Two weeks ago, e27 made a decision to help as many startups in the ecosystem as possible, and today, we have come across over 400 companies offering discounts on their products and services.
And the list keeps growing.
We aim to publish these deals on our website eventually. In the meantime, we have created a temporary sheet to showcase the deals that we have received, which we will be populating until our site is fully developed.
In case you missed our previous article and would like to submit your product for a showcase, you can fill up the form here.
To kickstart this, here are five such companies, which are providing services that could be useful for the current widespread work-from-home arrangements:
Lark Technologies
What is the product: Lark is an all-in-one platform that addresses businesses’ collaboration needs, allowing everyone to work remotely and effortlessly.
To support fellow businesses, Lark is giving away free three-year subscriptions.
Click here for more details.
Use Case: With remote working becoming the norm, companies have turned to various online tools and software in a bid to become more productive with the arrangement.
However, with numerous tools and software like chat, video conferencing and project management, employees might find themselves struggling to keep up.
Ever find yourself spending unnecessary time trying to explain something to a colleague over a message? Jump on a five-minute call, instead! Not only does Lark have various chat features to facilitate conversations, it also offers unlimited audio and video conferencing for users to hop on a call anytime.
With 200GB of cloud storage, users would be able to store their documents and files online for others to have easy reference and retrieval, too.
Interestingly, Lark also has an Integrated Health Tracker that allows employees to update their health statuses daily.
This would especially be relevant to the current COVID-19 outbreak.
Managers would be able to keep track of their employees’ health and well-being and take immediate action when any red flags pop out.
EngageRocket
What is the product: EngageRocket is a cloud-based software that helps organisations make better people decisions through employee life-cycle surveys, 360 feedbacks, and continuous performance management.
To help companies ensure that their employees are adjusting well and performing effectively with the current remote working environment, the firm has made its service available for free until May 31, 2020 for all companies.
Click here to view more details.
Use Case: For companies that have recently adopted the work-from-home arrangement, many employees often struggle to adjust to it. Coupled with the personal concerns and issues that employees might have, their well-being, productivity and performance levels would be adversely affected.
Thus, it could be useful for companies to make use of EngageRocket to get continuous feedback from the employees. This could be related to the overall effectiveness of working from home, or any general issues they are facing, allowing companies to enact changes fast with the real-time data provided.
There are many other productivity tools out there that are also offering discounts to aid businesses in making effective use of remote working. You can check out the full-list here.
Toasty
What is the product: Toasty is an audience engagement platform for virtual meetups, workshops, and team meetings that facilitates highly interactive experiences and real human connections.
To help recreate in-person experiences online during the COVID-19 period, Toasty has lowered its price to US$39 (from US$59), which includes a one-month free trial.
Click here to view more details.
Use Case: With the outbreak of COVID-19, many events and company activities around the world have little choice but to be postponed or cancelled. Some companies are, instead, looking to bring things online and provide attendees with a different experience, while delivering the same results.
Toasty is not the platform for online conferences, webinars or 1-to-1 meetings, but it can be a good choice for companies looking for a more interactive platform that’s for team discussion, team building, and workshops & training.
With the various features it has to keep the participants active and engaged, external virtual events and meetups could now be a viable option in place of the physical ones. Internally, you can also keep team meetings organized with seamless breakout rooms that allow for smaller, more focused discussions.
Pigeonhole
What is the product: Pigeonhole is a platform for live Q&As, polls, quizzes, and surveys, and a perfect companion in driving more engagement at your virtual meetings.
To help companies hold more effective and interactive meetings amid the current situation, PigeonLab is upgrading the free plan to support video conferencing and live-streaming tools until June 30, 2020.
Click here to view more details.
Use Case: With most companies adopting the work-from-home arrangement, video conferencing is now the go-to, whether it is for internal meetings or external workshops.
However, unlike physical meetings where interactions have easily facilitated both ways, online sessions present a new set of challenges. It is not easy to have the same level of engagement in online meetings.
With all the integrations and features linked to video conferencing and live-streaming tools now available with the free version of Pigeonhole, companies can tap on this for more interactive and productive meetings.
There are other similar services in the market that help complement video conferencing in businesses. Check out the full list here.
JANDI
What is the product: JANDI is a collaboration tool for effective teamwork and smoother workflows. It aims to provide users with convenient communication, file sharing and quick feedback without the need for emails — all on a single platform.
To support fellow businesses to improve their efficiency of remote working in these difficult times, JANDI is offering a free enterprise version for one year to all businesses.
Click here to view more details.
Use Case: Communication is crucial in companies to ensure that everyone is on the same page and is kept abreast of each other’s progress and tasks at hand. The physical environment of working together allows for short huddles for quick communication and decision making.
In contrast, employees have to rely on chats and emails to communicate with one another during remote work, causing important conversations and files to disappear in the everyday noise.
With constant communication happening among employees, different topics often get mixed up, and essential files often get buried under the stack of documents sent around. JANDI’s features, including the Chat Rooms and File Search, allow users to keep track of vital conversations and materials in an organised way while being able to access them at their convenience.
These are currently five out of the many companies, which have stepped forward to offer a helping hand to other businesses in the community.
To view the other discounts and offerings by other companies to help support the ecosystem, click here.
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