About Hello Alfred: Hello Alfred is on a mission to organize the world’s homes so that you can focus on what you do best: rock your career, build a business, play with your kids, or pick up a new hobby, but always Come Home Happy. Its platform combines the best ondemand and local services with dedicated, inhome help to put your home on autopilot. The first service layer of its kind it relies on optimized logistics across vendors and clients. It was the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt 2014, has raised $12.5 MM from top tier VC firms, and is recognized as a thought leader in the sharing economy with accolades from the FT for Boldness in Business, Goldman Sachs, the Department of Labor & the White House. Our Story: Founded in 2013, by Marcela Sapone & Jessica Beck, Alfred is headquartered in Manhattan and operates in New York & Boston. The company has raised a total of $12.5 MM from NEA, Spark Capital, Sherpa Ventures, Crunchfund and SV Angel. The winner of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2014, Alfred rose to the top over thousands of other startups that applied to claim the grand prize. Considered the first company in the On Demand Economy 2.0 it was chosen as one of the Most Influential & Inspiring Companies in New York by Business Insider, and was recently a nominee for the Financial Times Boldness in Business awards.
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Our Founders:
Marcela Sapone Marcela Sapone is the CoFounder and CEO of Hello Alfred. She is a thought leader in the sharing economy and humancentric, techenabled hospitality. The Secretary of Labor and The White House have highlighted her thinking on job creation by startups and she was one of Goldman Sachs' Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, the face of consumer tech in Forbes 30 under 30, and the 2014 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt SF. Marcela has an MBA from Harvard Business School with distinction and spent time at Mckinsey, Bridgewater, and American Securities.
Jessica Beck Jess is the CoFounder of Hello Alfred, the home operating system that pairs you with a dedicated Butler. Alfred is behind the scenes making sure that when you get home, it's the home you want. Prior to Alfred, she worked at Mckinsey. She graduated from Harvard Business School with an M.B.A and from Williams College with a B.A. in Economics.
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Select Press: 1. Observer: A Fixer for Your Life 2. Business Insider: 2 harvard students built a company that will do your chores for you, and it's made
money since day one 3. Forbes: 30 Under 30 Consumer Tech 2016 4. Fast Company: My Week With Alfred, A $25 Personal Butler 5. TechCrunch: Hello Alfred Raises $10.5M To Automate Your Chores 6. Business Insider: The 16 Best Startups That Launched In 2014 7. Forbes: What it’s like to use Alfred the butler service for the time crunched 8. Medium:The OnDemand Economy 2.0 Interviews/Television: 1. CBS This Morning: Personal butler app aims to declutter your life 2. CNN: Alfred: A butler for the 99% 3. Yahoo Finance: How to get your own butler for $25 a week 4. PBS NewsHour: Techage butlers aren’t just for superheroes anymore 5. Fox Business News: Accomplish more with your own personal assistant 6. Bloomberg West: The Human Side of OnDemand Apps 7. ABC News: Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis Thought Leadership: 1. Quartz: The ondemand economy doesn’t have to imitate Uber to win 2. PSFK: Hospitality Requires the New Human Interface 3. LinkedIn Pulse: The Age of Hospitality Tech is Coming 4. Medium: The Cars Aren’t Driving Themselves Yet 5. “How do We Fix It” with Richard Davies: How do we Fix the Contract Worker 6. Buzzfeed: Here are the OnDemand Companies Getting Rid of Contract LaborAnd Why 7. CNBC: Look what startups already pay $15 minimum wage 8. LinkedIn Pulse: Stop Tipping For Better Service: What Tech Companies Can Learn From Danny Meyer
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