Bannerman

Saw this in http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/16... "With Bannerman, you can visit their site, give a date, address, and the number of security guards you need, and within 30 minutes they’ll have everything set up. Not quite Uber-level speed, but way less of a hassle than trying to find and arrange similar services through a private security company."

Just when you thought there was an Uber for everything. $35/hour isn't bad.

coming from detroit, this could be SUPER helpful. where are they launching next?

@eriktorenberg we're still deciding where would make the most sense for now. The D is definitely on the roadmap!

@samclamdisco what's the story behind Bannerman? Why / how did it start? What's the ultimate vision for Bannerman?

My co-founder @antoinedcg and I have lived in cities around the World: Beijing, Shanghai, Cape Town, New Delhi, Paris, etc. When we 1st started getting to know each other, we talked a lot about that and if we felt safe in those cities. We couldn't really give each other a straight answer regarding physical safety. There were either anecdotes or how we actually felt at the time. Friendly conversations evolved into chats about whether "we should figure out if we can build technology to make data on personal safety more transparent and objective," which turned into "how would you even go about finding security if you needed it?" As an experiment, we tried to get security for the same day and found out how much of a horror show the experience was. We then built a booking portal to test if this was something people might want.

Our internal motto is "To Hack & To Protect." The vision for Bannerman is to build technology to make people safer and we mean that. The booking experience is the most important aspect right now and we could dedicate 1, 5, 10 more years to perfecting that if necessary before building other tools.