GiveMeTap

TOMS Shoes for water bottles

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TOMS Shoes for water bottles

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amblewalking

Love the social mission and also am a huge fan of the team. I've run into them multiple times on the streets of SF hustling to get bottles sold, and get cafes into their network. We bought a bottle for everyone on our team! Go GiveMeTap!

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11yr ago

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Maker

@toddg777 you're the guy. So happy to be helping keep your team hydrated :)!

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11yr ago

GiveMeTap

Maker

@toddg777 you're AWESOME Todd. Thanks :-)

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11yr ago

GiveMeTap

Maker

@toddg777 Thanks so much, Tod. Love bumping into you while hustling! You rock :)

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11yr ago

GiveMeTap

Maker

Hey everyone, I am the founder here at GiveMeTap. I have background in maths and computer science, and was a Quantitative Analyst before leaving that all to start a company all about water. I got into this in a unexpected way. Like most 24 year old guys, the dream having a six-pack (not of beer, but Abs) led me on an epic fitness journey, which had me drinking 5 litres of water every day. Back then I was a university (cash-strapped) PhD student, so spending money on bottled water didn't make sense! But when I wanted to just get a glass of water from a shop I was often told to buy something first or made to feel awkward - like I was a cheap skate. This really got to me because we have some of the best water in the world, yet are often encouraged to consume it out of plastic bottles. This did not sit right with me, especially since my Dad had grown up without easy access to clean water. I decided to then to create GiveMeTap. To help you gain easy access to water on demand, and then provide safe clean drinking water to some of the 748 million people currently without. We are the TOMS Shoes of water bottles. When you buy one GiveMeTap bottle, we can provide a person in Africa with clean drinking water for 5 years. What's more, with your bottle purchase you can get free water refills from an exclusive network of over 800 shops. To date we've helped over 7000 people in communities in Africa gain access to clean drinking water for life. Please ask questions and share any feedback that you have about what we're doing. Stay hydrated hunters!

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11yr ago

@ebronimensah Edwin, are you familiar with Waves4Water? Might be an organization you want to connect with down the road.. http://www.wavesforwater.org/

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11yr ago

GiveMeTap

Maker

@andythegiant thanks for sending me that through as I had not heard of them before. Looks like they are doing great work. Have you connected with them before?

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11yr ago

Accountable

Definitely a good idea, in fact the first company I ever started was Pangea Bottles (now shut down) that ended up giving clean water to thousands of people in need. Good luck Edwin, I wish you the best! Let me know if you want any introductions to Living Water International (http://water.cc) or Charity Water.

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11yr ago

GiveMeTap

Maker

@kevinleehenry great that you like what we're doing! It would be great to connect to see if you have any lessons from when you did Pangea Bottles (just checked it out)? I'd love an intro to both those orgs please. Really appreciate the support!

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11yr ago

Litnerd

Edwin and the entire GiveMeTap team are an inspiring bunch! Can't wait to have my bottle delivered soon!!

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11yr ago

GiveMeTap

Maker

@theanisamirza Thanks so much! Any feedback to us to make it even better in your eyes. We're looking at getting better so we can change more lives. P.S I've share the video for you. See above comment

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11yr ago

YC Female Founders Holiday Gift Guide 2017

I love the mission of GiveMeTap. It's been awesome seeing your bottles all over San Francisco. So stoked to have you in YC.

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11yr ago

GiveMeTap

Maker

So excited too! We're now in over 170 locations in SF - we've got our iPhone app coming out very soon. Let's hydrate the world

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11yr ago

Prod

Being South African, this is very close to home - on the PH landing page it wasn't clear that you setup pumps, so it wasn't as impactful until reading on about the sustainability part. Great work.

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11yr ago

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