Why is there no platform for academic collaboration?
getcited.co
getcited.co
I signed up. Looking forward to trying out the platform.
I will reach out to you once the MVP is about to be finished.
(1) the name ("getcited") comes across as a little superficial and maybe more importantly doesn't clearly directly reflect what it is. It sounds like a publication dissemination service, which I don't think it is?
(2) I wouldn't limit it to academic email addresses (unless you just mean "email addresses that people use for research"?). First, there are lots of legit researchers who don't have university affiliations. Second, there are lots of researchers at universities who prefer non-university email addresses for lots of reasons.
First of all, I really appreciate it that you took the time to give me such valuable advice.
Regarding (1) I'm trying to come up with a more sophisticated name that is still catchy and has some kind of relationship with what the platform actually is about. All the ones I thought of were already taken by some kind of other business or organization unfortunately. Do you have any suggestions? :D
As for the email addresses, I just changed the input field to say "Enter your email..." . It already led to a signup by someone with a regular "gmail". Great advice!!!
I would love to ask you for further advice down the road of the platform's progress. Would that be something you be willing to do?
So I decided to build it next to doing my PhD.
Currently, I'm working on an MVP and would appreciate any kind of support or feedback.
Also, I'm looking for beta users from different fields. Maybe you're interest or know someone who might be.
Eimen - Founder of getcited.co