Userlist was started in 2017 as an alternative to bulky enterprise messaging tools. We believe that running SaaS products should be more enjoyable. As a team, we choose to build a profitable, sustainable company, rather than pursue rocketship growth.
Founder of UI Breakfast and a UI/UX consultant, Jane helps SaaS companies design focused, profitable web applications. Jane also writes books, speaks at conferences, and runs UI Breakfast Podcast.
Benedikt is a software engineer and strategy consultant who helps founders plan, build, grow, and maintain their web applications. He's a co-host on the Slow & Steady podcast and co-founder of FemtoConf.
Co-founder of Elevate and Forget the Funnel, Claire spends her days helping SaaS companies grow — through marketing consulting, mentorship, and customer research. Previously Director of Marketing and employee #2 at Calendly.
Helping customers is the primary reason why we are in the software business. We're here to craft a reliable tool, and help customers make the most out of it — through educational materials and personal support. The goal of our marketing activities is to honestly deliver as much value as possible. We're always happy to recommend other tools if it makes more sense.
We understand quality as both reliability and aesthetics. Keeping our product reliable and polished is more important to us than rapidly shipping new features. Our customers trust us to handle their end user communication, and we aren't going to disappoint them with quick-and-dirty solutions. When in doubt, we choose to deliver a smaller feature set, but take time and sweat the details.
We strive to build a no-fluff product that delivers value in the most straightforward, practical manner. We set down-to-earth goals and don't chase trends. Instead of reinventing the wheel, we absorb best practices and come up with reliable solutions for real people. We don't set out to change human behavior. We take the risk to apply our expertise and figure out simple solutions instead of offering endless customization.
We talk to each other honestly as a team, and we talk honestly to our customers. We only practice honest marketing. We don't tolerate scam, clickbait, or dark usability patterns. We expect the same from our customers as they talk to their users, and advocate for fair use of Userlist as an automation tool. We explicitly forbid bad practices, and put extra effort into promoting ethicality.
We believe everyone deserves the chance to pursue a business that suits their lifestyle. We believe in relationships over money. Customer happiness and end user satisfaction is more important than revenue; team happiness is more important than new features and KPIs. End user happiness is crucial because our customer's dignity and reputation depend on it.
Team always comes first. Growing a company is a long-term journey; we want to enjoy it. All team members are welcome to pursue the lifestyle they want.
We operate as a fully remote team and respect asynchronous communication.
In customer support, we're not striving for instant response, but rather focusing on figuring out a truly helpful solution.
We trust the expertise of each other, but aim for consensus in decision-making.
We assume that all of us act with the best intentions.
When something goes wrong, we focus on finding a solution instead of looking for someone to blame.
We set flexible, realistic goals. No one gets fired or is forced to work overtime because of KPIs.
We ship simple features first and iterate on them. We believe that advanced systems can only be created by improving on simple systems.
We listen to our customers, but keep the vision strong.
We're always learning! We're open to changing our ways if it's best for the team and fits our core values.
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