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It is limited to people 43 years of age or younger. You are eliminating a lot of potential customers.","author_name":"Curtis Brown","votes":3,"created_at":"2019-07-26T07:32:13Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-57938","answers":[{"id":57969,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:57969","answer":"Thank you for your question. We are new and have limited resources, therefore we decided to focus on millennials right now. We will definitely expand to other age groups in the near future. We are raising funding to improve our product and make it useful for a larger target audience.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-07-26T19:47:51Z"}]},{"id":203790,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:203790","question":"Please provide an update to those that invested via the Wefunder platform.","author_name":"Matthew Phillips","votes":1,"created_at":"2022-05-02T00:55:02Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-203790","answers":[]},{"id":171664,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:171664","question":"Good morning! I don’t see any income source in your material. How are you making money? What’s your revenue source?","author_name":"Martin D. ","votes":1,"created_at":"2021-09-29T16:38:06Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-171664","answers":[]},{"id":84213,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:84213","question":"The Coronavirus has placed lock and key on the restaurant business. Not too many people are dining out as many local, state, and federal mandates have restricted in-door dining. Take out is the preferred choice. What contingency plans does DownToDash have to stay afloat during these unprecedented times? I am an investor and am worried that my investment may go sour.","author_name":"Keith Davis","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-03-29T02:31:00Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-84213","answers":[{"id":101841,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:101841","answer":"The lockdown and social distancing made us pivot and adapt to the current situation by moving these activities and events online. We see this as an opportunity to connect people during this isolating time. We host personalized events for corporates on a monthly retainer to boost employee morale and productivity. We are working with Global Hills Group, Venture University and some other companies to connect their team or community. We also host virtual events almost everyday on the B2C side and have launched the new version of the app. You can see all our virtual events here - https://www.eventbrite.com/o/downtodash-29351253561","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2020-08-11T23:37:05Z"}]},{"id":238568,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:238568","question":"Hello Sama, I have a burning question. Considering the closing of SVB, will DownToDash be impacted?","author_name":"Keith Davis","votes":0,"created_at":"2023-03-13T00:22:10Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-238568","answers":[]},{"id":67365,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:67365","question":"Is it too late? I want to invest as I’m down!!!","author_name":"Matt Clemmer","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-10-29T03:40:24Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-67365","answers":[{"id":67487,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:67487","answer":"Thank you for your interest in DTD! We might do another campaign soon. Could you please give me your email address so I can add you to our investor mailing list?","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-10-30T15:29:16Z"},{"id":154004,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:154004","answer":"You can now invest in our new campaign on early bird terms!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-06-17T21:01:39Z"}]},{"id":67031,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:67031","question":"Do you intend to pay a dividend?","author_name":"Craig J. Vom Lehn","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-10-24T14:50:00Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-67031","answers":[{"id":67137,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:67137","answer":"We are not sure about this yet, but we will always do what is best for our company, team and investors!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-10-25T14:16:49Z"}]},{"id":66414,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:66414","question":"Hi.... I think you'll like this: https://rextyranny.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-wants-fax.html","author_name":"Rex Miller","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-10-18T22:51:12Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-66414","answers":[]},{"id":66026,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:66026","question":"Hi, Sama. Michael again. One thing I would like to ask of this company more for future referencing. So, as an Angel investor. I'm quite new to this. as i'm sure most are. And, I'm learning again like most thru mistakes. My first investment was thru a Robotics company. And thru this funding campaigns the company's post their updates thru Wefunder. The funding round is done. And I have my stock certificate. Again all well and good. And Dare I state jolly. But here is where my confusion is arising. After the funding round. I haven't heard nothing back from this company. And yes, I get people do have lives and companies to build. But again not on their website or in their Wefunder campaign was their any mention to provide their investors with any sort of updates. This is where I am suggesting that this company Either Semi Annual. Annual have either thru email, mail. or a special access area on the website for the investors to get updated information on the company. it's growth for that year. or if the companies funder have had any additional cool interactions. Again with that NY get together I thought that was really awesome. Again I'm sure that I am not the only one. But, I'd like to at times be able to follow along with the companies growth. or what things have transpired within a certain time frame. And not like the robotic's company me sitting here after the funding round closed and i'm thinking. Sooo.. what happens next?","author_name":"Michael Lunsford","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-10-14T05:14:17Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-66026","answers":[{"id":66158,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:66158","answer":"Hi Michael, great to hear from you and I understand your concern. We will be sending out quarterly updates as newsletters to all our WeFunder investors! Also, feel free to contact me anytime at sama@downtodash.com.