My goal is simple: to offer consumers a mobile application that allows them to find the real-time locations of food trucks in their local areas through a mobile app called GoTruckYourself. Below I will explain about who I am, why I am doing this, the features of the app, how it will benefit the food community, where the funding will be going and the target date of launch. If you have any questions, ask away.
Why the name GoTruckYourself? Besides the humorous play on words, it just made sense. The best and worst feature about a food truck is its mobility. The perks of having your favorite food truck appear outside of your work office during lunch versus the difficulty in finding your favorite food truck when its nowhere to be found. Food truck goers typically sit back and wait for food trucks to appear but with our app, you can go find food trucks yourself, GoTruckYourself.
Who are you? Isaac Loyal is a Baltimore City Public School teacher with his bachelor’s degree in Business Entrepreneurship. As a former radio station owner, Isaac has experience in both, professionally marketing to the general public and operating a financially successful business.
What are you creating? A mobile application built specifically to offer consumers the convenience and ability to locate food trucks in their local areas in real-time. With your favorite food trucks at your fingertips, GoTruckYourself satisfies consumer cravings.
App Features include:
· Home Page: displays to app users Most Popular Items, Food Truck Ratings and any additional promotional deals within the area.
· Nearby Page: makes it easy to discover nearby food trucks within a visual map or list view and establishes communication directly with vednors or simply provide turn-by-turn directions.
· Events Page: chronologically display events within based on the user’s filtered distance or location.
· Members Page: provides both users and food truck vendors an all-in-one dashboard to customize their experience.
· Social Community: Share with a community of foodies your live experiences.
· Pay in advance: On-the-go food made easy. Pay in advance and beat the line.
What problems will your app solve? Whether in the busy streets of New York City or on the sunny shores of Miami, you never have to worry about finding the nearest food truck to fulfill your mobile needs. As one of our users, you are just one click away from real-time locations of thousands of food trucks, worldwide calendar events and our very own social community group.
How will the funds raised be used?
Two words: Development & Marketing
Development: The price quote for our mobile application is $7,000.00 We have entrusted the development of our mobile application with Ajay Tech Industries, a technology company with more than 7 years of quality experience in developing IOS SDK and Android apps and expertise with .PHP and MySQL.
Estimated Completion Timeline: 12 – 14 Weeks
· Initial Design Mocks Finalization
· Design Completion
· Envision and Project Flow Document
· Amin Panel and APIs Development
· IOS App Development
· Android App Development
· Testing
· App Submissions
Marketing:
Based on the above, the final budget to build the mobile app is $10,000. The more funds I can raise through Kickstarter, the more resources I can put into the app, which will result in greater success. With Kickstarter, it’s an all-or-nothing deal. If the foal is not reached in the 30-day timeframe, your pledge will be returned to you. If it is reached, your credit card will be charged at the end of the project and we’re off to the races.
When will the mobile app be launched? Our projected launch date is January 7, 2021. Starting the New Year off with a bang would be amazing and even better because it’s my birthday. This would be a great birthday gift, I’m just saying.
The GTY team understands the value of failure and knows how to make the most out of it. We are confident that the app will work smoothly and there will be a high demand for it. Our very talented team has been working hard to create a great product, so there are not many risks anticipated.