Some people have their best singing moments in the shower. For Qeepsake founder Jeff McNeil, he thought of the idea for the company one morning while showering. After kicking around the idea with his co-founder and wife, they started the company as a way to more easily keep track of and document key events in their five kids' lives.
The idea was to prompt Qeepsake subscribers with occasional text questions, like “What is you child's favorite outfit these days?” And Qeepsake then would file all those memories of that child all together.
These days, Qeepsake has expanded to lots more questions, more customized questions, the capacity to uptake photos with captions, and even to produce a
Sample Qeepsake Memory Book
memory book.
It currently has several tens of thousands of subscribers, an investor, and a successful appearance on Shark Tank.
The journey wasn't easy — there were lots of technology issues, and funding was a real challenge. Jeff candidly shares with The Savvy Entrepreneur many of the speedbumps and joys of founding and growing Qeepsake.
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