The Robot Factory

Caleb and Jonathan talk about how satisfying it is to watch our animated image of the OpenHouse.social app working and other less important things, like a working billing system.

[00:16] Maybe we are waiting too long to launch anything
[04:08] We have a few of our Mom's subscribed to the newsletter 👋🏼
[05:07] OpenHouse.social is now live but how do we build an audience
[07:23] We made a cool interactive animation for our landing page
[09:15] Is this a bad time to launch a real estate tool?
[10:12] Cover art for the podcast
[11:27] We can't even take anyones money if they wanted to pay us
[21:47] How can we get some paid users?

The Product: OpenHouse.social

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The Product: OpenHouse.social

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Jonathan and Caleb share some progress updates and how we do image processing in the browser to cut costs.

[01:23] Shower thoughts: reducing image size in the browser
[06:44] Creating a user account and removing background from profile photos
[12:28] We have a logo and a landing page

The Product: OpenHouse.social

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Jonathan and Caleb chat with Vann De Marco, a real estate agent from Vancouver, to get his raw feedback from an early version of the OpenHouse.social tool. Vann tries generating a social media image for an actual listing of his while we watch.

[00:35] Our guest, Vann De Marco
[03:11] What's up with rising real estate prices?
[04:25] Getting Vann to try OpenHouse.social
[05:53] Watching Vann experience OpenHouse.social for the first time
[08:42] We try to guess the price of a condo
[11:51] Vann generates an image
[14:24] How does Vann normally post to social media
[18:35] How do you use Canva
[21:23] What are other agents doing?
[25:29] Should we add custom templates?
[27:58] What's the real estate season like?
[29:35] How to get ahold of Vann

The Product: OpenHouse.social

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Vann De Marco
https://vanndemarco.com/
Instagram: @vann.demarco
Or just phone him apparently: 604-356-5643

Jonathan and Caleb share the new domain that they purchased for the real estate product and discuss how writing good code could increase the acquisition price.

[00:37] Costco will answer your questions
[03:12] We bought the domain OpenHouse.social
[04:56] Can we charge more for the app if the code is good?
[09:30] How do we generate images dynamically
[14:28] A landing page for OpenHouse.social
[17:08] What should our landing page look like
[19:14] Next time, our friend Vann comes on the show

The Product: OpenHouse.social

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Jonathan and Caleb discuss ideas for a name for the product and some of the technical details of how it is built.

[00:48] We may have a name
[03:02] Update on progress so far
[04:34] How are we deploying this product
[07:31] Trying out some new tech and how much time did it take
[09:40] How much data can we share in the open
[11:36] We could always pivot to something else
[13:12] What's next
[18:17] What kind of music plays in our club

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Jonathan and Caleb discuss the first steps of their first product.  They answer who is it for and what does it do.

[01:07] What is the podcast about?
[03:36] What is our first product?
[07:13] What is our business model?
[09:55] What tech are we using?
[11:38] What do people currently do?
[14:05] What are we calling this tool?
[14:43] What's next?

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Introducing The Robot Factory, a new podcast by Two Story Robot.

We are sharing our journey as we attempt to build and sell a new startup. Follow along!

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