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@benln · @askspoke

Hi everyone, happy to share what I’ve been working on for the past year. Mapme is a super simple publishing platform for map-based content. You can do all kinds of cool things with it, such as: crowdsource data, share stories, map your community, display locations or anything you want. We’ve seen organizations, publishers, governments and individuals do incredible things with the platform so far; from crowdsourcing accessible locations in Canada, to mapping health centers in Zambia, to contextualizing lists of the top veggie places in Berlin. Mapme started as a fun side project of mine while I was serving in the military. The original project was Mapped In Israel, a crowdsourced map of the Israeli tech ecosystem, which took off and became an awesome resource for the community. During my service I received hundreds of emails from people asking if I could help them create similar maps but of all kinds of different topics. Long story short, after I finished my army service, we built an awesome team around Jan '15, raised a round and started to grow our product. As a first time founder I’ve learned a lot along the way, primarily by making mistakes. Making our experience more transparent has been a really enjoyable part of the journey. We’ve made some our metrics public. Shared a list of everything I’ve learned in the past year. Published our fundraising deck. Built a unique team in an incredible country. And hopefully plenty more to come. Happy to answer any questions you may have. Always available by email, ben@mapme.com or Twitter