Montreal Tech Watch

Can you present yourself? What is your background?

Tasveer Singh: I am the co founder of Resipricate with a background in computing. I started web development in 2001 along with video game development and general application development. My first e-commerce website was in 2003 and was created in PHP. This website really made me create professional web pages. I continued web development as a hobby for quite a while and followed the development of Ruby on Rails, which is what Resipricate is created with. Resipricate is my current project and I hope to fulfill it’s development and design needs by creating the newest breed of social networking possible.

Jennifer Bell: I have a background in software and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from McGill. Recently, I helped launch a local VC-backed software startup called Tungle.. Prior to that, I was part of the seed SW development team for a company that sold for $40M. I’m now on my next project.

Nicholas: I am the co founder of Resipricate with a background in Commerce. I am currently a full-time student as well as an entrepreneur. I have always been very motivated to develop a product that could have some revolutionary effect on the world.

I must say that I respect entrepreneurs and admire their courage to maximize their innovative sense. As well, the project which Tas and I had initiated since September is one that we are extremely proud of. In our pre-launch phase we have already heard a great response about our idea and we feel that our project will truly bring various benefits to society. It is our goal to promote drinking responsibly via resipricate.com and we have the revolutionary tools to educate our users and possibly reduce unnecessary fatalities. With our social networking component as well we have also made our website very fun and interactive while also being very useful (and free!). We feel proud now that we have finally found a way to enforce drinking responsibly. As previously mentioned, I am an entrepreneur conistently trying to meet the economy and market’s demands. I like to think outside of the box while also being realistic. I also must state that my partner Tasveer and I collaborated very well on this project and that it is truly a honour to work with such an expert and professional. As you can see by his splendid work experience he is very prominent in his field of specialization and once again it is an honour to have collaborated with him.

The Resipricate team is growing as we speak and we are also honoured to have such a motivated and highly-skilled team. Overall, there is a demand for our product in society and everyone can and will benefit from it. I am so excited and we are preparing our launch in
the next 2 weeks

Can you describe what is the Resipricate project? How did you get the idea? What problem does it aim to solve?

Tasveer Singh: Resipricate is our idea to fill the gap in the current market. It is myself and Nick’s idea to create a new viral web site to connect many groups of people while making it fun, interactive, and viral. Through the many features that our site offers, our promotions and events, and appeal of the our industry, users will be captivated to come back for more. This will attract corporate sponsors which can only make the site even better.

Overall, I think it is a great idea and I am glad to be developing it. So far every person who has heard about the idea has found it very beneficial and that it’s very much needed. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens when we launch the website.

What were your objectives regarding Blitzweekend? What did you expect from the event?

Jennifer Bell: I was looking to learn something about Ruby on Rails, and to meet programmers / entrepreneurs for potential future ventures.

Tasveer Singh: When I heard of Blitzweekend, I thought it was a great idea and told Nick that we should go. It was excellent, and in fact a bit more than what we originally expected. Our main objective was to get web developers/designers to help with the creation of the website and to work on the business side of the company by creating presentations and documentation. Fortunately, Jennifer joined our team and she was excellent at helping us with a lot of things. Together we made a great presentation and thought of a lot of functionality for the website. It was great.

Can you talk us about your experience of Blitzweekend? any challenges? How did you overcome problems?

Tasveer Singh: The business side was solved in the weekend, that that is great. The more important thing is the additional functionality which we added over the weekend. Many of these things are now officially on the Roadmap and will help the website by attracting users and sponsors.

What is now your objective for the project? Are you looking for co-founders/investors/experts?

We are currently looking for Ruby on Rails experts to help create the website as well as investors. If you would like to get in contact with us please send an e-mail to careers@resipricate.com or sponsors@resipricate.com respectively.