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-10-15T20:01:47Z"}]},{"id":65957,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:65957","question":"Very minor observation (not a criticism) just an observation I thought of - as a USA citizen who has also spent time in the UK, I note that the term \"dash\" is more used in the UK, as in, for example, if somebody in UK says \"I must dash\" an American might say instead \"I gotta go\" or \"I gotta run\" - the words \"go\" or \"run\" are used more in USA than the word \"dash\" which is more a UK thing. Not a big deal but if the target audience is primarily USA (which I understand this thing is piloted largely in NYC) a name change could be considered. I know this is \"nitpicky\" but not all Americans will be used to the term \"dash\". :)","author_name":"Francis Erdman","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-10-13T12:56:58Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-65957","answers":[{"id":66011,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:66011","answer":"Thank you for your suggestion! The dash actually stands for a ________ so users can fill in the blank with with they are down to do. If you see our website (http://downtodash.com/) there is a _________ with activity names flashing one by one. However, if the name is confusing for people in the near future, we might change it to 'DownTo'!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":3,"created_at":"2019-10-14T02:55:19Z"}]},{"id":64192,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:64192","question":"Sama, Great communal and social idea.. Here are my questions: 1. Does your company currently have revenue and what is your performance track record thus far? 2.What's your unique advantage over competitors? 3.Is your TAM over $1 bil.? 4.Is your company scalable? 5. What positions/key hiring does your company still need to make? 6.Any influential investors and advisors? 7.Any intellectual property? 8.What market does your service/product address? 9.At what development stage are you currently at? 10.Whom are your main competitors? 11.What is your unfair advantage over these competitors? 12.What type of investment offering are you using? 13. On what date does your deal close? 14. How much money is the company raising? 15.What will these funds be used for? 16. If succesful, how much runway will this raise provide?","author_name":"Nicholas Steven Alvarez","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-09-24T20:44:57Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-64192","answers":[{"id":64236,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:64236","answer":"Thank you so much and here are the answers to your questions: 1. Does your company currently have revenue and what is your performance track record thus far? We started with offering events $75, $100 and $200 per month advertising packages to promote events to our users. However, we are not focusing on revenue right now, we are doing cross-promotions with our ad partners (events) to get more active users. We are working on incorporating bookings within the app, for example two people can book a tennis court through the app and we will charge them a fee. We will also add paid accounts for users with premium features and gather patterns in our data to provide guidance and predictive analysis to companies that deal with specific cohorts. 2. What's your unique advantage over competitors? Users love that our ‘plans’ feature (example Tennis on Thursday at 5 pm) is spontaneous and allows them to do what they love, according to their availability and preferences. Our focus on security of users and creating 'high-quality' activity buddies is what makes us different. Our priority is the security of our users; we are adding phone/ID card verification to the app. We are also blocking a list of inappropriate words on the app to keep things casual and focus on activities. Secondly, our algorithm focuses on creating an effective match for users based on their skill level, age and other factors. We are also going to add another feature where we create small groups of people using AI and our algorithm and give them suggestions on what to do and when. Further, we will add 'scheduled plans' where users can enter when and which area they are free every week and we will match them for 'activity sessions' accordingly. We want to try and automate the planning as much as we can and make it easy for users to make high-quality activity buddies. Our millennial friendly branding and positioning also gives us an advantage. 3. Is your TAM over $1 bil.? It is a $19.3 billion market opportunity in social network advertising spending in the US(2018), which is growing quickly. 4. Is your company scalable? Yes, we project to be at 3.5 million users and $ 13.83 million in revenue in 5 years, using a conservative approach. Also, we believe we have a strong exit potential and strategy (WeWork recently bought MeetUp for $200 Million). 5. What positions/key hiring does your company still need to make? We will hire a marketing expert on closing our funding round. 