Today marks the 3rd birthday of OneMob, and oh what a ride it has been! Over the past three years, I have recorded 900 videos and learned a few things along the way. I found one of my earliest videos from three years ago, and two things immediately struck.
- Going vegan really makes a difference. 🙂
- Our mission to help professionals interact more effectively is stronger than ever!
At OneMob, we love video and we want to make recording, sending and tracking video easy for every professional. So I thought it would be fitting to reminisce on some of the learnings that have occurred over the past three years that have got us here.
Team
One of my favorite books is Good to Great by Jim Collins, and I always refer back to the section on “First Who, then What”, which essentially speaks to making sure you have the right folks on the bus. That is critical for us. I am lucky to have a supportive cofounder, Nimesh Gupta, and we always make sure the people we hire not only believe in our vision, but can also be open to moving seats on the bus from time to time. OneMob would not be what it is today without the care and dedication of people like Stefano Acerbetti, Kyle Patel, Nick Ottrando, Hardeep Dhanjal, Stan Kulyavtsev, Simon Nguyen, Sharmila Jesupaul, Carmen Yau, Brian Kim, Deepak Anand, Michael Berber and the many others who have taken a seat on the OneMob bus. Thank you team!
Startups are temperamental, but when you have the right folks on the bus and you are all aligned on the direction, you can go as far as you want, assuming you don’t run out of gas. Which leads me to my next point.
Customers
OneMob is incredibly grateful to have some of the most amazing companies using our platform. Every startup is looking for product-market fit; it’s just want you do. But products and markets change and evolve. We launched OneMob because mobile video was becoming so popular. People were sending “snaps” to one another that later disappeared, all from their new shiny smartphones. YouTube was growing and Instagram was evolving from photos to videos. It was an exciting time! And I remember sitting in Nimesh’s apartment thinking, “we should allow professionals to do the same.” But you can’t just have an idea. You need partners who can take a risk and try what you’re selling, see if it can truly make an impact, and provide candid feedback to ensure you’re driving on the right freeway. I’m so grateful to know that some of our earliest customers from day one are still onboard, and have been essentially co-creating OneMob with us. Without your feedback, OneMob wouldn’t be constantly striving to give you what you need today and what will make you better tomorrow.
Product
And this all leads me to my final thought – what OneMob has become. When we first launched OneMob at Dreamforce 2014, it was literally just an iOS app to record a video and send to your Saleforce Leads, Contacts or Users. Fast forward today and we’ve introduced:
And we’re not slowing down. Thanks to our amazing team and engaging customers, OneMob will continue to transform the way professionals interact and connect with video. I can’t wait to tell you what happens in the next three years!
