Kyle
After South By Southwest in Austin Texas earlier this year, the last thing people want to hear about is a new “discovery” app or platform. It seems everyday another startup is launching to help discover people socially. Well this startup, based in Ohio, called Whotever is hoping to fix that problem.
As more and more social discovery sites pop up, actually using the web or your mobile to discover information on the things you actually want to know about gets harder in harder. Even with basic search engines like Google, the results you get today are much more polluted than the results of say a 2005 Google search.
That problem became evident to Timi Azeez and the other co-founders of Ohio based startup Whotever, 8 years ago. Azeez told nibletz.com:
“About 8 years ago, the three of us were in a heated debate and it prompted us to confirm our facts/findings on the internet. During the research online, we discovered that we could not find exactly the information we needed for our debate. Instead, we spent hours sifting through the data page by page defeating the purpose of the discussion. We realized the internet experience was more hectic than fun and this precluded us to start Whotever.com. It was the first step to improving the users’ experience on the internet.”
That’s the foundation for this new startup that they hope to launch later this year. We got a chance to talk a little more in-depth with Azeez about whatever.
More after the break
Briefly tell us what is Whotever?
An intelligent social website that helps a user discover, organize and share their online interests in a cloud.
In a digital age where websites are being created every day, requiring password logins and with search capabilities becoming more complicated, Whotever gives users the power to access and control their favorite websites based on the users’ preferences as well as reduce turnaround time on internet searches on a single platform. Using the powerful patent-pending Lifestyle™ technology, Whotever allows you to access full fledge websites, not URL links, that are password-free, via your mobile phone or your web enabled device anytime, anywhere.
Who are the founders and what are their backgrounds?
Sheyi and Shola with a Bachelors & Masters degree in Business from The Ohio State University and DeVry University, and Timi with a bachelors degree from DeVry University in Computer Science Engineer.
What is the problem Whotever solves?
- Simplifying a users web experience
- Cure password amnesia forever by linking directly to all websites from Whotever
- Find new interests based on your profile and get relevant answers from your searches.
How is this different than any of the other social networks? What is your secret sauce?
Social networks only handle social needs. We maximize the use of profiles on whotever by focusing only on what the user wants.
When do you plan on launching?
We should launch by the end 3rd quarter of this year.
What is one lesson you’ve learned so far in launching Whotever?
Without the right people and developers an idea can only be what it is, an idea. We’ve learned that putting an idea to work is a lot of hard work.
What is one lesson you’ve learned so far in launching Whotever?
Without the right people and developers an idea can only be what it is, an idea. We’ve learned that putting an idea to work is a lot of hard work.
What’s next for Whotever?
funding, networking, development and marketing.
How can people connect with Whotever?
@tweetwhotever, crunchbase, and facebook for more information on development. Go to whotever.com to register and once launched will be given a chance to create their profile and start discovering what’s relative to their interests.
