When a short-term disability left Melissa (a struggling single mom with two kids to support) unable to work, she dreamt up a creative way to get her needs met while still being a valuable contributor to society.
After going back to college, Melissa thought about how great it would be if only she could work with a Statistics tutor in return for assistance with something else she could do well. That’s how MyPeople was born.
Part of the problem with the gig economy that exists today is that it’s transactional and anonymous where it revolves around the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ — clean my car, deliver my food, etc. What about the people delivering those services? Who is serving them, and how are their needs being met?
When a short-term disability left Melissa (a struggling single mom with two kids to support) unable to work, she dreamt up a creative way to get her needs met while still being a valuable contributor to society.
After going back to college, Melissa thought about how great it would be if only she could work with a Statistics tutor in return for assistance with something else she could do well. That’s how MyPeople was born.
Part of the problem with the gig economy that exists today is that it’s transactional and anonymous where it revolves around the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ — clean my car, deliver my food, etc. What about the people delivering those services? Who is serving them, and how are their needs being met?
“Go be the best version of yourself and have a community of support behind you every step of the way.”
As a bootstrapped startup focused on building a community, Melissa and her team have found tawk.to’s Live Chat to be a free, easy and painless way to communicate with both the sellers and the buyers on the MyPeople site.
Melissa Strawn, CEO
Melissa and her husband now have five sons and need a community of help more than ever before. They utilize the services of many of the helpers on their site and still provide services of their own. It’s stories like Melissa’s that inspire and empower the team here at tawk.to to keep doing what we do, day in and day out.
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