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Board Beacon is launching publicly after building specifically for the most overlooked governance problem in community organizations: volunteer boards running HOAs, youth sports leagues, and nonprofits have no affordable, purpose-built tool. We built one. $30/month flat, 60-day free trial, with a Transparency Portal that gives community members a controlled window into board activity — something the enterprise tools ignore entirely.
I built this because I kept running into the same problem. I served on a volunteer board and watched good people burn out not because the work was hard, but because the tools were terrible. Everything lived in someone's personal inbox. When they left, the institutional knowledge left with them. The next person started from scratch every single time.
I looked at the existing board management software market and found two things: enterprise tools costing $200-$500/month built for hospital systems and publicly traded companies, and a complete void for the organizations that actually need help most — the self-managed HOA, the youth soccer league, the small nonprofit running on donated time.
So I built Board Beacon for those boards. The volunteer HOA treasurer who should not have to pay enterprise prices just to keep meeting minutes organized. The youth sports league president juggling a day job and Saturday games. The nonprofit board secretary trying to keep governance records straight between monthly meetings.
$30/month flat. No per-user fees. No tiers. A 60-day free trial. And a Transparency Portal that gives community members a controlled window into what their board is doing — because trust between boards and the people they serve is the whole point.
Would love your honest feedback, questions, or criticism. What would make this more useful for the boards you are involved with?
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About Board Beacon on Product Hunt
“Board management software for volunteer boards”
Board Beacon was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #17 on the daily leaderboard. Board Beacon is launching publicly after building specifically for the most overlooked governance problem in community organizations: volunteer boards running HOAs, youth sports leagues, and nonprofits have no affordable, purpose-built tool. We built one. $30/month flat, 60-day free trial, with a Transparency Portal that gives community members a controlled window into board activity — something the enterprise tools ignore entirely.
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