7 early stage startups to watch in 2014
Range
TNW contacted Range’s Bartosz Pietrzak to find out about the newest team software on the block.
What is Range and who’s it for?
“Range is a team scheduling software for agencies & studios. It fits between and enhances both project management and the sales process. Imagine that you’re running a design/development studio and a new client approaches you with a project of specific size that requires a specific skill set. “When can you start?” is one of the questions that Range helps you answer.”
How is it different to your competitors?
“Most of our competitors try to do too much – e.g. they incorporate tasks management into scheduling software. We have been designing Range with two goals in mind: first, that it should not replace existing tools but enhance them, and second, that the scheduling process should be as smooth as possible.”
How big is your team and how have you funded the project so far?
“Range is bootstrapped at Monterail, a design & web development agency. We have the funds as well as competencies to create the product in-house.”
“The team consists of Monterail’s CTO Tymon Tobolski, Head of Product Design Krzysztof Trzewiczek, and its founders me [Bartosz Pietrzak] and Szymon Boniecki.”
What stage are you at now with the launch?
“We have the prototype that we’re testing with teams of different sizes. After months of figuring out the best way to manage our team members’ time and schedules in a software agency, we think we have a solution. We are very excited to see if this could bring value to other teams.”
➤ Range