Marketplace + 100 jobs in our area + Demo in San Francisco
Hi guys,
In this update, we would like to explain you a few reasons which conducted us to take more time than expected to go to market and get your feedback on the product.
In order to reinvent the laptobility, as we’ve always wanted since the beginning of this amazing adventure you decided to join during the summer 2015, we have to satisfy everyone. Everyone, of course, but you first. Our backers community being composed of 1626 members, we hope you can understand how hard it can quickly become. The pros and cons have considerably changed, month by month, facing all kinds of milestones we have reached, together. Since the beginning of this wonderful story, we know we haven’t been the masters of communication and we know that we haven’t respected the initial deadline, but we know that the electronic and design team have accomplished a huge work, because this is our first goal : delivering THE tool that will improve your portability.
Le Slide hasn’t been designed to be a fashion accessory, it has been designed to satisfy every single of you and become the ambassador itself of the very first device of the brand.
It took more time than expected yes. Not only because it was hard to make perfect, but mainly because we didn’t want to simply fulfill our commitments, we sincerely wanted to be the first mover on this new market, establish a real brand awareness, prepare the biggest launch ever and design a fair amount of products because we know that if 1626 of you have decided 23 months ago to trust us, some people will copy it because Le Slide has a real impact on portability and will become your laptop’ best friend. In order to satisfy once again each of you, and making you proud in the next future to say to anyone « I am the co-founder of Le Slide, I trusted them, they delivered late but go get one, this product is absolutely incredible and their marketplace is awesome».
Because YOU, are the cement of the company, nothing wouldn’t have been possible without your initial trust, dear backers.
Marketplace?
Yes, it is now time to unveil we have been working hard too on a marketplace that will contribute to your laptobility. Le Slide isn’t simply a device that adds 2 slide-out displays to your laptop, « it will completely change the way you use it and simplify your life » as said in the KS campaign video :)
You pledged for the perfect solution. The solution that will allow you to do hundreds of things that wouldn’t be possible with 2 extra monitors. That is the best way to make sure you will use it everyday and make jealous the guy sitting in front of you with its second monitor. That’s what we wanted for all of us, dear backers : an accessory that REINVENT your laptobility.
The marketplace will give you the opportunity to download and develop hundreds of applications improving your productivity. Pulling and pushing windows straight within your team, interacting together on the same screen, and so more possibilities we can’t explain before delivering you Le Slide. Once again, we have to keep certain details secretly until our potential competitors can get them shared on the web. We sincerely hope you understand this point :)
100 jobs in our area
YOU are following us, and YOU are counting on us as we’ve counted on you for the past 23 months. Now that we are running to get the production and shipping done, after almost 2 years of now completed Research and Development, now that we have identified all suppliers and now we felt comfortable enough to show a pre-production working prototype to some of you in Paris, YOU are not anymore the only ones who count on us and follow us.
Our area first, is following the project itself and proud enough to see that thanks to you, around 100 jobs will be created in Charleroi, for the assembly of your Slides.
For our French-speaking backers, we have uploaded you a copy of the online version here, to make it easier to read:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cegc40rfxxsrqsb/article-update.pdf?dl=0
You have been patient, and we had to market the whole thing enough during the R&D, in order to see if the success of the campaign wasn’t a chance factor.
This conducted us to observe hundreds of thousands of comments on Facebook videos resuming the thing as « I want that ». Of course, we do not even say we had to work hard our marketing to make it viral, we simply say it went into a storm without even expecting it. 30M views in less than 10 days, an average of 300+ e-mails per day and tens of spontaneous requests of distribution.
It took time to respond but it didn’t affect the production timeline. We wouldn’t have any other choice than hiring if this was the case, what we prevented ourselves from since the beginning. We haven’t burnt.
Any backers in San Francisco?
We are in San Francisco to meet a partner of the project, and think this could be a great opportunity to meet our local backers.
If you’ve been following the project since its early beginning, you’ve probably read we met some of our French KS backers in Paris a few weeks ago, for a live demo. We now would love to benefit from our short stay in San Francisco to exchange around a coffee, show you Le Slide, and get your feedback on it.
We can’t wait anymore to meet you guys. Where and when ? Please, join us at « TURN CAFE » located on Powell Street.
We will be there on Tuesday the 27th at 8:30AM and really hope many of you will join us :)
The team :)
MIB about 13 hours ago
The fact that they have neither mentioned a release date and come back here to reply to the inevitable questions after their long winded (we never have the time to update excuses) update, shows the contempt they have for the backers. It's like telling your partner that you love them and then ignore them for weeks.
If this product ever becomes reality, it will be a miracle. As someone has mentioned already, if a Company like Asus who have millions haven't released this type of solution, how the hell will these jokers?
