HereNow | First Month Update

Varun Torka
The HereNow Blog
Published in
3 min readFeb 23, 2015

Finally, finished with a version we are comfortable with, we have started tackling the beast of distribution. Early results have been promising, we got >1k downloads in a week. Even more exciting was the response from friends and new acquaintances alike. People seem to understand and appreciate the concept.

What I wanted to share today were examples list of posts created on HereNow. These are exactly the type of interaction we wished to enable among real communities, and give us confidence in our mission.

Here we go.

Bangalore

  • Users making local hobby groups
https://theherenowapp.com/p/QtM5mEjtDu
  • Users posting about events nearby
https://www.theherenowapp.com/p/ZOCO5s5Vc
  • Local news
https://www.theherenowapp.com/p/4wBTzJtaJ7

So while it is indeed encouraging to see the positive response, a huge task lies ahead of us. Product-wise, we are continuously improving based on feedback. There are a huge number of features we have planned out in the roadmap, but right now, we are focused on the distribution problem. Getting people on the platform is a humongous value creation exercise.

Wish us luck!

To help build this super-useful community around yourself, download the HereNow android app here! ☺

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Varun Torka
The HereNow Blog

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