BooknBrunch

BooknBrunch is a community of book lovers that want to make connections in real life, usually over a meal (brunch).

I met with both co-founders in October 2018 to help them flush out their idea, the plan to monetize it and how to digitize it from its current working form. We created Invision (opens in a new tab) prototypes and ran user tests to eliminate design flaws. We then collaborated with a designer to produce high-fidelity designs before I executed a 4-month build of the MVP.

Goals

Build a community of people who enjoy reading, sharing and eating together
Let community members organize a ticketed event where they meet to share their thoughts on a book and enjoy a meal
Simple onboarding for hosts and venues to create their profiles and connect their bank accounts
Reward the hosts and venues for hosting with a major share of the profits from each event

Solution

A marketing website and a light-weight app using Angular, Wordpress, and AWS Cloudfront
An event ticketing and payment processing platform built on Nodejs, Postgres, Stripe Payments (opens in a new tab), Stripe Connect (opens in a new tab), and Heroku
A custom in-app email platform leveraging AWS SNS, AWS Lambda, and Postgres

Design

Outcomes

Grew the community to over 3,600 members and built long-lasting connections
Hosted over 200 successful events at over 50 different venues
Handled payments for over 1000 tickets sold to members
Remunerated hosts and venues for their efforts in addition to the discovery of their business

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