6. Any influential investors and advisors? Yes, we have an all-star advisor team: Michael Wieser – Venture Lawyer, Serial Entrepreneur and Co-owner of Westchester Angels Chika Chandrashekar - Global Product Lead Google, Ex eBay and Goldman Sachs Ranjit Shah – Managing Partner at Gaja Capital Prasant Sudhakaran – Finance and Analytics Professional Nicholas Beck - Senior Mobile Product Manager Freshly Sunny Malhotra – Previously a Client Partner at Facebook (specifically an expert in getting Facebook and Instagram ads at a low cost of acquisition) Vaidhy Murti – Co-Founder and CEO at Friendsy 7. Any intellectual property? We have a trademark and copyright for DownToDash! 8. What market does your service/product address? We are currently focused on millennials, specifically recent graduates who move into new cities. However, we will expand to all age groups eventually. 9. At what development stage are you currently at? We have enabled 60,000+ meetups/plans on DTD. Users love the app and we have spent a lot of time collecting user feedback. We are currently revamping the app. 10. Whom are your main competitors? The most similar existing platform is Meetup but Meetup operates only for groups and is run by MeetUp organizers. We actually are a complement with MeetUp and work with MeetUp organizers to attract more people to MeetUps and so that people can buddy up for MeetUps using DTD. Bumble BFF and Vina are only for female friendships and Bumble does not connect users for specific plans (example Tennis on Thursday at 5 pm). Moreover, Bumble is also a dating app. 11. What is your unfair advantage over these competitors? Same as answer 2. 12. What type of investment offering are you using? We decided to use a Simple Agreement For Future Equity with the Most Favored Investor Clause. Your investment will allow you to own equity in the company that matches the terms of the next professional investor. I have posted more information about this under some of the questions asked below. 13. On what date does your deal close? The campaign closes on 12/09/2019 but we might close earlier if we meet our target. 14. How much money is the company raising? $500,000, we are also talking to a few early stage venture capital firms to potentially be part of the round. 15. What will these funds be used for? 51% towards technology and product development (including maintenance costs and adding new features to the app), 35% towards marketing (digital marketing spend, expanding our campus ambassador base and hosting events) and 14% towards legal expenses (including the 7.5% Wefunder intermediary fee). 16. If successful, how much runway will this raise provide? 12 months. Let me know if you have any follow up questions!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-09-25T09:41:16Z"}]},{"id":62438,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:62438","question":"I love the idea of this app - I have two questions: 1. Right now it looks like it's only an app. Are you or will you be working on a proper website, too, for if I don't want to have to use my phone? 2. I see the primary perk for individual-level contributors is access to the \"premium version\" - do you have any specifics as to what the premium version unlocks (or will unlock in the future)? Thanks","author_name":"Adam Field","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-09-07T19:50:49Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-62438","answers":[{"id":62458,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:62458","answer":"Thank you so much, I am so glad you like it! 1. Yes, we will introduce a website version of the app within the next one year. 2. The premium version will include these features: a. Passport - to match with users and schedule activity meetups in other locations, which could be very useful when users travel and move into a new city. b. Unlimited plans - Users are not limited to only posting 3 plans. c. Free event access We might also add one or two more features to this premium version as we continue to work on DTD and get feedback from our users. Let me know if you have any follow up questions.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":1,"created_at":"2019-09-07T20:06:04Z"}]},{"id":61887,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:61887","question":"Hi Sama, I noticed that there are competitors with higher ratings in the app store such as Realtime and Hang Local. What is your competitive advantage over them? Best, Chris","author_name":"Christopher P. Teague","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-09-06T01:51:14Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-61887","answers":[{"id":61905,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:61905","answer":"Great question, our focus on security of users and creating 'high-quality' activity buddies is what makes us different. Our priority is the security of our users; we are adding closed networks (student and employee email verification) and ID card verification to the app. We are also blocking a list of inappropriate words on the app to keep things casual and focus on activities. Secondly, our algorithm focuses on creating an effective match for users based on their skill level, age and other factors. We are also going to add another feature where we create small groups of people using AI and our algorithm and give them suggestions on what to do and when. Further, we will add 'scheduled plans' where users can enter when and which area they are free every week and we will match them for 'activity sessions' accordingly. We want to try and automate the planning as much as we can and make it easy for users to make high-quality activity buddies. This is just the basic version of the app, our mission is to be the one-stop shop for meeting people all over the world including booking the experience, group discounts and booking the transportation too. Our users love the name (Down to ______) and our branding because it emphasizes on the activity and not on meeting a new person. We are focused on creating a community of brand loyalists who are obsessed with our brand. Lastly, our founding story has been greatly appreciated by users, the press and investors, causing them to emotionally connect with the brand. We personally meet users on the app every week. We are currently revamping the product based on user feedback and will always be focused on building a product that users love.