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People who love what they do - do it better.

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While reading an article on Bloomberg ...
specifically the one on how the **GitHub Co-Founders _sold-out_** the community to ***Microsoft***: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-04/github-billionaires-will-own-more-microsoft-stock-than-its-ceo

I was served this advert that states: "_people who **love** what they **do** - do it **better.**_" ... 💭
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996714-69f56598-68fa-11e8-85d4-48aee4bda9eb.png)

Ok, I'll "bite" ... https://www.glintinc.com/goahead (_I don't "normally" click on ads ... but I'm intrigued!_)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40995894-5706ac0a-68f8-11e8-92b6-9d534493532c.png)
Don't you _love_ a website that doesn't tell you anything ("above the fold") but _forces_ you to scroll ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40995950-85a3c188-68f8-11e8-9ac2-dbec3d32ce89.png)
Kept scrolling ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996019-b1fd9aa6-68f8-11e8-987c-201c900bc37d.png)

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996051-cd2b190c-68f8-11e8-92f7-cfd33c0c5c55.png)
clicked on the **`Read more >>`** link
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996184-1c91ed40-68f9-11e8-9f2a-860d4852e93e.png)
And learned _exactly **nothing**_.

Kept scrolling ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996071-d7ed60ca-68f8-11e8-8645-d30564a555f7.png)

Got to the bottom of the landing page.
I've learnt exactly _nothing_ about the product, and now you want my personal data ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996134-fe2f086a-68f8-11e8-8086-d0ea67c6f29f.png)

Went to: https://www.glintinc.com and the home page is no more _informative_.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996253-483f4370-68f9-11e8-86db-88ac7ef81200.png)
OK, I _get_ that you are "People-Driven" ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996304-68a0cde6-68f9-11e8-984e-b84a477e1a0d.png)

Watch their video on how "_Glassdoor measures and improves employee engagement with Glint_" ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996505-dcf82356-68f9-11e8-9970-ff22a3c6106b.png)

Kept scrolling ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996851-d3f362b0-68fa-11e8-9704-8b921fde25e1.png)
> "_The powerful platform that helps bring out the best in your people — and your organization._"

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996911-fa62bedc-68fa-11e8-848a-cceec5fa6c0c.png)

So I took the "tour" ... https://www.glintinc.com/people-success-platform
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996958-1bea99c6-68fb-11e8-85a8-939cc7ffc305.png)

You've got dashboards with few graphs ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40996973-257bd5cc-68fb-11e8-9970-1f2400324cf6.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997000-341f108a-68fb-11e8-9788-24dca2146326.png)

https://www.glintinc.com/team-effectiveness ...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997223-db2b805c-68fb-11e8-959e-fb355976661e.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997283-036cc864-68fc-11e8-890a-cdce1b418cb0.png)

Finally a _glimpse_ of the actual _product_...!
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997293-0e426a1e-68fc-11e8-86a4-24b2d9093402.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997345-39b9d290-68fc-11e8-88ed-207107286cf7.png)

Bit of desk research on the company:
https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=285459070
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997388-64e2fadc-68fc-11e8-918c-f8f6aed4def5.png)
Their "executive" team is 80% male ...
But ... their **Chief Customer Officer** is **Ms. _Mary Poppen_**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marypoppen
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40999607-3f143490-6903-11e8-8574-fc2aee792bfc.png)

> _Mary Poppins_ works for them!! (_that's awesome_) https://youtu.be/U8VHc49ZdP4

They've borrowed a _lot_ of money to solve a problem that _shouldn't **exist**_...
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/glint#section-overview
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997420-8031edc0-68fc-11e8-8575-4a5bbb42b87e.png)

When a `user` of your product thinks they could achieve the same result with **Google Forms** ...
https://www.capterra.com/p/154985/Glint/
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997475-c26bb496-68fc-11e8-9863-6c2ddb0a492b.png)

# _How Much...?_

I tried searching the Glint website for pricing ... _nothing_!
Apparently they do not make their pricing `public` instead you have to "contact sales".
Does anyone `else` find it _ironic_ that a company focussed on improving engagement,
is _secretive_ about how much they charge organisations of their product...?

Challenge accepted. a few google queries later:
https://www.sensienthr.com/comparison (_see last column of this comparison table_):
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/40997725-8b733d78-68fd-11e8-8c00-965436be65d2.png)

# $40k/yr ... 😮

@iteles _apparently_, your idea for making an app to help people do work they love,
has been "_market validated_".

So ... what are we "_waiting for_" to _build_ a **_much_ better** way to **help people `do` what they love**...? ⏳

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