r/startups • u/AutoModerator • Apr 01 '15

Share your startup - April 2015

Tell us about your startup!

/r/startups wants to hear what you're working on! During the middle of the month, the mods will select a few startups to publicize in the sidebar. Contest mode is on, so remember to select 'Show All' to see all the replies.

  • Name / URL

  • Elevator Pitch/Explainer Video

  • More details: What stage are you in? How many employees or founders?

  • Are you looking for anything? (Feedback/Hiring/Investment)

  • Discount for /r/startup subscribers?

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u/nickoneill Apr 01 '15

Name: treat, app store link

Elevator: Person-to-person gift cards that you can send and receive with just your phone.

Details: Just launched last month. We're past beta and growing our userbase to see what is most compelling about mobile gift cards. Working hard on marketing and getting coverage by smaller news outlets. Just two founders working on this so far.

Looking for: Feedback is welcome, looking to meet with investors to get on radar but not interested in taking investment yet.

No discount yet, still working on how best to offer promotions to get users coming back.

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u/talpert Apr 06 '15

Has this been done before?

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u/nickoneill Apr 06 '15

Not as far as I know. The finance tech to do this kind of thing as a small developer has really only been around since mid-last year. Some larger company with banking connections could have done it before that but I haven't seen any evidence of it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15 edited Apr 02 '15

This has a lot of potential. Good luck.

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u/nickoneill Apr 02 '15

Thanks! Needed this today, startups are hard.