#383 – What’s Parabol: ChatGPT vs Me

Last week, we took a pause to explore Generative AI based on our own interests. As a non-technical person, I was keen to understand how AI has been changing behaviors more than products.

In Marketing, a primary goal for all of us is to generate word-of-mouth buzz for our product. Typically, people trust recommendations from others over what Google suggests, but with ChatGPT, it seems we’re increasingly relying on ChatGPT’s “opinion.”

I wanted to conduct an experiment to see what ChatGPT would say about Parabol. Specifically, I was curious about its perspective on our value proposition, elevator pitch, and competitors. To keep things fair (and fun for me), I’ll share my answers to these questions first before asking ChatGPT.

To me, a value proposition is a concise statement of the product’s reason for being. It should be communicated in a single, easy-to-understand sentence, something I will explain to ChatGPT when asking for its answer.

👩🏻‍💻 Lorena: “Parabol transforms meetings into engaging, structured team activities, ensuring efficient, inclusive collaboration with no prep needed.”

🤖 ChatGPT: “Parabol offers an agile meeting platform that streamlines team collaboration and continuous improvement, integrating seamlessly with existing workflows for remote and distributed teams.”

That’s not bad; I feel like it beat me there.

👩🏻‍💻 Lorena: “Parabol is a tool that enhances the value of your meetings by transforming them into focused team activities. It automatically structures meetings with built-in facilitation, enabling anyone to run efficient, collaborative meetings with zero preparation. One of the key benefits is that it gets your team talking through structured interactions that prioritize inclusion and engagement. Parabol’s main goal is to add more value to the time your team spends together.”

🤖 ChatGPT: “Transform your team’s efficiency and engagement with Parabol: the all-in-one agile meeting platform designed for the future of work. Seamlessly integrate retrospectives, sprint planning, and daily stand-ups into your workflow, fostering continuous improvement and collaboration across any location. With Parabol, elevate your team’s productivity, no matter where you are.”

ChatGPT’s version was a bit too salesy and script-like for my taste. I might take the point on this one.

👩🏻‍💻 Lorena: “Although there’s no like-for-like company that does exactly what Parabol does, there are companies that fundamentally offer some of the same principles:

🤖 ChatGPT:

I wouldn’t consider Jira a competitor, but other than that, not bad. I’d give myself the point on this one too 😋

I asked ChatGPT to weigh in on who won the exercise, and it called it a draw.

I scored it a 2-1 victory in my favor 💁🏻‍♀️. However, ChatGPT performed better than I anticipated. I’m actually pretty comfortable with letting it explain who we are and what problem Parabol is designed to solve.

And I’m excited to learn how Generative AI will continue to shape the way products reach the market.

Who do you think won? ChatGPT or me?

Top of the funnel has seen another positive week. However, there’s been a dip in weekly meetings, which is not uncommon. We occasionally have slower weeks, possibly due to the rhythm of teams’ meetings.

…wrapped up Tech Exploration week.

…held a board meeting.

…continued planning the company strategy for this trimester.

…wrap up company strategy.