Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you to keep in touch

Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by akgvn on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @05:37PM (#20700219)

An open-source alternative, Monica, has been discussed before:

* (2018) "Monica – Personal CRM, Remember everything about friends and family" -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18318547

* (2017) "Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family" -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497295

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by ksun on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @05:41PM (#20700260)

Thanks for bringing this up! Monica is definitely an inspiration for what Dex is working on. I think it'd be fair to characterize two main contrasts: 1) Dex is for relationships that are both professional and personal 2) tries to be more integrated with existing workflows (using your calendar)

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by simulate on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @05:59PM (#20700442)

I've been using Monica for a couple of years now and I'm very happy with it for my personal network. It's a great tool to remind me who is connected to whom and what to ask about before attending a party. The online version is here: https://app.monicahq.com/register

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by shostack on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @09:35PM (#20701838)

Any thoughts on the security model for the hosted service?

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by o-__-o on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:04AM (#20703193)

We stopped using them at our workplacedue to compliance. they have a lot of issues and not interested in fixing them

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by zufallsheld on Thursday August 15, 2019 @06:10AM (#20703938)

Can you expand on these issues?

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by o-__-o on Thursday August 15, 2019 @07:56AM (#20704345)

No. But if you’re a startup you are probably okay. If you are a Fortune 500, probably not. May I recommend reaching out to their sales team to find their customers or better recent customers and why they left

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by simulate on Thursday August 15, 2019 @06:11PM (#20710211)

Why would you use Monica at a start-up or Fortune 500 company? I had assumed that Monica was purely for personal use. It never occurred to me that a start-up, much less a Fortune 500 company, would use Monica for anything.

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by trilila on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @05:43PM (#20700272)

Downvoting any “open source alternative” to anything as those are usually crapware.

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Re:Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that reminds you t... by dang on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @06:08PM (#20700518)

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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