Yapp (mobile application)

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Yapp
DeveloperYapp Inc
Initial releaseNovember 2012
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    Operating systemiOS, Android[1]
    Typeapplication framework
    Websitewww.yapp.us

    Yapp is a self-service online platform that allows users to create mobile event applications with no coding knowledge.[2][3] The product was launched out of beta by its founders Maria Seidman and Luke Melia in 2012.[4]

    History

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    Yapp was founded in 2011 when co-founder Maria Seidman first attempted to look for software and tools for non-technical people to create affordable mobile apps. She realized there was not an easy way for non-technical people to create an affordable mobile app with ease.[5] Seidman was formerly the Vice President of Digital Distribution at Warner Bros.[6][7] She found partner Luke Melia through the New York CTO Club, later he wrote the first line of code for Yapp in June 2011.

    In 2012, Melia and Seidman presented a working prototype of Yapp at the New York Tech Meetup.[8][9] Yapp opened in private beta in March 2012 and to the public in November 2012.[10]

    The company gained early success with clients including Verizon Wireless and WorldVentures to organize training and employee events regionally for their network bootcamps and events.[11][12] Later in the year it added few more clients to including EdCamp, Duke University, BlogHer, Westfield High School, X Prize Foundation, the Innovation Partnership Program, and others. Yapp is based in New York City and is part of the Silicon Alley tech boom.[13] The company launched with an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Kleiner Perkins, North Bridge Venture Partners, Cue Ball and other individual investors.[14]

    While originally launched as a free service,[4] in November 2014, Yapp introduced paid service tiers called Yapp Plus.[15][16] In 2014, Seidman was named Entrepreneur Magazine's Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year for her work on Yapp.[17][18]

    Products

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    Yapp has two major products Yapp Online Editor, a template-based editor on the web and Yapp app, hosted on users' mobile devices through the mobile app Yapp.[2] When apps are published, they are attached to a link that can be used to download the app on a mobile device. The apps are not published to the iTunes or Google Play app stores directly and are downloaded using a shortlink generated from the online editor.[19] Yapp's online editor and mobile app are built using Ember.js, an open-source JavaScript application framework.

    Business model

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    Yapp runs a freemium model and creates white-label products for companies and organizations based on the Yapp mobile app.[20] The apps are custom designed and maintained in the Apple and Google Play app stores by Yapp.

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