We started Ramamia because there was no simple tool to constantly communicate with our families. We had email obviously, but that wasn’t rich enough and the reply all lists were just annoying. Try planning an event over email… emphasis on the word try. Then we tried family sites like Geni, MyFamily,etc. They’re great web applications, don’t get us wrong, but they were like using a bulldozer to knock over a sand castle. The problem, unlike other applications, was simple: they were all too difficult to use and bloated. We’re into tech, and it was just overwhelming for us. We just wanted a simple way to upload a photo, post a message, or let the family know of an event. Maybe we were spoiled by things like twitter and seesmic, but we wanted something more rapid. Get started in under 5 seconds, post a photo or message, and our entire family would get notified.
So like all good entrepreneurs, we decided to just build it ourselves. It would be a side project, but something with a lot of promise. We originally had the idea back in early 2008, but never had the time to execute. Fast forward to late October and we said, “inside of 60 days, we’re getting this beta out the door. it ships by Christmas morning.” We took a small amount of angel funding, just to make sure the lights would stay on with hardware though a tough recession. Well, believe it or not, we met that goal, and here we are launching Ramamia on December 23rd. It’s not going to be a typical “web 2.0 launch” with tons of embargoes and press coverage. We’re going to launch it to close friends and family, figure out what people love/hate, and then after the holidays we’ll do a run for the press.
We hope the app is as useful for you and your family, as it is for ours. Feel free to contact us via email, phone (617 395 5633 786.301.2914,or 772.801.1058) or twitter.
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