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by Parker · 37 things on Twos
- Do you have co-founders?
- Yes, I have the greatest co-founders
- Yes
- Who else is on the founding team? *
- Please include names, current titles, and LinkedIn profiles where applicable. How did the co-founders meet and how long have you been working together? How do you delineate your roles and responsibilities? Why did you choose to work together?
- Joe Steilberg, Co-Founder & CMO, https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-steilberg-67885a116/
- Joe Steilberg, CMO, https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-steilberg-67885a116/
- Parker and Joe met in Austin, Texas while working for a startup called Trustwork. Parker was the fourth engineer hired by Trustwork and Joe was participating in their business boot camp. The two began their relationship as friends which eventually developed into co-founders when they realized their shared interests in entrepreneurship and building something that can make a lasting impact on the world. Parker left his full-time job in March of 2021 and Joe in May of 2021 in order to pursue Twos full-time. Parker is our full-time developer and CEO while Joe manages the marketing and the two delineate other responsibilities as they see fit. Parker and Joe's personalities complement each other in many more ways than one which is what makes the relationship successful.
- Joe and Parker met in 2018 in Austin, Texas, while working for a startup called Trustwork. They started as friends, but began working on Twos together in June 2020. Parker had the initial vision and is the active CEO and CTO, while Joe works on marketing Twos and expanding the vision. Parker and Joe's personalities and skillsets complement each other producing a successful relationship.
- What is the most impressive thing that each founder has done, other than founding this startup?
- Joe was an intern at a car dealership after his freshman year of college with the only responsibility of shadowing and learning the ropes. About a week later, a woman approached Joe to ask a question about a vehicle on the floor and Joe made his first sale. He then requested to no longer be an intern with a guaranteed hourly rate, but to be a sales representative and sold 33 cars in 3 months as a 19-year-old.
- Parker taught himself to program web and mobile applications during summer 2015 and has since launched 5 web and mobile applications with tens of thousands of users.
- One-sentence description of your product *
- Less is more. Tell us specifically what your product is and what it does.
- Twos is the best place to write, remember, and share any piece of information that you want access to for the rest of your life.
- Twos is the best place to record, remember, and share any piece of information for access to for the rest of your life.
- What is your business model? *
- E.g. monthly or annual subscription, one-time sale
- In the near future, we will relaunch Twos Social which will redefine how people connect with one another through the information, memories, and personal recommendations they share with one another. We will monetize Twos social by allowing advertising, giving users the option to monetize their lists, and becoming the biggest network of private and social information in the world.
- We will monetize the social side of Twos through advertisements and allowing users the option to monetize their lists.
- What stage is your product? *
- Beta testing initial users
- What are the other options? We currently aren't in beta testing
- Who are your intended customers? *
- Twos is for everyone, but we have isolated target markets in mothers, entertainers, young professionals, restaurants, among others.
- Mothers, creatives, and young professionals.
- What is your market opportunity? *
- Please include TAM (total addressable market) and SOM (serviceable obtainable market) for your current product
- We believe that Twos has a TAM in billions of customers similar to the size of Facebook or Google.
- Twos' TAM and SOM are people who need a better long-term solution for writing things down, which is billions of customers, similar to Facebook, but it will also include private information.
- What unique insight or belief(s) do you have about this market? *
- In our conversations with users, there is an immediate need for a better place to write things down which we accomplish with the current version of Twos. There also is a desire to connect with people over more than just personal updates. By allowing users to share the things their memories, personal experiences, recommendations, family recipes, and more - we will redefine how humans connect with one another and create a more valuable and trusted social media.
- From conversations with users, we see an immediate need for a better place to write things down, which we accomplish with the current version of Twos. With the introduction of social (which was previously in v1), we will redefine how humans connect over personal and social information, fulfilling people's desires to connect over more than just personal updates.
- In a few sentences, what can this eventually become? *
- What is your broader vision for your business as it grows and evolves over time?
- Twos can become a multi-billion dollar company built on the foundation of giving people the best place to write down their private information and share their most valuable information with their friends. We believe strongly in the brand and desire for more interpersonal connections with one another which will attract billions of users.
- Twos will become a multi-billion dollar company built on the foundation of giving people the best place to record, remember, and share information, and growing into the biggest network of private and social information.