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Re:Ask HN: How do you automate developer onboarding? on Monday May 07, 2018 @05:38AM (#17011409)
You could create an image with everything preinstalled. Just install it and you have a lot of stuff ready right away.

For things they have todo / resources they should look through, you could use ChiefOnboarding.com (Full Disclosure: I have built this)

Solo startup founder here (of a not so successful SaaS startup yet(!)). First of all make sure you have a lot of money to spend. I know you will probably be able to code it up yourself (just like I do), but you will have spendings in stuff like advertisements, graphics, email outreach programs, hosting and stuff. Depending on your niche, you will probably need a LOT of advertisement money.

First of all. Try to find your thing. What makes you super excited (next to coding)? DO A LOT OF RESEARCH on that. Seriously, I can't stress that enough. One of my mistakes. Make sure you find something that you can improve, where is an actual market (still a need for it) and what doesn't take 10 years to build by yourself.

Make sure you create something that is different and better than other products on the market. That makes it soo much easier to market.

Things you should learn right now:

- Get the basics of accountancy. I know that it is pretty boring stuff, but doing this right from the beginning will save a lot of work later on.

- Read about advertising; funnels, copywriting, value adding, facebook marketing, influencer marketing and so on. Just consume it all and don't be afraid to test things.

- Save up a lot of money. You will likely run out of money sooner than you think. Everything costs money.

- Start interviewing people that are in your target market. Find out what you can do to make their lives easier. Try to sell time and/or money (as in savings) with your startup.

Last but not least, just do it :). Good luck!

It's currently in beta and free to use without any banners / backlinks or whatever.

Feedback is appreciated!

Re:Show HN: Employee onboarding through Slack – Slack bot on Thursday March 16, 2017 @06:42AM (#13883953)
It works exactly how it shows :). It's really easy to integrate the onboarding data. You can add those through some forms. Like this: http://imgur.com/a/rE5WC

Once you have added the tasks you want, you can create a collection from it. That's just ticking the boxes and you can then mass assign tasks to new hires. We really focussed on the simplification of the onboarding process. Feel free to check out the demo: https://demo.chiefonboarding.com (pick administrator as new hire is not relevant, slack is used instead of that).

Re:Show HN: Employee onboarding through Slack – Slack bot on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @01:28PM (#13877948)
Thanks a lot. Hopefully a lot companies will implement this in their employee onboarding strategic :)
Thanks! You are spot on, there are HR systems available that have this integrated (but we will be better anyway, ha). We will be focussing mainly on fast growing startups and just funded startups, but any size of business is fine with us. Our (current) pricing model will be simple and straight forward, just like our software: $50 one time fee - up to 5 new hires (No company branding), $100/month - up to 50 new hires (company branding and API access) and a custom package starting at $200 per month (several modules that can be chosen from like unlimited new hires, priority support...)
Good question! Based upon my own research and experiences, I know that most companies don't have an onboarding system at all. Some HR tools don't even have it. The onboarding process is a part that is overlooked a lot of times.

Next to that, we are constantly working on a faster and easier way to onboard the new hires. For example: you only need to create a task once and you can add it to every new hire. If you have checked out the demo (it's free and doesn't require any information) you will probably notice that there is a very smooth workflow. And last, but not least, business can upload their own logo and chose their own color. There won't be any branding visible from us to the new hires. That way it looks like it is part of their own system.

If you have any feedback, please let me know. It is highly appreciated!