CEO Updates
An Ode to Courage: Innovators are often put down because people are scared and they don’t understand. We are bold innovators and sending big waves into motion and we will not apologize for that because we love you enough to give you this gift. We know you are amazing, special, and unique individuals and most likely would never shout that from the rooftops. The people who know you will though…they choose to be around you and in your life and support you even when you don’t like yourself. We have come so far as a society but in a digital world we are becoming so disconnected and lonely. You deserve better and to have more abundance, joy, and real authentic connections. You deserve to make better decisions with more information to protect your children and your biggest assets. You have worked so hard to get the reputation you have among the people that know you. As innovators we want to make your life better and have the opportunity to prove how great it feels to be loved by so many in a public space. We are a positivity app launching in November 2015. Whether you love us or our concept or not; we still welcome everyone to explore this online village of love and abundance for all.
Our Story
Years ago, Nicole set out to change the way people can learn about each other online. She knew the value of a referral and then it struck her – why is there nothing that provides reviews, ratings and commentary on aspects that truly matter to us?
Teaming up with her best friend Julia, the two ladies have set out to change the way people can learn about each other online. The peeple app allows us to better choose who we hire, do business with, date, become our neighbours, roommates, landlords/tenants, and teach our children. There are endless reasons as to why we would want this reference check for the people around us.
Looking at everyone in the three ways you could possibly know someone – personally, professionally and romantically – you can provide a rating and review on everyone you come in contact with, while allowing yourself to be reviewed.
Meet Peeple
We are a concept that has never been done before in a digital space that will allow you to really see how you show up in this world as seen through the eyes of your network.
Peeple is an app that allows you to rate and comment about the people you interact with in your daily lives on the following three categories: personal, professional, and dating.
Peeple will enhance your online reputation for access to better quality networks, top job opportunities, and promote more informed decision making about people.
Authentic and relevant information about you and others you interact with is paramount to our vision for this app. Users will require a Facebook account to access the application, to verify and validate the minimum age requirement. To prevent multiple and fake profiles users will also need to validate that they are a real person with their cell phone number which will then text them a pin to login with.
Our mission is to find the good in you. Peeple has shown active support to the anti-bullying movement by providing users the ability to report other users. Negative comments don’t go live on the app for 48 hours; they simply go into the inbox of the person who got the negative review and then are given a chance to work it out with the person who wrote the review. If you can’t work it out with the person you can publicly defend yourself by commenting on the negative review.
To encourage strong and authentic content on the app that will educate users on the importance of keeping commentary respectful we have 2 ways that you are rated. The first way is with our 5 star rating and the second is with our positivity rating. You will be rated out of 5 stars in the following 3 categories: professionally, personally, and dating. Anything at 2 stars or lower is considered negative. Your 5 star rating is a reflection of what others think about you as a whole in the 3 categories. If you make a negative comment about someone it affects your positivity score and it will go down. If you make positive reviews about people your positivity score will go up.
One of the most exciting features of the app is the ability to share any content on the app with whoever you want. With the click of a button you can post content from the app on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and Text.
Another cool feature is to allow you to meet new people with great ratings in your area. You can search with the nearby tab to discover people within a 10 mile radius that have a 4.6 overall star rating. Now you can surround yourself with the best of the best and make new friends, business connections, and trusted people to help make your life easier!
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Peeple Watching Webisode 6 – Let The Drama Begin
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Peeple App; get the first real Peep at the app from one of the Co-Founders featured on CTV Primetime News
CTV Has Some Fun Rating the Peeple App
Peeple app lets you rate human beings like restaurants
App developed in Calgary wants you to judge those you know
We turn to websites and apps to determine what movie we should see, which restaurant to visit and even which doctor might provide the best care — but should we rely on ratings for people?
An app being developed in Calgary called peeple aims to do just that.
“You’re going to rate people in the three categories that you can possibly know somebody — professionally, personally or romantically,” said peeple CEO and co-founder Julia Cordray. “So you’d be able to go on and choose your five-star rating, write a comment and you will not be anonymous.”
