Our one-line pitch is…
Consultancies and service firms around the world can now manage their projects, teams, clients, and business operations from a single online platform.
Introduce your team, and tell us one interesting thing about each member. We are…
The team is made up of product architects, designers, developers, SEO managers, and inbound analysts. The way we came together under one roof with these specific skill sets was a pure coincidence. Before Goodwerp became a success, we ran as a creative agency working similar to the clients we serve today. Valon Sopi, founder/product architect, had the idea back in 2009 and built a working version in 2012. Everything was set to a pause until April 2013, when we decided to focus solely on building Goodwerp. Tyler Wetzel, our designer then, worked on the user-interface right before Erman Belegu, our chief software engineer, joined our team. Ideal Bakija, joined us after we had the need for another engineer who would tie-in the front and back of the application in a proper working UX. Anbullena Krasniqi and Valmir Hazeri, joined prior to launch and helped us get the word out. Lis Hoxha is our latest addition as a junior developer. We work closely together and represent a tight-knit family in quest to improving the way consultancies worldwide to manage their projects, teams, clients, and business operations online. We have been praised for being able to achieve something bigger teams struggle with. Justin Jackson of JFDI had said: “What Valon and his team have accomplished is really amazing. They’ve built a product (Goodwerp) that rivals what other (much larger teams) have produced. They identified a unique need, and executed on it perfectly.” Our team’s international experiences (education/professional), as well as prior experience in running a creative agency, have been an asset in our global customer outreach efforts. To kill some time and relax our brain cells we hold mouth-watering & nail-biting dart tournaments, right at our office.
We received our initial capital through…
Most of our initial capital came from our holding company boldUnderline. llc, which operated as a consultancy four years before fully dedicating our resources to Goodwerp. Other sources that contributed to our initial fund came from family and friends.
Photo credit: Samir KarahodaThe real pain about starting a business in Kosovo is…
Constantly needing visas for our entire staff to fly out to events we’re invited to. Other than that, setting up a legal entity in Pristina is fairly simple and it takes less than a day. Also, there are so many talented developers and tech enthusiast who can join our team on short-notice as we scale up our business. The sheer knowledge and global success is present in each development company.
The person that inspires us is…
For us is a firm: Facebook, not for the reasons you might think, but because after all these years and billions in investments and revenue they are never comfortable, iterate new ideas quickly, constantly release new updates and fixes, are not afraid to fall flat in their faces, and try to reinvent themselves all the time. To this day, they still consider themselves a startup.
The one app/service that we couldn’t live without is…
We couldn’t live without our own app. We built Goodwerp using Goodwerp.
The one thing we would save from our burning office is…
Most probably our dartboard, which through its wear and tear marks, represents our early humbling days.
The worst piece of advice we ever got was…
This piece of advice came from the same person: “You are targeting a broad market. You need to be more specific.” …and a day later “Your market is too specific. You need to be broader.”
The one thing that will make us quit is…
The world ending.
Our inside joke is…
Whenever we find a glitch in our system, the saying goes — “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”
You might not believe it, but we…
Got our first paying client six weeks after we launched our public beta.
We’ll call ourselves successful when…
All consultancies around the world use Goodwerp to manage their business the same way they rely on their Email client to communicate with others.
The startup we really want to see on inventures’ Startup Pick is…
Enolyse . A startup based in Slovenia which is innovating the way wineries make their wine.
Visit www.goodwerp.com to get in touch.
