MyFab5 hits 1 million photo milestone this spring
MyFab5 is hitting a number of cool milestones this year. The social media startup's technology has now helped in the sharing of more than 1 million pictures and its getting ready to launch a designed mobile app later this month. "We have redesigned every feature from head to toe," says Omeid Seirafi-Pour, co-founder & CEO of MyFab5. "It's all the same features but much easier to use and looks much better." The Ann Arbor-based startup allows its users to take pictures of their meals at restaurants and then rank their experience. The company got its start allowing users to rank their top five businesses in certain genres in local areas, but transitioned to a photo-based version when it noticed its users liked using it with Instagram. The 2-year-old company now averages 250,000 users each month. Those users shared their 1 millionth photo earlier this year, helping MyFab5 reach a critical milestone. "That was a pretty big one for us," Seirafi-Pour says. MyFab5 has hired one person (an Andriod developer) to grow its staff to four employees and three interns over the last year. That team has relied on grass roots and viral marketing efforts to build the startup into what it is today. It's now looking at embarking at a national marketing campaign later this year. Source: Omeid Seirafi-Pour, co-founder & CEO of MyFab5 Writer: Jon Zemke
MyFab5 is hitting a number of cool milestones this year. The social media startup’s technology has now helped in the sharing of more than 1 million pictures and its getting ready to launch a designed mobile app later this month.
“We have redesigned every feature from head to toe,” says Omeid Seirafi-Pour, co-founder & CEO of MyFab5. “It’s all the same features but much easier to use and looks much better.”
The Ann Arbor-based startup allows its users to take pictures of their meals at restaurants and then rank their experience. The company got its start allowing users to rank their top five businesses in certain genres in local areas, but transitioned to a photo-based version when it noticed its users liked using it with Instagram.
The 2-year-old company now averages 250,000 users each month. Those users shared their 1 millionth photo earlier this year, helping MyFab5 reach a critical milestone.
“That was a pretty big one for us,” Seirafi-Pour says.
MyFab5 has hired one person (an Andriod developer) to grow its staff to four employees and three interns over the last year. That team has relied on grass roots and viral marketing efforts to build the startup into what it is today. It’s now looking at embarking at a national marketing campaign later this year.
Source: Omeid Seirafi-Pour, co-founder & CEO of MyFab5
Writer: Jon Zemke
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