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-09-06T06:19:25Z"}]},{"id":60748,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:60748","question":"How is this different from meetup?","author_name":"Francis Erdman","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-26T15:55:19Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-60748","answers":[{"id":60751,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:60751","answer":"We are a more one-on-one, user generated, spontaneous version of MeetUp. MeetUp operates only in groups and is run by MeetUp organizers. We actually are a complement with MeetUp and work with MeetUp organizers to attract more people to MeetUps and so that people can buddy up for MeetUps using DTD. Users love that our ‘plans’ feature is spontaneous and allows them to do what they love, according to their availability and preferences. Our focus on security of our users and finding a high-quality activity buddy is what makes us different. Also, we are adding closed networks to the app for college students and employees with email verification, which will further differentiate us.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":1,"created_at":"2019-08-26T16:37:48Z"}]},{"id":60697,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:60697","question":"Looking at the information available. I do see a potential behind this application. It's useable to all generations. But, I do see it being a big thing to people younger than myself. Since, the questions about revenue has been address. and a difference between meet up and DTD. Here's my question. I'm noticing as of now the funding is a bit under goal. So. When did DTD start on Wefunder. And what is the time frame for being on here. Currently. is there a set time or is it until the goal of 50,000 is met. Also, My next question is what age is the DTD company. What stage of development is it. And if this campaign is successful are you looking to do other crowd funding in the future? Speaking of My third question is what research or contacts have DTD being doing to attract the attention for a Angel Investor or Venture Capitalist down the road.","author_name":"Michael Lunsford","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-25T22:37:21Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-60697","answers":[{"id":60723,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:60723","answer":"Hi Michael, Thank you for your questions and feedback, great to hear that you see the potential in DTD! 1. We launched on WeFunder on 07/22/2019 and will keep it until 12/09/2019, we might close the campaign earlier if we meet our target. 2. We are a relatively new company and are at a stage where we have started getting great traction and feedback from our users. We have 60,000+ successful plans/meetups created on the app. We have a decent amount of product market fit and are raising funding to scale our user base. 3. This is the only crowdfunding campaign we have planned for now. We plan to do a Venture Capital round of funding after this one. We have already started having conversations with a few Venture Capital firms. We have some amazing advisors who are helping us with introductions to strategic investors. Also, we try our best to attend events and join communities that give us access to Angel Investors and VCs. Lastly, we have partnered with some events to host Investor and Founder speaker events in NYC and are constantly focused on building relationships for future funding rounds. Best, Sama","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-26T07:13:58Z"}]},{"id":60648,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:60648","question":"I appreciate your answer and I enjoyed the article. One more question. How big of a market is this space?","author_name":"Chris Wilkinson","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-25T04:44:12Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-60648","answers":[{"id":60653,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:60653","answer":"Thank you, I am glad you liked it. Our total addressable market is the global millennial population of 73 million. Our current market is the 4.7 million millennials in New York. Eventually, we will expand beyond millennials too. On the business side, it is a $19.3 billion market opportunity in social network advertising spending in the US(2018), which is growing quickly.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-25T06:20:07Z"}]},{"id":60640,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:60640","question":"I believe there is a need for this In the market right now. I think finding travel buddies is an area of opportunity. With traveling solo you always pay more if we could find someone using this app it would solve a problem a lot of us face. How do you plan to get this out there and acquire more customers?\u0026nbsp;","author_name":"Chris Wilkinson","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-25T02:18:23Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-60640","answers":[{"id":60644,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:60644","answer":"Yes I agree and also for people who move into new cities! We will continue to partner with events/companies to do cross-promotions with them. For example, we partnered with a co-living space and we were allowed to put up posters at their venue, in exchange for promoting them on our social media. We will also continue to grow our campus ambassador program for college students. Our ambassadors have loved the program and we were voted by them in the Top 100 Internship programs in the U.S. by Way Up \u0026amp; CNBC Make It. We have not had a marketing budget so far, therefore on closing our funding round we will start doing Instagram ads and Influencer campaigns. We will grow one city at a time to make sure it is beneficial for users in one location. I wrote this article for Forbes on app marketing, we have used/will use these strategies: https://www.forbes.com/sites/yec/2018/08/09/how-to-market-your-mobile-app-for-free/ Let me know if you have any follow up questions!