Here are a few key updates in the last one month

Building Momentum with Bidblox!

• Onboarding Beta Users: We’ve hit the ground running, actively onboarding users into our MVP since its launch last month. Our users include both our existing pilot customers and newly onboarded clients.

• Performance Enhancements: As beta testing progresses with both internal and beta users, we’re optimizing the proposal generation process to deliver faster response times.

• Next-Level Features: While fine-tuning our current MVP features, we’re already designing our next big release—introducing a distributed workflow with our Sub network to streamline collaboration.

• Real-Time User Insights: Feedback drives innovation! We’re collecting valuable input not only through calls but also directly on our platform, ensuring users can share insights anytime they’re engaged.

• A Heartfelt Thank You: To our incredible mentors and industry champions—your support and guidance fuel our journey, and we’re endlessly grateful for your belief in us.

What We're Building

• Faster Performance with Intelligent Workflows
  We’ve enhanced our pre-processing pipelines to intelligently handle large RFP documents, optimizing workflows for speed and scalability. 

• Improved Content Structure and Editing Tools
  We’ve split up the content structure in proposals, making it easier to edit specific sections. Enhanced editing capabilities are in development to give you more control and flexibility when refining your bids.

• Sub-Contractor Collaboration Tools
  We’re building tools to streamline subcontractor workflows, with innovative features that make coordination easy and efficient, including messaging, document sharing and other collaborative tools.

• Next-Level Bid Leveling with Image Processing
  Our bid leveling module is in development, now integrating image processing to better handle submissions with visual or scanned data.

• Live Demo: Curious to see what we’ve built? Schedule your demo below!

Our Project Focus

• We finalized our IP strategy report and successfully filed a patent, a cornerstone of our business strategy.

• We're conducting 3-5 customer demos weekly and are on track to onboard 1-2 new users each week, aiming for a double-digit user base by February 2025.

• This January, we welcomed our first Waterloo co-op hire, helping us accelerate key development work.

• We created demo product videos and beta trial program to strengthen our distribution strategy.

We got some accolades!

What’s Next

• User Onboarding: Our goal is to establish a strong user base, achieving double-digit beta user onboards by February 2025.

• Partnerships: We are proactively exploring collaborations with bid companies and affiliates who can help promote our product. Any connections or introductions would be highly valued.

• Iterative Product Development: We are actively incorporating beta user feedback and are thrilled to announce a new feature launch scheduled for February.

• Funding: We aim to close our angel round soon, enabling us to grow our team and address feature requests from both our design partners and new beta users.

What we're seeking

• We’re seeking introductions to angel investors, whether from our industry or beyond, as we aim to close an angel round in the coming weeks.

• Introductions to customers in AEC industry (in Canada & US) for beta trials. Ready to see our product in action? Book your demo below!

Special Thanks

Special thanks to our mentors and supporters in our start-up journey

• _{Robert Treumann}

• _{Dejana Dua}

• _{Shambhavi Mishra}

• _{Naman Budhdeo}

• _{Bernie Li}

• _{Colin Dhillon}

• _{Balinder Rai}

• _{Ana Mishra}

• _{Moshe Mikanovsky}

• _{Feiran Zhou}

• _{Hillary Lane}

For the bookworm in me, here are some quotes from my favourite reads!

^{“Sisu is most often illustrated when we face the slimmest of odds and must reach beyond our known capacities. We arrive at the edge of our preconceived mental or physical limits to find, almost by magic, a previously unexpressed reserve of energy that carries us forward to the next moment. If you’ve endured significant adversity, reached for a goal far greater than your assumed capacities, or pushed through ominous challenges you had no idea how you’d complete, you’ve experienced sisu.”
― Gentle Power — A Revolution in How We Think, Lead, and Succeed Using the Finnish Art of Sisu by Emilia Elisabet Lahti}

Reach me at [email protected] with your book recommendations :-) & Follow on substack