The estimate that leaves no room

The startup idea

The problem

The first number said out loud becomes the estimate. The tool that keeps the history then keeps the team.

Who would pay for this?

Primary

A team that estimates on a call and does not want the first number to anchor the rest.

Secondary

A facilitator who will not ask ten people to make an account.

Early adopter

One link, one task, one reveal.

How could it make money?

Possible models. Nothing here is a claim about what PokerEstima charges.

• The page says it is free and has no ads.
• Ko-fi is a tip, not a plan.
• The post says open source. The repository has no license.

What would the MVP look like?

1. One shareable room.
2. Secret votes, then one reveal with the average.
3. A close at 10 minutes, or 30 seconds after the last person leaves.
4. A license, which this repository does not have.

How to validate the idea

• Ask five teams to run one real estimate in the room.
• If they still say the number out loud first, the secret vote was not the product.
• Do not add accounts until one room is used twice.

How to differentiate

• The room is gone when the call is.
• No account, and the history is not the product.
• Ten seats, not a company workspace.
• Do not become Jira.

Why this could be interesting now

Product that inspired this idea

Gabriel's post says he built PokerEstima: planning poker for a team on a call. Share one link, everyone votes in secret, the facilitator reveals, and the room deletes itself after 10 minutes. No sign-up. Nothing to install. Free and open source. The page says the same, and adds that a room also closes 30 seconds after the last person leaves. Up to 10 people. The deck is 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40 and 100. It is meant to sit in a 400px window next to Meet, Zoom or Teams. The sample round on the page says the names and votes are made up. There is a Ko-fi link. The GitHub repository has no license file.

Posted by @quaresmaodev. Watch the original launch. No separate product site is listed unless the post itself is the source.

• planning
• teams

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