The Weekly Recap from Grapevine

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The Weekly Recap is back at it with the latest posts from the previous week. Check out all the posts you might have missed in your busy week, stay updated on Grapevine: Your Virtual Office Platform's progress with our product progress report, and learn the latest trend happening in the future of work!

With no further ado, let's get to it ??

Post #1: Let's Start With A Joke...#Remote Humor ??????

Post #2: The Problem We Are Solving with Grapevine: Your Virtual Office Platform for #Remote and #Hybrid Workforces!

Post #3: Future of Work Weekly Report for this Week is Meaty! Check it out below ??????

Make sure to follow our YouTube page to stay updated on everything #FutureofWork and Grapevine's Podcast Interviews:

Post #4: "...you know, one that FINALLY doesn't require a consultant to [make it] work..." ??

Post #5: Advice From Someone Who Has Been There Before...I Got Tired of Hearing Myself Talk Without Outcomes So I Fixed It!

??What's new at Grapevine this week?

After a great conversation with my founding advisor (shoutout Alex Kottoor ), an epiphany was reached. As you might remember, earlier this quarter we conducted our "soft launch" to bring in a couple of #betausers. The soft launch had the bare minimum set of features and modules for certain use cases, especially #InternalComms professionals like updates, announcements, and events.

As this was underway, our product manager Saad Shahid and I worked diligently on preparing our new Statement of Work (SOW). We spent hours and produced several iterations of the SOW. We got to the point of almost completion before I had my conversation with Alex where he asked a simple but thought provoking question, "Do you really need all of this right now to get customers to come in and use Grapevine?"

Spark the internal combustion engine in my mind. I took a step back and realized, we weren't truly building an #MVP, we were building a full on multi-product platform before finalizing one product and bringing in a paying customer. Wow! This epiphany made me rethink our roadmap and significantly simplify our next step for an MVP Ready product.

With all that being said, we are now focused on completing our MVP in the true fashion of building an MVP. In the upcoming weeks, we will be sharing the important details being updated with our roadmap and ironically, this simplified version will actually benefit customers more than the fully meshed out SOW we had plan - and don't worry, these efforts on the SOW won't go to waste as they still connect with out vision. However, before we can work towards the full vision, we must have a fully functioning product ready for early-adopter consumption.

The Highlights from the Week at Grapevine: The Product Progress Report ??

Quick Hits

• Real-time communications is working and we are closing up some small details but this will be pushed through to production link next week ??
• Continuously improving search capabilities in the platform to make it easier than ever to store, manage, search, find, and share information in one system
• As mentioned above, we are simplifying details for our MVP and making it even more beneficial for our future customers:
• ?? Expect to see polling, shoutouts connected to core values, articles, audio uploads, knowledge base capabilities, and more.

As mentioned earlier, since it is a holiday weekend, I'm keep this section short but know that these improvements are the small pieces needed to get our platform more valuable than ever for early-adopters of Grapevine: Your Virtual Office Platform ??????

YouTube Uploads this Week

Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel to get updated on all of our content uploaded and shared. Untangled Vines: Redefining the Rules of Work!

The Final Word for This Weekly Recap ??

If you are currently looking for a better way to communicate, collaborate, and connect your Remote and Hybrid team, reach out to us today and let's have a chat about how Grapevine can help you achieve your 2024 goals of culture building and productivity with an engaged workforce! Connect here: Let's Connect

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Until next week...have a great weekend!