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":1,"created_at":"2019-08-25T03:51:07Z"}]},{"id":59524,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:59524","question":"Are you able to share your user growth statistics throughout CY2019 (and call out key events such as WeFunder launch, etc.)? Could you detail out the 1-3-5 year plan for campus ambassador and targeted user growth? Are you going up and down the East Coast Campuses, which universities are you targeting, which are you skipping etc.? A lot of the responses/answers are talking around the questions and I'd like to see a more well-defined growth plan with how you want to grow, what you will target, whom/what will accomplish, and how you're going to hold yourself responsible. In short, I'm not interested in funding a company with an app without a strong go-to market strategy and at this time, your plan nor ability to execute that plan is evident.","author_name":"Matthew Phillips","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-12T23:14:34Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-59524","answers":[{"id":59579,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:59579","answer":"Great question, we are growing around 10% per month organically since September'18. Our key events this year are the WeFunder launch (07/22/2019) and the launch of the new version of the app (November). For our marketing, so far we got all our users from events, partnerships and campus ambassadors (without any marketing budget). You can read more about our strategy in my article for Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/yec/2018/08/09/how-to-market-your-mobile-app-for-free/ We will continue to use these methods and also start enormous amounts of digital marketing. We are focused on only NYC and LA universities right now for the next 6 months, primarily NYU, NYIT, Columbia, Brooklyn College, Pratt Institute, Manhattan College, USC and Berkeley. We are also targeting recent graduates from these colleges. We will target Austin, Dallas, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston and Seattle soon. We actually have a spreadsheet with the number of ambassadors we will add to the team every year, number of partnerships, cost of acquisition of users, number of active users, churn rates and other details, I would be happy to send that over to you. This spreadsheet will give you a better idea about our expansion plan.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-13T19:42:22Z"}]},{"id":59198,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:59198","question":"Can you explain the equity value of my investment? I don't understand the terms of the contract ? What percentage of the company would I own with a $5000 investment if you raised $50,000 ? When I read the Form C its sound like I'm merely purchasing the ability to buy stock in the future, but no guidelines on how much or how little, or at any discount.","author_name":"Jeffrey Zinchuk","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-08T17:09:29Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-59198","answers":[{"id":59200,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:59200","answer":"Hi Jeffrey, As we are an early stage startup, we decided to use a Simple Agreement For Future Equity with the Most Favored Investor Clause and there are several reasons why we chose this type of contract. Your investment will allow you to own equity in the company that matches the terms of the next professional investor. The MFN clause ensures that our current investors in this equity crowdfunding round have the opportunity to get the same terms as a venture fund who comes in a few months later and is better able to properly negotiate the terms of the SAFE. The investors are passing on the task of negotiating the valuation to investors with more experience negotiating terms for funding this type of company. And, by doing so, theoretically, they will get a better deal than if they negotiated it themselves. Also, by passing on the task to the more sophisticated investor, the investors don't risk pinning us founders down to make a deal that will make it difficult to raise money from later investors. Lastly, the SAFE note is becoming really popular and I spoke to many founders/investors who recommended it, funds like Y Combinator and Dorm Room Fund are using it too. Therefore, if you invest $5000, the equity value of that would be decided by our next round of funding. If you get a chance, have a look at these: https://www.ycombinator.com/documents/ and https://medium.com/law-decrypted/y-combinator-introduces-new-simple-agreement-for-future-equity-safe-b41566b0a7b4 Also, we have started having conversations with a few Venture Capital Firms. Happy to have a longer conversation about this, feel free to email me at sama@downtodash.com.