Streak.com

Web and SaaS

crm inside gmail

SHOW HN2012

306points
95comments
#35of 1,677 in 2012
Top 3%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

23 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 15 critical, out of 75 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.

Idea: 11 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 9 againstDesign: 5 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple and easy to use

    From 3 comments
    • Amazing work guys. Played with it a bit and looks really intuitive and easy to use!
      jayzee on HN
    • Looks like you could create a Pipeline for each project, and then add the boxes to the project pipeline. It would be nice if you could save a pipeline setup so you don't have to…
      chrisfarms on HN
    • Congrats on the launch! I love the UI and set-up process, it's very smooth.
      joshuareeves on HN
  • Useful for hiring, sales and support teams

    From 3 comments
    • We've been using Streak to help with hiring, fundraising, and business development at MixRank. It works really well. I'd highly recommend it to anyone that needs to stay on top…
      smilliken on HN
    • Just started using it for our hiring funnel at AeroFS and I already love it. Well done!
      yurisagalov on HN
    • Already got my support and deployments team using Streak and its been an amazing experience! Constantly adding new features and making our lives easier.
      latifnanji on HN

Objections

  • Breaks when Gmail changes its interface

    From 2 comments
    • Nicely done. Two concerns: 1) exposure to breakage when Gmail changes, 2) potential introduction of protection against invasive integration. Google has three options: 1) turn a…
      donpark on HN
    • Looks cool - although my cynical assumption is that this product a) would work great in demos with a simple number of folders,etc and b) will be bitch to maintain given when…
      harshaw on HN
  • Privacy concerns about sharing email with a third party

    From 3 comments
    • I've been trying to manage customers with emails for a while. What a nightmare. This looks like a great product. But, I'm not sure I'm willing to share all my emails. I think a…
      toblender on HN
    • Given that Google might acquire your company, why would you want to provide it with 100% of your sales, support and bug tracking information?
      jpdoctor on HN
    • In order to use Streak you have to give oauth access to your inbox. We use that data in order to link you to your emails from within Streak. Specifically on Streak's servers we…
      OmarIsmail on HN

Requests

  • Chrome only; other browsers requested

    From 2 comments
  • Salesforce integration

    From 1 comment
    • Any plans for Salesforce integration? Can you use SF.com as a backend?
      temphn on HN
  • Public API

    From 1 comment
    • Wow. This is really great. We are just at a point where we consider switching away from Lighthouse for bug tracking. Do you provide - or plan to provide - an api, so it's…
      troels on HN

Questions

  • How does multi-user sharing work

    From 2 comments
    • This looks awesome - I'd love more information about how it works in a multi-user environment. For example, if 3 guys in my company do sales, how do we prevent everyone…
      tomblomfield on HN
    • We don't go into it much on the homepage but we think Streak really does well here. You can share a sales pipeline to specific people or to your entire domain and you can assign…
      alooPotato on HN
  • Compatibility with Rapportive

    From 2 comments
    • I was literally thinking earlier today that I wish someone would write this app. Unfortunately it doesn't play well with Rapportive profiles for me (HD Beach theme, comfortable…
      petenixey on HN
    • We do play nice with Rapportive usually, but ya difficult to test all different configurations. Will have to troubleshoot that with your specific settings.
      OmarIsmail on HN

Alternatives named

  • Salesforce

    From 2 comments
    • Don't worry, Salesforce has big pockets. I think they will be fine. Great product.
      scottkrager on HN
    • I use Streak as a "Personal Salesforce". It has been incredibly useful because it helps me stay on top of 30 different conversations in 5 different contexts.
      ajju on HN
  • Rapportive

    From 1 comment
    • I was literally thinking earlier today that I wish someone would write this app. Unfortunately it doesn't play well with Rapportive profiles for me (HD Beach theme, comfortable…
      petenixey on HN
  • Boomerang

    From 1 comment
    • Crap - I definitely want Rapportive, but glad I can get rid of Boomerang.
      bkruse on HN
  • HelpScout

    From 1 comment
    • This is great timing! We just hired a customer support person this week, and we started using HelpScout.net, but we aren't finding that it's very polished. We're going to give…
      andrewljohnson on HN

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