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Sharon Pope

shelpful - Instant accountability buddies, and groups

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Shelpful gives you a real-human buddy to hold you to your habits / tasks / routines. Your "Shelper" is in touch throughout the day 💬 to nudge you to do it, follow up that you did it, and to celebrate the smallest of wins. We also have Shelpful Groups 🙌

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Berin Soylu
This might be very useful for the people with ADHD like me!
Sharon Pope
Maker
@berins you SAID IT! it's super useful for people with ADHD -- I have ADHD, and we have a LOT of ADHD members.
Sharon Pope
Maker
I've worked in startups my whole career -- I was an advisor at Y Combinator and helped hundreds of companies launch HERE on product hunt. I was in house CMO and head of product at YC startups... but now have my own startup: Shelpful ---> This is the service I needed for YEARS. It didn't exist, so we made it. I was at the end of my rope one day after feeling like I gave everything to work, and my family, and my dog... and nothing for ME was getting done. Everything was falling off my list -- Appointments, errands, basic self-care (🌻fresh air, ☀️ sunshine, 👟movement, 🙆‍♀️ stretching,📓 journaling). The combo of parenting, working, 2020 shenanigans and my undiagnosed ADHD were crushing me. I stayed up super late and put up a site... building a simple MVP for shelpful (first letters of my name, sharon + helpful). I called my friend Lydia to run it past her -- and she "got it" immediately, she said i HAD to make this. She pushed me off the cliff and I pulled her with me. We launched the next week to a **waitlist** (we don't have a waitlist anymore!). Then, we were joined by a former co-worker of mine, Chris. And we 3 are so passionate about helping people feel more supported and successful every day. 🙌 We have our most popular service -- a 1-on-1 shelper 💬 to support you like a hype-person and strategist in your pocket. Our Shelpful Groups are taking off, and we also have habit coaching and workshops to help you get going. Ask any questions, give us your feedback! We are here for it!
Manas Sharma
@sharonpope It looks fab. Congratulations on the launch 🥳
Sharon Pope
Maker
@manas_sharma thanks so much!
Michael
It's sooooo refreshing to see a service that uses real humans in the backend and not AI! Congrats to this unique concept. 😊
Sharon Pope
Maker
thank you!! yes we felt like it was important to keep it human -- from the tech side, we are working on building tools for our Shelpers and members to stay in synch and communicate efficiently
Usama Ejaz
Congrats on the launch! Here's to helping others stay on track! 🎉
Sharon Pope
Maker
@usamaejaz here's to it!
Ankit
Reminds me of Dazhong Dianping from China! Good find! 👏🏽
Sharon Pope
Maker
@ankit_sparks have you used Dazhong Dianping? I'm so curious to learn more about it and how they are using human helpers. I haven't yet visited China!
Abhijeet Dwivedi
This is so useful! I can't wait to try it.
Sharon Pope
Maker
@abhijeet_dwivedi thanks!! come on over... :)
Reed Floren
I’ve been participating in an accountability group where we check each week and see how we’ve progressed. About a month and a half ago we added Shelper as a means of being even more accountable. Our Shelper (hi Shelly) texts us 3-5 times a day checking in with us motivating us and holding us accountable. With Shelpful my other accountability partners and I have seen massive changes in our businesses and lives. On a personal level I’ve been able to get rid of literally tons of stuff (emptied out a storage unit we’d had since the 90s, got rid of 4 cars, and cleared out a bunch of other stuff I’d been holding onto) and on a business level Shelly has kept me on track with my goals and has helped me focus and systematize so I’ve added 5 people to my team already! I highly recommend Shelpful to anyone who is looking for that extra oomph to get them motivated and taking action.