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

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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!

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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.

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.

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[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!

[22:35] – Thank you to our Sponsor!

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