How is your business helping to solve the health, social, or economic challenges created by COVID19?
We were 4 months ahead of development and able to launch in partnership with Walmart in late March to support COVID-19. At the time, masks and medical supplies were making headlines, but there were also millions of people who were unable to work or shop for critical supplies. Fast forward 2 months, 1 in 4 Americans have filed for unemployment and it is likely another 20 million will become food insecure. These are the people and communities we are serving. The first few weeks it was soap and water, then diapers and batteries, now air mattresses and other essentials like school supplies.For example, New York City community schools are using our platform to provide students with hygiene, college, art, and mental health care packages. This month, we will also add services beginning with TaskRabbit who can provide things like prescription pickup, grocery delivery and in a normal environment home repairs. In the future, people will be able to access and subsidize other resources like Airbnb housing, mental health services and even healthcare bills. Lastly, we are also positioned to serve multiple events simultaneously as flood/tornado season continues and hurricane season begins.
Does your business contribute most to recovery, response, or resilience?
Recovery - we're positioned to support in the recovery of those directly affected.,Response - we're responding directly to issues caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak.
What is the stage of your product development?
I have a market ready product/service. I have sold to customers.
What strengths does your team bring? Include skills and personal experience with the problem.
Our seasoned team understands platform economics and has built identity and marketplace solutions at eBay, PayPal, Microsoft, Linkedin and Citi. We have not paid anyone a salary (outside of tech) since we started working on Everest Effect so we could invest every dollar into the business.Co-Founder, Carey Kolaja Carey is the President and COO of Au10Tix, one of the leaders in automated identity detection and cyber fraud prevention. Carey has more than 25 years' experience, leading both the "Fortune 500" and start-up ventures and served as the VP Global Consumer Products at PayPal for 12 years, where she created the Impact Product Team.Before Everest Effect, Naysa Mishler, Co-Founder & CEO, was the SVP of Product Marketing at Citi FinTech, where she led new product launches, including Citi's Open Banking Platform and the world’s first FinTech beta testing community. Prior to that, she was an early employee at LinkedIn, working in marketing and business development. Co-Founder, CEO Naysa Mishler (FT): https://www.linkedin.com/in/naysamishler/Co-Founder, Chairman Carey Kolaja (PT): https://www.linkedin.com/in/careyokolaja/Chief Product Officer, Mark Brady (FT): https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brady-09397316/Chief Technology Officer/Advisor, Paul Gilson (PT): https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-gilson-408128/3 Engineers through Synerzip (FT). https://www.synerzip.com/
What countries do you operate in?
United States with plans to expand to Australia and other countries in the next 12 months.
Is your company headquartered in a US "Opportunity Zone"?
No
