John Worthington is the founder and CEO of Sircles App, the social recommendations app designed to take out Yelp.

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Guest Resources

Sircles Website – Caring is Sharing! Sircles provides a fun and intuitive way to find the entertainment and places your friends love.

Sircles WeFunder – Visit their WeFunder campaign and invest in Sircles!

3 Value Bombs

1) You do not have to force yourself to wake up early if you are not a morning person. You can have great success getting up when you feel like your clock is ready.

2) By gamification, you create progression.

3) Having a good product, telling your story the right way, and solving a problem for your consumers will give you a good chance of raising funds to get you started.

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Show Notes

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Today’s Audio MASTERCLASS: Sircles – The Social Recommendations App Designed to take out Yelp with John Worthington.

[1:28] – John shares something he believes about becoming successful that most people disagree with.

• He believes that you do not have to force yourself to wake up early if you are not a morning person. You can have great success getting up when you feel like your clock is ready.

[2:35] – At what moment did you knew you had to create Sircles?

• A few years ago, his business partner and friend came up with the idea of having a place wherein you can get recommendations from the people you know.
• Sircles was born with the inkling of a much better alternative.

[3:46] – The app has been engineered to avoid negativity and promote positive interactions – how?

• They have accomplished this by deciding that there should be strict recommendations from the people you know.
• There is no need to type anything. You can favorite the places you like to recommend and broadcast it to everybody you know.
• The app was built to promote nothing else but positivity.

[5:36] – John tells the story of the name Sircles.

• He and his business partner and friend came up with the idea.
• He felt confident in their circles, so they decided to call it Sircles.
• They put a unique design to it.

[6:30] – What is your current status with Sircles?

• They had enormous success with crowdfunding, and raised over $3M.
• From crowdfunding, they were able to launch their original version of Sircles.
• They have consolidated consumer’s feedback.
• They will soon go live with their subscription model.

[8:45] – A timeout to thank our sponsors, Headspace, ZipRecruiter, and HubSpot!

[11:28] – How have you used in Sircles to get people excited?

• By gamification, you create progression.
• They also include businesses in the system to offer local rewards

[14:10] – What are the things you’ve done with Sircles to build and engage the community?

• They started on the ground floor of their local community.
• They had a partnership with a local radio station.
• They were telling their story and making sure to stick with their values and keep positivity for everyone.

[16:43] – John talks more about their WeFunder crowdfunding campaign.

• It is a fantastic new tool to help raise money.
• Having a good product, telling your story the right way, and solving a problem for your consumers will give you a good chance of raising funds to get you started.
• Sircles WeFunder – Visit their WeFunder campaign and invest in Sircles!

[20:45] – John’s call to action.

• Sircles Website – Sharing is caring! The app provides a fun and intuitive way to find the entertainment and places your friends love.
• Sircles WeFunder – Visit their WeFunder campaign and invest in Sircles!

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