a007mr

Hey guys,

I launched Focus (https://usefocus.co/).

Focus is an OKR Pulse platform that improves companies' execution through objectives, daily standups, and weekly updates.

We are trying to solve problems in team communication across different timezones. Focus keeps teams on the most important outcomes instead of the heap of messages, emails, and endless meetings - focus on what matters the most.

Right now, it works like that:

1. The team sets Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) on the platform 2. Afterward, the team runs daily standups and weekly updates for tracking the most important things 3. When the goal was achieved, it has public praise feature to increase employees recognition and engagement

P.S. I would greatly appreciate any feedback, happy to answer any questions.

Founder here. As a team leader, I spend a lot of time on meetings and understanding what's going on in the team. It's a demotivating thing. It takes time and lots of meetings. And most employees don't like it too.

So I tried to make this process without meetings — only virtual, asynchronous, and lightweight conversations. For the base, I got scrum standups with 3 simple questions: what did you do yesterday, what are you going to do today, and what's the biggest obstacle. Everyone in the team spends only 5 minutes per day to clarify current status and understands what's going on in the company.

I built a web platform with a bot that creates the meetings on the schedule. I used the MERN stack (Mongo, Express, React, Node.js) for it. I learned a lot in the process, especially, how to create meetings automatically on the schedule and how React works.

To be transparent, there are several standup bots exist on Slack. But initially, I wanted to use more staff for team alignment and engagement like weekly updates and employee recognition. It helps a team stay in sync without meetings and work together better.

I haven't created all the staff what I wanted, but even at this stage, I think this tool can help others as well, so please let me know if you have any questions.

[1] Request early access: https://usefocus.co/