This is our monthly CavnessHR update
Team:
CEO/Founder - Full Time https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncavnesshr/
Tech CoFounder - Part Time https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmendez6/
We have brought on two Military Spouses from the Hire our Heroes Fellowship Program. https://www.hiringourheroes.org/career-services/fellowships/
This program provides Military Spouses to companies for 6 weeks. The HoH pays them for the 6 weeks.
Product:
Reviewed the product roadmap and our development schedule.
Worked on the design for the app and worked on the app itself.
Traction:
Paying customers 1
Beta Testers: 33
Non-binding letters of intent: 20
We have signed an agreement with https://dmeltzer.com/ for them to refer people to us.
Revenue:
Total $24,000
MRR $400
Sales Activities:
Leads: 3172
Emails Sent: 84
Emails Opened: 42
Emails Responded: 26
Calls Made: 0
Calls Answered: 0
We did another demo with www.close.com the CRM we use for our sales platform
Networking:
Attended our Founder Institute graduation dinner.
Attended a lunch for those of us that pitched at Founders Live Seattle.
Attended the WTIA kickoff event on line.
Went to the www.BusinessImpactNW.com Impact Pitch competition.
Went to the Northwest Tech Seattle to watch some presentation on Seattle tech.
Met with Levi Reed from Founder Institute to gain tips on how to keep the momentum going from
graduating Founder Institute.
Programs:
CavnessHR was accepted to Founder Institute Funding Lab. This is a 90 day program that prepares you for your fund raise.
CavnessHR was accepted into https://www.washingtontechnology.org/ a Washington State tech program.
Went to 2 WTIA presentations on fundraising.
Went to a WTIA presentation on legal, IP, patents and copywriting
Had the FI Seattle monthly cohort meetup. This is a monthly meeting we do to keep each other
accountable after graduating from FI,
Accounting:
Did end of month accounting
Marketing:
Push out a weekly podcast that helps with the branding of CavnessHR.
Was approached by Google to take part in a pilot program for startups. The program provides resources to help take advantage of Google. They provide a team and other items. However, you are required to spend $1,000 a day on ad spend. But they do everything else as far as making sure everything is targeted.
Continue to use LinkedIn Sales Navigator, https://wiza.co/ and https://www.data-axle.com/what-we-do/reference-solutions/ to gain leads.
Social Media:
Continue to push out social media on various platforms. To include a daily HR tip.
Pitching:
Pitched at Founders Live Seattle on August 25.
Let me know if there is something else I should be including on these updates.
Thanks for reading this update and your feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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