The app requires you to log in through Facebook and to provide your phone number in order to ensure you’re a real person and to make it more difficult to submit malicious ratings.
But why should we rate people the same way we rate restaurants?
“You should have the right to know who somebody is before you invite them in to your home, around your children. They become your neighbours, they teach your kids, you go on dates with them,” said Corday.
Screening
Negative comments do not automatically show up on the app, but are first sent to the inbox of the person being rated. The two people have 48 hours to work it out between them or the person being rated can defend themselves by commenting on the rating once it’s posted.
“There seems to be some fear and I have a lot of empathy for that. With any new idea or concept, there’s naturally misunderstandings, there’s naturally fear, there’s naturally a bit of resistance. But I’m going to lead by example and show that this app is actually more positive than it ever could be negative,” said Corday.
Rather than seeing this as a means to attack people online, Corday thinks even bad reviews can be positive.
“So, you can’t please everybody, but if you’re a business owner, or you’re a professional, or you’re that young urbanite or you’re that parent looking to make better decisions, you also deserve to see where you could improve,” she said.
“Think of this as an ability to grow and get some honest feedback.”
Cost and benefit
And if you don’t want to be judged on peeple?
“Let’s say we allow you to delete your profile and let’s say you are a person of questionable character. All the people of questionable character could hide from the app and then what’s the point?” said Corday, adding those on the app could see benefits for their good scores.
The app is scheduled to launch in the App Store this November.
Originally Published on CBC.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/calgary/peeple-app-rating-people-1.3237229
Calgary-based Peeple app lets you rate … other people
I want character to be our new form of currency,’ says CEO Julia Cordray
Two Calgary women think they can shake up the world of social media with an app they are hoping to launch in November.
The app – called Peeple – will allow users to rate anyone professionally, personally or romantically.
Co-founder and CEO Julia Cordray said she and co-founder Nicole McCullough came up with the idea after McCullough was having trouble finding if a babysitter was reliable.
Cordray said many people are concerned about the ethics of the app, but she’s not worried because all traces of anonymity are removed.
“We’re setting the precedent for how it should be done,” said Cordray. “We’re two empathetic female entrepreneurs – we made sure when we built it, we built it with the best features.”
Positive comments will be posted to an individual’s account immediately. Negative comments will be sent to the subject without going public. The two people will then have 48 hours to settle the dispute. If no compromise is reached, the negative comment will then go public and the subject can respond.
The founders have raised over $350,000 in startup capital. They plan to take their app to Silicon Valley once it launches.
Cordray said the plan is to monetize the app by eventually charging for searches. She said it will always be free to sign up, but users will eventually be limited to one free search per day.
“I want character to be our new form of currency,” she said.
Originally Posted On Metronews.ca
http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2015/09/21/calgary-peeple-app-lets-you-rate-others.html
You can rate and make comments on restaurants and hotels online. Now, two Calgary women are launching a mobile app they say will change the way people interact online.
The peeple app, to launch in November, will allow people to rate each other, while also offering comments on individuals.
“We’re creating a platform that allows users to provide a rating and commentary on the people they come in contact with everyday, on a level that we haven’t seen before,” said Julia Cordray, co-founder and chief executive of peeple.
“We feel this is the ultimate social experiment. Let’s look at everyone in the three ways you could possibly know someone — personally, professionally and romantically — and let the world rate them, while allowing yourself to be rated.”
Co-founder Nicole McCullough said the app’s users will need to be at least 21 years of age.
She said the app will help people to better choose who they hire, do business with, date, let babysit their kids, become roommates with or teach their children, among other uses.
Users will log in through Facebook and provide a cellphone number to verify their identity. It includes an application for dispute resolution for negative ratings and commentary. The app’s owners will have the ability to delete any material they deem inappropriate.
“The aim of our platform is to showcase a person’s true character,” said McCullough. “I came up with this idea over a year and a half ago from wanting to find a good babysitter in my neighbourhood. We tend to trust referrals and so we wanted to create a platform that allowed people to refer each other in several different ways.”
The company has raised $450,000 in private capital funding and partnered with Y Media Labs out of California, to bring the idea to life.
