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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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Saturn is a social network built around the calendar, providing a platform for young people to manage schedules and stay connected to their communities.

Saturn started as a web application and evolved into a mobile app, offering features specifically designed for high school students.

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Saturn: The First Social Network Built Around the Calendar

Saturn is a social network that centers around the calendar, offering a platform for young people to manage their schedules, locate friends, and stay connected to their communities. The app originated as a web application before transitioning to a mobile app, providing everyday usability and reliance for its users. It serves as the go-to calendar for high school students, solving the problem of not knowing who is in their classes or where their friends are. With a focus on utility and improving productivity, Saturn aims to give users back valuable time and help them make the most of their day.

Introduction

2min

Developing a Schedule-Sharing Mobile App for Students

5min

Exploring the Features and Onboarding Process of Saturn App

5min

Exploring the Features and User Behavior of the Saturn App

2min

The Early Days of Saturn

29min

Excitement for the Future of the Saturn Platform and Prioritizing the Well-being of Young People

2min

On today’s episode of For Your Innovation, hosts Andrew Kim and Nicholas Grous sit down with Dylan Diamond, the brain behind Saturn, a calendar app that’s taken over 17,000 U.S. public schools. Originating as a basic web tool and now an iPhone essential, Saturn goes beyond just planning your day—it’s a social network that informs you about your friends’ current and future locations. Join us as Dylan unpacks the journey of Saturn, detailing how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing time management and social planning. From custom features tailored to individual schools to the key alliances that have accelerated its expansion, we’ll uncover how Saturn isn’t just a utility—it’s a community.

“Saturn is the first social network built around the calendar, and it is the only calendar built for young people.” – Dylan Diamond Key Points From This Episode:

Overview of Dylan’s background, and the origin of Saturn/li>
How Saturn evolved from a web app to an iPhone app/li>
Lessons in building personalized, unscalable apps for schools/li>
Scaling quickly by utilizing organic growth and student ambassadors/li>
Organic growth fueled by user demand, teamwork/li>
AI in Saturn focuses on solving real problems, like auto-updating school calendars and fostering social connections/li>
Saturn focuses on students, not faculty, and aims to be a lifelong calendar/li>
Focusing on high school to build a strong user base, while also seeing potential for expansion into college/li>
Saturn combines social and utility, aims for steady growth, and expects more social platforms to add utility features

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FYI - For Your Innovation

Breaking Down Classroom Walls with Saturn’s Dylan Diamond

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Deep dives

Saturn: The First Social Network Built Around the Calendar

The Evolution and Unique Features of Saturn

The Intersection of Utility and Network in Saturn

Growth, Lessons Learned, and Future Outlook for Saturn

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