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-08T17:55:27Z"}]},{"id":58928,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58928","question":"I downloaded the app to check it out knowing there wouldn’t be any participants in my area. To see if it was something I wanted to invest in. This app has a pretty basic setup though I didn’t like in order to get past basic setup I had to provide something I was down to do this week — before I was able to see other listings. Typically if I wasn’t looking to see if I wanted to invest this probably would have stopped me from continuing. I think it would be nice to be able to browse what others may want to do before being required to list what you want to do. That said I did like that even though there is nobody in my area using the app — I was able to learn through this app about events in my area I wasn’t aware off — like a few charity events and concerts. Giving this app some use even when their is nobody in your area to dash with. I think that is pretty cool. Just wondering how you plan to improve the existing app in the future? One thing I didn’t see on the app I would like to see is information regarding the importance of being careful when meeting new people and not putting yourself in vulnerable situations. Did I miss that? If I did not will that be something you add?","author_name":"Ramona Harvey","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-04T20:25:17Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-58928","answers":[{"id":58999,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58999","answer":"Thank you Ramona, glad you like it! We put that setting where it is compulsory to write what you are down to do just in the beginning to get enough content/plans on the app. We are currently adding a skip button there and will show this after displaying the plans posted by other users. This is definitely just the basic version of the app, we are currently revamping it, improving the design and adding a lot of features. We are adding a feature for users to book the event/class/experience though the app itself. We will also add group discounts for users, closed networks for college students and employees, featured plans and other interesting features. The information regarding the importance of being careful when meeting new people is all in our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy on the app and website. Let me know if you have any follow up questions or suggestions!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-05T16:07:06Z"}]},{"id":58472,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58472","question":"Your privacy policy and terms of service do not seem to jive with your vision (min/max age restrictions, lessening restrictions on types of users such as college only, data stored in India)... It's hard to invest in a company who's product doesn't match the voice track and doesn't match the legal docs it has published. I understand it takes time to modify software, rearchitect infrastructure, and get moving - especially when on a shoestring budget with no active revenue streams - however, the docs need to be updated. When/if will updated documents be provided?","author_name":"Matthew Phillips","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-07-31T21:46:34Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-58472","answers":[{"id":58504,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58504","answer":"Hi Matthew, Thank you for your comment! You can check out our updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service on our website: http://downtodash.com/privacy/ The next update of the app will have this version too. It will be live by this week itself. Best, Sama","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":1,"created_at":"2019-08-01T02:13:25Z"},{"id":59191,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:59191","answer":"The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy has been updated on the app too, thanks!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-08-08T14:53:29Z"}]},{"id":58468,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58468","question":"Hi, I have a couple of questions on your product. What are the differences in functionality in your app as compared to the meetup site/app? I see they have a lot of the same features. Do you have a beta version we can register to try? Or a sandbox environment if possible? Thank you.","author_name":"Anuar Castellanos","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-07-31T21:12:49Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-58468","answers":[{"id":58505,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58505","answer":"Hi Anuar, MeetUp is the most similar existing platform but MeetUp is only for groups and events. Our app is for one-on-one plans and groups. We focus on being spontaneous and user-generated. We also work as a complement with MeetUp and partner with MeetUp organizers to attract more people to their MeetUps and so that people can buddy up on DTD to attend a MeetUp. Further, we are also adding closed networks for students and employees. For example, a student can verify his/her account through a .edu email address and connect with other students only. The app is live on the App Store and Google Play and you can definitely sign up for it: http://onelink.to/vuzsp3 Let me know if you have any follow up questions!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":1,"created_at":"2019-08-01T02:23:22Z"}]},{"id":58362,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58362","question":"Hello Sama, could you please tell me more about the app? Are you familiar with MeetUp? does it work the same way? Thanks","author_name":"Carlo Zampogna","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-07-30T23:57:43Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-58362","answers":[{"id":58393,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58393","answer":"Hi Carlo, Sure, DownToDash is an app to make quality activity buddies. It connects people in the same location based on what they are down to do, whether it’s workouts, sports, movies or other activities. Users can post specific plans, for example, play Tennis on Thursday at 5 pm at McCarren Park or Bowling Night and other users can join. We will also add closed networks within the app for students and employees. For example an employee can verify his account through a delloitte.com email address and connect with employees only. Our focus will always be on security of our users and finding a high-quality activity buddy. We will use Artificial intelligence and our algorithm to match people based on their skill level and ensure that they are a good match for the experience. I am familiar with MeetUp and it is the most similar existing platform but MeetUp is only for groups and events. Our app is for one-on-one plans and groups. We focus on being spontaneous and user-generated. We also work as a complement with MeetUp and partner with MeetUp organizers to attract more people to their MeetUps and so that people can buddy up on DTD to attend a MeetUp. Let me know if you have any follow up questions!