DR 2 days ago
You people are a bunch of scam artists and a disgrace to humanity. Laptopability? Really, you always have time to come up with hip words but never seem to find the words in English to describe any meaningful progress on anything. I don't believe a single word you say.
Loi Nguyen 2 days ago
I am sorry but seriously what is this update about????
William Lehman 2 days ago
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1455291584505620/
Erick Anderson 2 days ago
More lies. No chance delivery in September much less the custom SlidenJoy. More fraud, more incompetence.
Todd Young 2 days ago
In the meantime of wanting to be perfect other products have already started beating you to market...this has been such a disappointment...
Margaret St. John
Superbacker
2 days ago
So basically still waiting definitely nothing this year either? Is that correct?
Ruth Stockhammer 3 days ago
When will we get our perks? All these updates are very nice for you, but we, your backers have been waiting over 2 years. Enough of your travels, shows, interviews & publicity. WORK ON THE PRODUCT! Keep in mind that we are the ones who funded you & we deserve better!
Michael Winter 3 days ago
Wow, guys. Just wow.
This update changes *everything*. I had no idea. But now you're done and ready to begin pre-shipment
updates?! This is sooo exciting!
Update: Wait, you're not? This is just more BS? I'm disappointed.
MIB 3 days ago
Simple question. Would like a simple answer.
When do you plan to deliver Le Slide?
Quand envisagez-vous de vous livrer Le Slide?
Kim Covil 3 days ago
"... we know that we haven’t respected the initial deadline... " or any of the other deadlines we have set since, including the one to deliver to backers between June and September 2017.
"... nothing wouldn’t have been possible without your initial trust, dear backers." and yet you continue to insult us.
"You pledged for the perfect solution" - no, that's not what kickstarter is about. We pledged for an early release of a product at the prototype stage that was about to go into production. What we have received so far is insults.
"Marketplace?" ... yet another distraction on the side that we don't need and didn't ask for. Just like all the other social media distractions like Snapchat, and the videos of you on world tours.
"It took time to respond but it didn’t affect the production timeline." which just means that every deadline you gave us for production was a complete lie.
If the production timeline has not been impacted, send us the production timeline your engineers are working to and then just get on and deliver. You are beyond a joke.
Mauro Solcia 3 days ago
Can we please have a final, and I mean final, not like the last 4 or 6 times, delivery period?
I've changed pc, I've changed job, I've changed car, I've changed city to live in and came back since I've backed this project. I'm not even sure if I need it anymore, but I've already payed 2 years ago so now I just want to have what I've backed with the promise to have it before christmas... Maybe 2017 will be the right christmas?
I know you are working the best you can to build a good product (there is no such thing as perfect, so stop repeating it) but we are really tired to get the same kind of news in your updates but nothing that really tangible on when we could expect to get our devices
Bérenger Lieber [bel57] 3 days ago
Ok so another bullshit update... I don't like the way you're putting things. It's like we're good friends and we can forbid all you have done. Just NO. Using 'best' and 'perfect' in every line will not make us forget how difficult this project has always been. Erase the stupid smiley faces, the whole community is mad at you and it makes us even more angry.
We're still waiting on details for the 'free upgrade'. We all deserve a compensation for having to
bear with newbies who suck at communication and lied to us since the very beginning. I've requested the carbon version, if you don't respect backers choices and deliver properly, be ready to face our wrath.
Ah, as always, no comment on the dates/period of end of production and shipping. I assume you've delayed to 'early 2018' but don't want to discuss on this subject.
Frédéri POCHARD
Superbacker
3 days ago
Oups... typo: end of 2017 not end of 20174 :-)
And I realized the main (hidden) info is not understandable by non-french speaking backers.
The subtitle on the newspaper is telling us that "Slidenjoy produira dès la fin de l'année". Translation in english is: "Slidenjoy will produce at the end of the year".
So... if the backers units are going to be produced in this very same facility (the one that will mass produce Slidenjoys which seems to be rebranded "Le Slide") it means no backer unit produced before the end of 2017 and therefore no delivery before end of 2017 and most likely before the beginning of 2018.
Unless of course backers units are going to be produced as a specific batch at another smaller production facility.
Mark Ruff Ryder 3 days ago
I am backer 869 and I have now moved house how to I update my delivery address and what day is delivery now?
I did not see any date again has it gone back again?
Silvio Paganini 3 days ago
Hi guys... I don't want to sound rude or not appreciative with all the work with you guys have been doing, but it's been almost 2 years since the backing took place and although all these news you guys are posting about the company, creating a marketplace, generating 100 jobs, being interviewed in newspapers, all that gloss still doesnt change the fact that we (or at least I ) never received the product
I think the bottom line is: Will you guys meet the last deadline you set of September this year?
looking forward to hearing back from you
Frédéri POCHARD
Superbacker
3 days ago
OK. Bottom line is: no Slidenjoy delivered before the end of 20174/beginning of 2018. Good to know.