Hitcher vs Startup Science

Control your personal network. Eliminate social noise. Create experiences with the people that really matter.

Social media isn’t very social anymore and Hitcher is going to change that. Hitcher is a new social platform that gives users the power to control their personal network, eliminate social noise, and create experiences with the people that really matter in their lives.

Users create exclusive posts called Hitches . Everyone tagged posts photos, video, and comments and Hitcher captures the entire shared experience. Imagine the usability and lifestyle of Instagram meets the exclusive threaded nature of GroupMe.

Hitchers mission is to use social tech to encourage communication and inspire a new wave of shared experiences. Life is too short to focus on the fringe. Look for the app when it launches to the app store January 2017.

Giving founders an unfair advantage

To help startups design their success, 1 founder at a time.

Why? Because wealth inequality is directly tied to entrepreneurship. 95% of people who get out of check-to-check living do so by selling a business.

It started with researching why, how, and when startups fail. We did 1,200 interviews and spent months reading the research to understand the 90% failure rate. We learned that founders keep making the same mistakes and these mistakes can be avoided. And the problems that lead to these mistakes center around people, knowledge, and financial resources.

Accelerators are designed to help startups solve these problems. But only 2% of startups who apply, are accepted into accelerators. 60% of rejected founders “failed to complete the application due to lack of knowledge.” And 70% of those startups who are accepted, came through a referral. So if you don’t know the language or are not connected into the ecosystem already your chances are slim.

Location: Santa Cruz, United States