Posted by Robbie McLachlan – Developer Advertising
In our newest #WeArePlay tales, we meet the founders constructing apps and video games that energy entrepreneurs and enterprise homeowners all over the world. From digitizing funds for micro-merchants in Bogotá to modernizing barbershops in New York, they’re fixing real-world challenges with intuitive apps.
Listed here are just a few of our favorites:
Lluís and Man Hei’s app Treinta saves microbusiness homeowners half-hour a day by digitizing their gross sales, stock, and money movement.
Bogotá, Colombia
After assembly at college, Lluís and Man Hei reunited to launch Treinta, an app impressed by Lluís’ expertise with small companies throughout Latin America. Named after the Spanish phrase for ’30,’ it helps microbusiness homeowners save not less than half-hour a day by digitizing duties like stock, gross sales monitoring, and money movement administration. With a latest growth into the U.S. and upcoming AI instruments, they’re on monitor to achieve their objective of 100,000 premium members by 2026.
Ying, Yong, Steve, and Oswald’s app Glints makes use of AI-powered suggestions to make hiring expertise fast and straightforward.
Singapore, Singapore
Highschool associates Ying, Yong, Steve, and Oswald bonded over a shared imaginative and prescient to make use of know-how for good, which led them to create Glints. What started as an internship portal in Singapore developed right into a dynamic hiring app after they noticed a chance to deal with underemployment amongst younger folks in Indonesia. The app streamlines the job search with AI-powered suggestions and direct chat options, creating new profession alternatives and serving to corporations discover prime expertise. Their objective is to broaden into extra cities and change into Indonesia’s main profession app.
Dave and Songe’s app SQUIRE helps barbers handle and develop their enterprise with an all-in-one platform.
New York, USA
Former lawyer Songe and finance knowledgeable Dave noticed a chance to modernize the cash-reliant barbershop trade. With no prior expertise, they took over a struggling Manhattan barbershop whereas growing SQUIRE. The app, which initially targeted on appointment scheduling and digital funds, has since developed into a whole administration platform with Level of Sale, stock monitoring, and analytics — serving to barbers run their companies extra effectively. Now, they’re including extra customization choices and plan to broaden SQUIRE’s capabilities to proceed elevating the fashionable barbershop expertise.
Uncover different inspiring app and sport founders featured in #WeArePlay.
