Sharing exciting growth, talking about engineering, dreaming of Punjabi Deli

Withfriends
2 min readNov 2, 2018
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 successfully 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.

This one time opportunity will end on November 21st. Make an investment of $100 or more today!

If you’re not already an investor of our company, you can join our team of nearly 100 community investors that help make independent culture sustainable in cities around the world by making an investment at the link below.

https://wefunder.com/withfriends

Already an investor?

Here’s how you can help us succeed in making a creative and diverse future for our cities.

  • Did you know you can increase your investment on Wefunder at any time? Become a larger investor at Withfriends.
  • Write a mail and introduce a friend who may invest. We’re excited to speak with them at team@withfriends.co!
  • Share our community investment page on your socials, and let them know why you invested in us!

Thank you for becoming an investor Withfriends!

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Withfriends

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