Some background: We’ve been running Mesh Canada for a little over two years. Our company realized that we would rather be writing the software tools to manage wireless hotspots rather than physically deploying them. There’s simply too much red tape to cut, hoops to jump through, and truck rolls to pay for when it comes to running a company based around physical hardware management. Software as a service, however, is relatively painless since we can manage everything from wherever we are and our potential market broadens to almost every country on the planet.
We mashed together our own minimally viable product for a client and when I heard about Start-Up Chile (SUP) we decided to apply. The next iteration of our product, Surreal, was somewhat planned and we thought it would be a great opportunity to focus if we were in a foreign incubator. Continue reading →