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Bram Kanstein (@bramk)

Wildcard - Discover, connect and meet people at communities

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We help get the most out of your community; by creating custom matchmaking solutions to help engage members around ideas, skillsets and goals.

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Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
Thanks for hunting us @bramk! After a pre-launch last december we have a significant update for our app + we’re available on 5056 different Android devices ;)! Staying close to the playing cards analogy, we introduced DECKS. These are stacks of Wildcards filtered around events. People like you can request Decks for events you fancy (ranging from intimate meetups to massive conferences). Complementing on that, any meeting place (offices, airports, coworking spaces, etc) will do as a Deck. It’s exciting everyone can request Decks and we’re curious which events you will ‘Hunt’. When you request some Decks through Wildcard, you become a DEALER (more analogy haha) and your personal Wildcard will be the first others see when they join that Deck (sort of the same reason why people hunt products here). So you will have all the reason start one. Together we make (that necessary evil) networking FUN and efficient again! :D
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Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@think_andreah @milann Appreciated Andrea! :) Do you like the bold choice we made on purple? ;) we want to be the odd one out.. And what do you think of the video we made? :o
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Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@think_andreah hahaha yeah exactly the metaphors we would like to trigger ;)
Bram Kanstein (@bramk)
Hunter
Last time I hunted Wildcard they were still in Beta (oops!), now they launched and I think it looks awesome. You can meet interesting people at events using a Tinder style UI. Also, they've added the ability to create stacks (curated for now) of cards around events or places. So if you are organizing an event you can have your unique stack where people that are at your event can join so they can meet each other. I think this is a super cool and promising app. @milann, @samuelbeek and @yojochem take it away!
Jorik
Haha @bramk on the front page. That frown. Classic. Very nice @milann, love where this has landed since TNW.
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@thisisjorik thaanks dude! It was @bramk, @jruis or you on the front page... we did a vote ;) look at them shine
Don Fontijn
Finally some proper app that (awesomely) facilitates the only feature you actually need in an event app. Curious what the CTA on the website is going to do ("request deck"). Not clear what that is unless you scrolled to the bottom of the page. Why not make that "add your event" or put a questionmark icon next to "deck" to show the context of the word. PS: video = great.
Samuel Beek
Maker
@donfontijn We're working on a proper request a deck form, both in the app and site, but in short: When you've create a deck you create a filter for events. As it's creator you're on top of the stack, so everyone at the event will see you first (like hunting a product here).
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@donfontijn thanks for the upper and proper feedback Don. Add event makes sense, let's a/b test that ;)
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@robertvhoesel @donfontijn clever thinking Robert, but we first wanted to 'feel/test the water', what peeps come up with (maybe they have better ideas than we have), and lets just build an api for it afterwords ;)
Kay Vink
Can I start a deck for any event? Would love to make a deck for my Meetups!
Samuel Beek
Maker
@kayvink very easy, @milann can help you with it :D
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@samuelbeek @kayvink yes, Decks are user generated and anyone can request one (just like on PH). Which meetup would you like to add? :)
Kay Vink
@milann @kayvink Amazing, sending you a dm now.
Samir Diwan
@milann I've been using Weave a lot, and love the concept. I know they have event based functionality built in too, how do you see yourself differentiating from them?
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@someear Hey Samir, thanks for the potential upvote. ;) Your question is right on the money, we found Weave even before we hacked this together at a hackathon and we thought it was a great inspiration. 1. Where we differentiate is we only use Twitter authentication, Linkedin works as an online resume but nothing more than that. Your Twitter profile shows who you are and what's happening now in your life. 2. We focus on live live live where anyone can create a Deck on the fly, making events of any size (not the only ones that can afford an event app) transparant for everyone to join and network/meet people. 3. Next to events we support meeting places of all kinds, like coworking spaces, museums, airports, offices, anything really. :) Basically we've got mad love for Twitter and we see what's missing and that's Wildcard... :o
Kay Vink
BTW love the W animation.
Jochem van der Veer
Maker
@kayvink nice attention for the details :)!
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@kayvink how you like this one? "aaaaand it's gone"
Kay Vink
@milann @kayvink You should focus on the positive things. Where is the love in this gif????
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@kayvink no love in the gif below, but it's hilarious
Robert van Hoesel
Love it. Bingeswiping for the past hour.
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@robertvhoesel nice, man! Any Decks you would like to request?
Robert van Hoesel
@milann @robertvhoesel a global Young Creators deck!
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@robertvhoesel hmmm, or some YC local Decks at coworking spaces you dig, the Wild is the one and only global deck.
Jaap van Nes
Works like a charm guys! Pretty game-friendly way of 'meeting' new people. Would start loading new cards immediately before you hit the end of your current cards, you are zoned out of the experience/flow when new cards are loaded. Guess you would 'play' even more if this wouldn't happen.
Samuel Beek
Maker
@jaapvannes Hi Jaap, thanks man! We wanted to make it very playful, great to hear that message came through. About the loading of the cards: You're absolutely right! I was actually working on this yesterday and it will be available in our next update. We're also planning to save a lot of cards offline so that you can still swipe and check your matches when you don't have internet :)
jonathanmarcus
I can see Moo (the business card company in London) being very interested in this product. I can also see www.trywildcard.com being less than thrilled to share a name with a concept that is close enough to cause confusion. It took me a few minutes to realize Wildcard the browser hadn't pivoted.
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@jonathanmarcus Haha hey there! When we did our research last year in New York (the city full of Wildcards/opportunities) we were at meetups pitching Wildcard and people said: "Hey I know that! Awesome man you just raised 1.5M" and then we had to say: "Well thanks but I think you're talking about the other Wildcard ;)". Our analogy works better because people (read: our users) understand what a Wildcard can be, 'a chance of a lifetime'... instead of a missing value in code... (devs get this) we never got into legal fights though, we actually never even conversed... That said, we serve different markets... Solid point about Moo, we thought about that... Do you have any connection to them? We would love an intro ;)
Geet Khosla
Maker
Love the concept, the product is great and the team consists of rockstars - all the right ingredients for something truly special! :)
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@geetkhosla thanks man!! Thanks for your support!
Emiel Janson
Awesome video! Congrats on the launch!!
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@emieljanson hey thanks Emiel! Means a lot! Thanks for feedback over Telegram ;)
Alan
Absolutely love this. Great design and looking forward to diving into the ux.
Milan vd Bovenkamp ♠
Maker
@alanaut24 great stuff! Thanks! Please give us your thoughts on UX, we're already testing a new version ;)
Mada Seghete
I need this!
Nate
How did you get the Grantland lady to do voice-over for your video???
Lewis Lebentz
Would be good if it worked... Unfortunately the app just crashes, for me and others as reported in the app reviews.
Jochem van der Veer
Maker
@lewislebentz That's sad to hear. What type of device are you using, Lewis?
Wish Ronquillo
@milann checked Play Store... you've gotta fix your bugs and turn your ratings up. It's a great idea so keep it up :)