FYI - For Your Innovation Breaking Down Classroom Walls with Saturn’s Dylan Diamond
Sep 21, 2023
Dylan Diamond, brain behind Saturn, a calendar app used in 17,000 U.S. schools, talks about AI revolutionizing time management, social planning, built as first social network around calendar. Lessons in building personalized apps for schools. Scaling quickly using organic growth and student ambassadors. AI solves problems like auto-updating school calendars, Saturn aims to be a lifelong calendar. Focus on high school for strong user base, but potential for expansion to college.
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Humble High School Origin
- Dylan started Saturn as a high school project to solve the stress of not knowing who was in his classes.
- That local tool evolved into a calendar-social network used by millions across thousands of schools.
Utility Unlocks Network Effects
- Users come for utility but stay for the network once calendars auto-populate with friends and schedules.
- Saturn shows where people will be in the future, enabling better time spent together.
Calendar-First Design Beats Feeds
- Opening the app to a 'now' calendar gives single-player value and reduces time wasted browsing feeds.
- Real-time timers, colors, and friend visibility make schedules calming, not anxiety-inducing.