YBLTV: What is it the company does?
Snappy App, Inc.: Snappy is an app that combines the thoughtfulness of a real gift with the effortlessness and choice of a gift card. Snappy offers sending real gifts in seconds, while providing flexibility and choice for receivers, by giving them the power to choose the gift they like most from a collection of personalized gifts. Snappy uses a machine learning system and interacts with uses to offer its tailored gifts and match them to receivers taste and preference. Finally there is a way to save the hassle of searching for the perfect gift without settling for a meaningless and boring gift card. Snappy is here to make gifting simple, fun and special as it should be.
YBLTV: What inspired the company to start-up?
Snappy App, Inc.: A homeless guy in the streets of Tel Aviv! Huh? Yes for real 🙂 After giving money to a homeless guy in the street he gave me a surprise - a ball covered with aluminum foil and inside was a surprise - a chocolate ball! yes it was disgusting but the fact that I got a gift and had to reveal what it was - was so exciting and at the same moment I thought to myself— Why is making people happy have to be so hard? Why is buying a gift so complicated when it could and should be so simple and fun!
YBLTV: How did you go about starting up, did you apply for funding or did you self-fund the project?If so, where did you secure funding from?
Snappy App, Inc.: Self-funded our company for a whole year! Our amazing friends and family helped out a ton 🙂
YBLTV: Where do you get advice, support and/or help?
Snappy App, Inc.: From our amazing advisors who are always there in times of need and from Score organization which does an amazing job of connecting to advisors!
YBLTV: What has been your biggest challenge so far?
Snappy App, Inc.: OHH there are many challenges, can’t pick one. Startups are hard but also a lot of fun!
YBLTV: What is your next big target?
Snappy App, Inc.: Spread the Snappy word and put an end to meaningless and boring gift cards!
YBLTV: What is the best and worst thing about being a Startup?
Snappy App, Inc.: It is fun, fulfilling, exciting, has everything in it. You can learn and develop like in no other place.
YBLTV: What makes this idea different?
Snappy App, Inc.: There is nothing like this out there! All other gifting apps are focused on gift cards and are sending 1 gift but not a ton of gifts and letting recipients choose.
YBLTV: Who would be your dream customer?
Snappy App, Inc.: Everyone is invited to get Snappy!
YBLTV: How do you see the mobile landscape evolving in 2016 and beyond?
Snappy App, Inc.: I think the trends are leaning towards everything going mobile. More and more people feel comfortable to shop from their phone and do pretty much everything from it.
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Connect with Snappy App, Inc.:
Business name: Snappy Gifts
Co founder & CEO: Hani Goldstein
Website: www.snappygifts.co
App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snappy-gifts-send-perfect/id1064613435?mt=8
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snappygifts/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/7600452