“My personal journey as a freelancer inspired the concept of the digital rolodex and leveraging personal networks to streamline the referral process. I tried various online platforms for sourcing clients including UpWork and Fiverr, only to be left empty handed. That’s when I pivoted my approach to word-of-mouth referrals from people I already knew. However, the cumbersome game of telephone and relying on others to share my contact information resulted in leads slipping through cracks and missed work opportunities. This is when I realized that digitizing this process would streamline the experience, providing freelancers with consistent and reliable referrals.

In less than a year, our part-time team launched an agile Pilot within Notion, doubling our users within 2 months and yielding a 75% success rate of matching clients and freelancers through referrals. Our early users have embraced the agile version of the digital rolodex and we are on track to launch our MVP by Q3 of this year.

We are currently raising a pre-seed round of funding to hire our team full-time and to initiate paid marketing efforts. This will expedite our current time-frame for launching our MVP and allow us to reach more of our target audience.”