The concept, of course, is a great one that people need, so you have to wonder the very thing that probably every founder wonders from time to time, “Why hasn’t anyone done this before?” Turns out, it’s not as simple to transfer files as it seems. This was an initial hurdle the Minbox team had to work through: tackling the back end to make the front end as intuitive and seamless as possible. To work through those initial startup phases, you have to have a solid team. ![]() Mimran said, “Finding good people to work with was a problem. Everyone needs to find people that fit in their culture. So it took us a while to find the right team, but it’s pretty much like we’re a family.” When you’re starting a company and you have a few employees - we only have four - every hire is kind of like really, really, really crucial. Working with a small team definitely has its benefits, namely everyone has to know everything about the product. When you live and breathe every aspect of a product, you’re able to develop a style of your own in those early days and let the brand make a space for itself organically. If you watched the teaser trailer for Minbox 3, you’ll see that the company’s style is kind of guerilla. It’s what first interested me in the idea of their disruptive file sharing service. If you take a quick scroll through Product Hunt, you’ll notice a lot of trends companies use for their startup videos, which isn’t a bad thing, especially if you’re introducing a totally new tech idea to the masses. Releasing a formulaic video isn’t so bad because people are already familiar with the formula, so all you have to explain to them is the product. ![]() ![]() But Minbox threw all of those formulas to the wind and it really paid off.
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