every day I didn't show up at my coworking space
👮🏻♂️ Hired an assistant just to jump on an early-morning call with me
🫨 Organized what was already over-organized
It worked for a while. Then I'd travel, and every habit broke.
What finally worked: other builders. I got the best founders I know (YC, Station F, a few crazy indie hackers) on a short call every day at the same time. If you missed it, someone checked on you. We all shipped more and actually stuck to our habits. Then too many friends wanted in, so I split us into small groups and built Doneas.
How it works:
→ Get matched with a small circle of founders
→ Plan your week: roadmap, backlog, sprint
→ Join a 15-min daily call: what did you do yesterday, what's the plan today?
→ Climb a leaderboard for the standups you show up to and the tasks you ship
🎁 Launch day only: Use PH3M and get 3 months free.
I'm in the comments all day. What's the craziest thing you've tried to stay consistent? Mine was the KitKats.
@bengeekly With my 85% attendance, I think I've earned a KitKat by now 🍫