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":1,"created_at":"2019-07-31T05:52:22Z"}]},{"id":58217,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58217","question":"Sorry this question may be answered somewhere on the page but I'm new to Wefunder and can't find it. What is your current valuation of the company? Trying to figure if its worth the support/investment. Thanks. Also as an older person I agree with one of the above statements. Older people like activities as well. I frequent Meetup and am 59. IJS. Peace. Jimmy","author_name":"James Crump","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-07-29T12:44:08Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-58217","answers":[{"id":58229,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58229","answer":"Hi Jimmy, We are raising funding using a Future Equity Agreement (SAFE) with Most Favored Investor Clause. We are not putting any valuation on the company right now, as the company is at an early stage. The investment will give you a right to future stock in DownToDash that matches the terms of the next professional investor. If any future investor gets a better deal, your contract matches those terms. I completely agree with you that people 45+ would love the app and benefit from it and we definitely want to expand to all age groups in the near future. Due to limited resources, we decided to start with millennials and are specifically focusing on 'recent graduates who move into New York'. We want to be as specific and targeted as we can with our marketing. We will gradually expand to other cities and other age groups as we raise funding and expand our team. Let me know if you have any other questions.","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-07-29T17:30:04Z"}]},{"id":58119,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58119","question":"Definitely interested!","author_name":"Lyle Notice","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-07-28T04:28:56Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/downtodash#question-58119","answers":[{"id":58131,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:58131","answer":"Great!! Let me know if you have any questions!","author_name":"Sama Jashnani","votes":0,"created_at":"2019-07-28T12:51:15Z"}]}],"faq":[{"question":"This seems like a great idea. An app like this really depends on the network effect. How is MAU growing each month? And what are your plans to drive MAU growth?","answer":"Great question and I agree that the success of an app like this depends on network effects. Our MAU is growing 10% organically every month (we have not spent any marketing dollars yet). Firstly, we will always focus on building an amazing product to retain our users. We meet users on the app every week to get feedback, this has helped us improve our retention rates. We are currently working on some features that will help improve MAU growth. For example, we are adding an 'invite friends' feat..."},{"question":"You show $2,500 of cash on hand. You also show an enthusiastic team. How do you meet payroll for them?","answer":"Thank you for your question. No one in our team is getting any salary right now. My Co-Founder and I sell the vision to everyone and we are all working hard to reach a point in the business where we can get paid a minimum salary. Also, we offer a campus ambassador program for college students, where we provide college credit. Hence, the enthusiastic students help us with marketing and in return they get a great learning experience. We have partnerships with several colleges and constantly get..."},{"question":"I love it I'm actually pitching it to my friends to see if we can go all in. I see the vision where this is going awesome job and I look forward to your future. Do you have any planned fundraisers coming up?","answer":"Thank you so much! That would be amazing! This one is the only fundraiser we have planned, for now. I would be happy to schedule a call to discuss further, with you or any of your friends."},{"question":"Hi Sama, I have a few question regarding about your app. it would be very helpful if you could answer some of my questions. could you explained me how many users are enroll at the moment and how much does the membership cost for every user that enroll in the app. ''We project ...","answer":"Hi Santos, Here are the answers to your questions: 1. We have 5169 users and it is free to enroll on the app. 2. We have three sources of revenue that factor into those projections; advertising revenue, revenue from paid accounts and gathering patterns in our data to provide guidance and predictive analysis to companies that deal with specific cohorts. I will expand a little on how we got those numbers for all three sources. Advertising revenue - We calculated our advertising revenue by assum..."},{"question":"Hello! I just downloaded the app on my iPhone XR and after a few actions, it crashed. I noticed the last release was 7 months ago and there are reviews mentioning crashes. What is your plan to address the technical problems with the app? When is the next planned release and ho...","answer":"Sorry about that, the issue is with Iphone X handling and API changes, which has been solved by our team. Our new version will be released this week. On raising our funding, we will primarily invest in technology and the maintenance of our app, to provide a smooth and easy-to-use product. We will also have a full-time team to maintain the app and work on app updates."}]}}}