GroundO
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GroundO Update: November 10, 2020
Nov 14, 2020
Abdullahi Saleh Shehu for GroundO
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Hello 👋🏾 This is our first company update on PaperStreet. Enjoy the read 😁
📢 Shout Outs
● Shout out to Steve, Dave and Natalie for providing mentoring advice on pitching and creating a great pitch deck.
● Shout out to Mahir and Emmanuel for their guidance and support whilst developing the MVP
● Shout out to all who signed up, evaluated and also provided feedback on our MVP
🏆 Achievements
● We have conducted a usability evaluation with 22 participants, which is
● Due to the general applicability of the system, there was an attempt to strike a gender balance in the recruitment process.
🎙️ Announcements
The objective for this week was to obtain our domain, pre-launch our MVP and recruit at least 30 participants that will evaluate our system. We created a google form included a participant information sheet and a consent form. The google form included a list of tasks to be performed on both the driver and customer accounts should they register as both driver or customer, otherwise they would only perform tasks related to the accounts they signed up for. Participants rated the system using a liker scale on several accounts such as ease of use, frequency of use, if components were well integrated, etc... Participants also provided insightful feedback for changes and future implementations.
🙏 Asks
22 participants is a good number of people to test our system and have consistent feedback. However, we will appreciate it if we could get more people to evaluate our system and provide us with valuable feedback going forward. We are mainly looking for drivers with vans/trucks that are willing to make extra money on the side and customers who want to move items but don't have the vehicle or interest of driving. 'We are also open to logistics companies who would want to try our proprietary software'.
🖥 Product
The layout and components of our system have been completed. The system has two accounts; the driver and customer accounts. Features that make up our MVP in the customer account have been developed, but we're still developing the features of the driver account. Once all the necessary features have been fully integrated, we will release our MVP in order to gain valuable insights and feedback that will help us build the right product.
🎯 Strategy
The strategies we have put in place at the moment are as follows:
● Find potential users of both system accounts, interview them and gain a better understanding of their situation and how best to tailor-make the system to suit their needs
● Grow our pool of users and continuously improve our system to ensure user satisfaction
Using the skills and techniques learnt in the StartupBoost program, we will be utilizing a number of social media channels to find potential users; Amongst these channels include LinkedIn, Twitter, Slack, etc... Our primary target market would be people with vans/trucks that are willing to make extra bucks on the side as well as those who have goods/items to transport but they do not have the vans/trucks or they simply don't have any interest in driving or long haul journeys. In terms of popularity and awareness, we aim to utilize media channels for advertisements and promotions of our product and services.
Thank you for reading 🙂 Should you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to get in touch!
Team
Abdullahi Saleh Shehu CEO
HQ FoundersBoost
Victory Obot CTO
About
We at GroundO take solace in the fact that the world is now environmentally/ ecologically aware or concerned about the depletion of the earth. However, coming from a background where vehicles have low maintenance and contribute to too much pollution, we each have a role to play in the collective effort of saving the environment. If we can’t change the vehicles, we might as well provide a product/service that limits the unnecessary usage of these vehicles.
Market Verticals
Mobility
Mapping & Navigation
Route optimization
Truck driving
Home / Lifestyle
Logistics
Delivery Services
Freight Services
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Business Model(s)
Unknown
Sales Motion
Unknown
Revenue Stage
Unknown
Product Stage
Unknown
Annual Revenue
Unknown
Location
United Kingdom
Founded
2020