feathr
Aleksander Levental
CTO?
objectives
Objectives
- Brief history of Feathr
- Conversation about the technical problems and opportunities we face.
Me
- Aleksander Levental - 25
- UF Graduate - Fall '12
- Physics/Math
- Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid 4He Thin Films
- Started at Feathr in Dec '12
- Paris Rules
- iOS "Developer"
Feathr
- Aidan's Internship summer of 2011
- Digital business cards
- Open sharing of professional and personal contact info
- Worked half-time Fall 2011
- Incorporated Jan. 2012
Fundraising
- In October 2012, Indiegogo campaign raises $21k
- Beta version released
-
Win competitions
- GAIN Shootout
- 3 Day Startup
- Some Other Thing
- Begin fundraising
Events
- Technique to accelerate adoption
- Build application for conference as test-bed for networking
- TEDxUF 2013 App submitted January 2013
- Led to Seed Round $150k investment
Events Cont.
- OTL App March 2013
- Further validation of event product
whitelabel
2013-2014
- 46 Apps published across iOS, Android
- ~80 Events
- 18,000+ Attendees
- ~$100k Revenue(?), $150k+ Booked
- Several months of "profitability"
now
- Differentiation
- Scale
- Customer Support
technology
- Technical Stack:
- SQL
- Python
- Objective-C
- Java
- Javascript
questions?
- Toughest technical problem we face?
- How would I have built my skillset differently?
- Technical implications of the difference between innovation and chasing features.
- Why is Android an awful platform to develop for?
Technical Speaker
By Aleksander Levental