“Peeple will revolutionize the way an individual is seen in this world through their relationships. When social graces are becoming lost to the past, we want to revive this forgotten manner and bring attention to how a person appears to others,” said Cordray, who is also chief executive of Career Fox Inc. and 96 Talents, two companies that work in the area of recruitment.
The app will first be available on Apple iTunes as a free download. More platforms will follow with the aim of charging for searches in the future. Another monetization strategy would be to charge a licensing fee to people who want to search the app for ratings or comments.
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New peeple app about people set to launch November 2015
CALGARY, ALBERTA – A new mobile app is about to change the way people interact online. Set to launch November 2015, the peeple app allows users to rate each other in a way unseen in today’s world.
“We are extremely excited to launch this new idea. We’re creating a platform that allows users to provide a rating and commentary on the people they come in contact with everyday, on a level that we haven’t seen before” says Julia Cordray, Co-Founder and CEO of peeple. “We feel this is the ultimate social experiment. Let’s look at everyone in the three ways you could possibly know someone – personally, professionally and romantically – and let the world rate them, while allowing yourself to be rated”.
“The app will restrict our user base to a minimum of 21 years and older and will concentrate on bringing the best out of people. The aim of our platform is to showcase a person’s true character”, comments Nicole McCullough, Co-Founder of peeple. “I came up with this idea over a year and a half ago from wanting to find a good babysitter in my neighbourhood. We tend to trust referrals and so we wanted to create a platform that allowed people to refer each other in several different ways. This app will allow us to better choose who we hire, do business with, date, let babysit our kids, become our neighbors, roommates, landlords/tenants, and teach our children. There are endless reasons as to why we would want this reference check for the people around us.”
The company has raised $420,000 in private capital funding and partnered with Y Media Labs, one of the largest and most successful app developers in North America, to bring the idea to life. Cordray explains the vision of the app. “Personal relationships are the fundamental unit of our society. Relationships are how we discover new ideas, understand our world and ultimately derive long-term happiness. peeple will revolutionize the way an individual is seen in this world through their relationships. When social graces are becoming lost to the past, we want to revive this forgotten manner and bring attention to how a person appears to others.”
“This is a mission started by 2 best friends, 1 Canadian, 1 American; created to learn about people, for the people, by the people.”
ABOUT THE APP
The app is set to launch November 2015 and will be first made available on Apple iTunes as a free download. Further platforms will be made available shortly thereafter. peeple is an app that allows you to rate and comment about the people you interact with in your daily lives to make better decisions on the following three categories: personal, professional, and dating. peeple will enhance your online reputation for better access to quality networks, top job opportunities, and promote more informed decision making about the people around you.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
peeple is a Calgary-based start-up, building a platform to connect people in an entirely new way. Having raised $420,000 in capital funding, peeple partnered with Y Media Labs, one of the largest and most successful app developers in North America to bring the idea to life. The platform will consist of both a mobile and a documentary experience. For more information, visit www.forthepeeple.com or follow along our journey at https://www.youtube.com/forthepeeple.
CONTACT INFORMATION
MEDIA CONTACT:
Peep Inc.
Julia Cordray
CEO & Co-Founder
587-580-7508
Meet our Valued Shareholders
Gordon McIvor: This investor can teach us a thing or two with his credentials: MEd, MBA, CHRP Candidate, and an Ontario Certified Teacher! That’s not what makes Gordon special though….it is his kindness, his ability to see the big picture, and his dreamer mentality. He truly boosts people up wherever he goes. Gordon is an avid supporter of our mission: to find the good in you. We are so honoured to have a Program Director of Continuing Education at the University of Calgary on our team.
Kristin Krause & Kim Kohlenberg: Two best friends who would do anything for each other, they have lived together, grown together, and even work together! Now they have officially invested in our company together. This is not unlike Nicole and I who met in Canada at work but were both born in California. We then lived together, are always growing together, and now we get to build this app together….if we don’t kill each other first. Here’s to the success of best friends!
