Updates from the founders of Withfriends: Joe Ahearn, Kunal Gupta, and Martha Hipley

Revenue for Withfriends has grown 35% in October

30% MoM growth for the second month in a row.

To continue this growth, we’re adding barcodes to our mobile ticket/member check-in tool to help our high volume venues use Withfriends. We’re also improving building new integrations, that will help our highest profile clients sell even more memberships to their enthusiasts.

We’ve completed our analysis of TAM

Kunal dreams of becoming a member of Punjabi Deli, which feels like home.

This is the moment of a pervasive shift towards monthly subscriptions across the entire economy. We see an enormous opportunity to bring that change in a thoughtful and beneficial way to the 6–7 million small “main street” businesses that are the backbone of American culture. They face same problem as music venues — skyrocketing rent — as well as competition from Amazon.

The entrepreneurs behind independent local businesses, like organizers of music venues, build culture. Local businesses create space for specific communities, and are ripe for a membership relationship that benefits both sides. We see an inspiring opportunity for Withfriends to succesfully bring memberships to your favorite barber shops, nail salons, restaurants, bars,breweries, bookstores, record stores, and more.

The total opportunity, when added up, is a profoundly large number — which reflects how important the local businesses that we love are to our everyday lives

Kengo, Martha, and Kunal gave a talk at Artsy HQ

about engineering decisions that enable teamwork — and touched on some far reaching visions for Withfriends.

Save the date! 

Our next event will be at Bronx Art Space, where you can now become a member withfriends, on Thursday, November 15th.

Invest in making independent culture thrive in our cities

By becoming an investor of Withfriends by investing $100 or more, you are part of a growing community that makes independent culture sustainable in cities around the world.

https://wefunder.com/withfriends

Invest now — This one time opportunity will end on November 21st

If you’re considering this — please make sure to take the time to get involved soon. There will not be another opportunity until Q1 2020.