It’s Your World, Planet.
It’s time to forget messaging multiple group threads or email chains, and make quick, simple plans with friends on Planet.
2 years ago, Zack Brust and I set out to solve a problem that had become an annoyance in our lives and the daily lives of many people we know; planning things with friends.
The problem facing many groups of friends today is the abundance of messaging apps and platforms in which we all communicate. Whether it’s through email, texts, GroupMe, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Snapchat, or the countless other communication platforms out today, our friends have become increasingly fragmented.
This fragmentation of how we communicate with our friends has made getting in touch on the platform they prefer a somewhat painstakingly annoying process that makes answering an age old question tougher than it should be: “What’s the plan?”
Making plans with friends shouldn’t be painful, and yet all of these seemingly helpful channels to communicate get in the way of actually hanging out with friends in real-life.
It’s time to forget messaging multiple group threads or email chains, and make quick, simple plans with friends on Planet.
With Planet, we aim to enable making plans with friends a quick and painless process that puts all the details in one place. From getting an Uber to purchasing concert tickets to making a dinner reservation, everything you and your friends need are all right there on one screen in Planet.
By removing the friction caused by countless apps and messaging platforms, Planet will make it even easier to plan a Sunday brunch, get a group together for golf, check out that new movie or grab a quick bite at the last minute.
No one wants to waste the time to create a Facebook Event or send a formal calendar invite to make plans with friends, but everyone wants a quick and easy way to meet up for that happy hour or get a group together to watch that game.
So download Planet today, try it out with your friends, and plan something this week.
Zack and I have bootstrapped Planet’s development to this point and while this is the first version of Planet we’re shipping to the public we have a future vision and product roadmap that we believe will continue to reduce the friction of making plans with friends.
We welcome any and all of your feedback, so please download Planet and let us know what you think!