Bertram (AKA: Ugo) Okeke: Ugo is not only a professional body builder and trainer/coach; he is a focused business man. Ugo has been a successful entrepreneur in retail, real estate, and health. We are so lucky to have Ugo as a shareholder in our app Peeple. He is a great example of success.
Stephanie Gardeski: Stephanie Gardeski and her parents Angelika and Ralph are new shareholders in our app Peeple. Stephanie; being a Recruitment Manager, loved how the concept can help her recruit better talent faster based on a user’s reputation.
Darrah Kennedy: Not only is she Julia’s roommate she is a savvy business owner. She is a concierge and loves adding value to people’s lives. Darrah is a very supportive and thoughtful person and if you are lucky enough she will be a cheerleader in your life.
Chris Cordray: Julia’s Twin and also an entrepreneur. Chris and his wife Kim own Add2Kart on Vancouver Island which allows the people of Vancouver Island to get Ikea furniture ordered and delivered to their door when there is no Ikea on the island; shipping it in from Vancouver. Chris was born 3 months early and is truly a miracle for us and in life!
Rob Fooks: An incredible commercial lawyer who has helped Julia through the legal battlefield with her other company Career Fox, a personal friend, and very smart man was the first official shareholder of Peep Inc.
Ryan Fuchs: Ryan is a high school friend of Julia’s from Westbank, BC where they grew up. He currently is an owner in Revolution Wireline where he worked his way up with hard work and dedication. We are proud to announce that he just had his first child and we are so happy for him.
Lorraine Sharplin and Mike Coe: Lorraine and Mike are the sweetest couple. Lorraine is an avid golfer and former teacher. Mike was an insurance broker and a former model. What a dynamic duo. They are not new to investing in companies and even owned shares in Bre-X, luckily for them we hope to make this investment a home run for them!
Troy Bilon: A serial entrepreneur who has helped build a successful oil and gas app, and now is at Elevated Robotics. A geologist by trade with many business talents. Troy has helped advise the team at Peeple.
Cristina Groves and Mike Groves: The Director of Store Operations at Chatter’s Hair Salons, Cristina knows the value of hard work. She has worked her way up the corporate ladder. She also managed to snag an amazing man in the oil patch. Two amazing people that found each other.
Richard Salmonson: Nicole’s dad is a successful business man who invested in real estate. Now living in California after raising his three kids he leads an exciting life of abundance. It is beautiful to see his support for his daughter and our Co-Founder Nicole.
Allison Anhorn: The cousin of one of Julia’s best friends from high school, Allison works for the Calgary Stampede. The largest outdoor show on earth! Allison has always been a savvy investor and we are lucky to have her believe in our dream.
Andrew Hopkinson: The Vice President of John Hopkinson and Associates, a private jet brokerage; Andrew is an amazing sales person. Andrew has long been a loyal client of Career Fox and Julia has placed 2 employees with John Hopkinson and Associates.
Tracey Tremblay: A successful residential realtor, Tracey met Julia when she rented her first office to build Career Fox her recruiting firm. Tracey has 3 beautiful kids and likes to camp, ride dirt bikes, and does Cross fit. She really has it all!
David Chandler: Met Julia while going to High School in Westbank, BC. David travels to Asia for work and lives in Kelowna, BC.
John Hatch: The son of an investment banker and a graduate of BCIT, living a fun life in Vancouver. John is a Speculative markets investor with over 10 years of experience. Classically trained in French cuisine, Sneaker aficionado, Globetrotter and a nationally ranked athlete.
Dr. Dale MacDonald: Dale has built a very unique chiropractic business that specializes in knee injuries and athletes. Dale is an innovative business owner and his business has seen explosive growth. He has been a client of Career Fox and friend of Julia’s ever since.
Bhavini Gohel: A family practitioner with the concern of her patients on her mind. Bhav wanted a platform where her patients could get to know her better and trust her immediately. She sees the app as a huge benefit to any business owner offering a service.
Veronica Del La Rosa: One of Julia’s best friends. Veronica is a lawyer from Mexico and now lives in Canada after meeting her husband. She is a really good cook and is so loveable from the moment you meet her. She simply glows.
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