Welcome to the Startups group! 🚀

[Kristen Roth]

Hello, startup teams! 👋

Welcome to our newest online community group, focused on all things startups.

We’re thrilled to have a dedicated space where startup founders and team members who use Atlassian products can network, ask questions, help each other work through challenges, and celebrate the triumphs that come along with startup life.

🎯 Our objectives with this group are to provide a place for you to:

• Discuss any challenges you’re facing and hear ideas and solutions for how to overcome them

• Share real-life examples from your work to gather feedback, spark discussion, and offer tips and advice

• Establish feedback loops with Atlassian teams that are centered around your specific needs and use cases so we can continue to make our products better for you

• Learn more about how you can use Atlassian products and the Atlassian Team Playbook within your organization

👋 Meet some of the team you can expect to engage with

We’re excited to be launching this group with some of our Atlassian team members and Community Leaders who are here to help kick off engaging conversations, share tips and tricks, and answer your questions.

Say hello to: 

• @Philip Braddock, Portfolio Management Lead of Atlassian Ventures
• @Annie Lu, Atlassian Product Marketing Manager, Dev Solutions
• @Riley Venable , Principal Atlassian Solution Architect & Co-founder of AppsDelivered
• @Julie Pinto, Atlassian Senior Digital Success Campaign Manager
• @Kristie Riojas, Atlassian Product Marketing Manager, Loom

We will soon have a couple of Customer Success Managers from Atlassian joining the group as well with more exciting opportunities to connect!

A request for you…

To ensure we help you make the most out of the time you choose to spend here, we’d love to learn a bit more about you. What are some of your current process and workflow-related struggles? Do you have a wish list of things you’d love to see in an Atlassian tool that would make your job easier? Let us know – we’re glad you’re here!

[Annie Lu]

So excited about this community and can't wait to meet everyone!

[Darin - Opus Guard]

@Kristen Roth thank you for starting this one up! It's great to have a forum about start up insights within the Atlassian Community! For Atlassian Alumni we also have some others, but this will help other emerging start ups looking to be part of the TEAM. 

[Kristen Roth]

We're glad to have you here and are looking forward to your tips and insights @Darin - Opus Guard ! Thank you for joining us! 

[Philip Braddock]

SO EXCITED for what we'll all accomplish together and learn from each other!  🚀 🙌 🥳

[Jens Schumacher]

Great initiative. Looking forward to the content in this group! 

[Kristen Roth]

We're glad to have you here, @Jens Schumacher !

[Riley Venable]

I'm excited to join as a group leader! Having used Atlassian tools in my own startups, I know how much they can revamp everything from customer support and project management to DevOps. I'm keen to hear how you all use these tools in your ventures and find ways we can improve our processes together. 

[Kristen Roth]

We're looking forward to your tips and insights, Riley! 

[Dylan Assi]

Excited to see this community grow, the Atlassian platform can be such a strong backbone of building a startup if used right.

[Kristen Roth]

Thanks for joining us, @Dylan Assi !

[Philip Braddock]

👋 Hey @Dylan Assi, this is SUCH an encouraging sentiment!  Would you be open to chatting live?  I'd love to learn more about any specific recommendations you might for how a startup could indeed leverage Atlassian as the "backbone of building".  If so, what's a good email for you so we can find time?  If not, no worries... all good.  Thanks!

[Dylan Assi]

I’d love to chat about it @Philip Braddock! You can reach me at dylanassi@gmail.com. 

[Brian Hill]

Good to see. I've worked as Entrepreneur in Residence for startup program support programs with NSW Govt / Slingshot Accelerator and often recommended Atlassian products for emerging ventures (noting I've used them in my own startups). Biggest challenge for startups is being resource light and needing to do all the things, having fast-start templates makes an impact, as does having the right collection of tools (which is business model dependent). JSM/Jira/Confluence is my usual recommended starting set, getting easier now that Jira/Jira Work Mgt are no longer separate products.

[Kristen Roth]

We're glad you've joined us here, @Brian Hill! You'll undoubtedly have some insightful advice for others, and we hope you'll find some inspiration, too! 

[Sonybash]

It’s great to see a community focused on the unique journey of startup founders. Starting a new venture can be quite the adventure, and it’s essential to have a space to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from one another.

[Kristen Roth]

Thanks for joining us, @Sonybash! We hope you find this community to be a great place to share ideas and learn!