User:Prasjha01/sandbox

Yo! app is a local connectivity app (currently available on Android) to explore your surrounding by connecting with nearby people/business. Yo! app is available on Google Play and it is free of cost. Yo! app is both communication as well as business mobile app.

What does Yo! provide for Communication ?

1. Medium to interact (chat / microblog) with people NEARBY by sharing location. 2. Local classifieds to buy or sell products locally. 3. Fresh message about ads/offers/campaigns straight from local merchants. 4. Local news or views or events buzzing around i.e. news/views/events. 5. Get tuned with and/or share what's up around user through microblog or chat.

What does Yo! provide for Business?

At present, Local SMBs / Retailers / Businesses don't have any medium to acquire, connect with as well as retain their customers. Moreover, Local Retailer / Businesses may need to advertise its products or services in effective manner. This platform will provide that platform where SMBs can

1. Define their market radius to push their offers/ campaigns/ads. 2. Reduce advertising time and cost.

Most of the local businesses in Food ( local food outlet ), FMCG (Local groceries to Supermall) and Entertainment industry (Theatres) adopt this platform to get additional customers also for their deals/offers.

Design/Development
Yo! app is designed/developed by Prasanna Jha and Manish Jha. They started to work on this concept since January, 2013. This mobile application got more than 25 major releases till date.

History
Yo! app has released in March, 2013 on Google Play.

Media
Yo! app was innovation partner of Spring Fest, 2014 at IIT Kharagpur. Moreover Yo! app got selected for Pitney Bowes's accelerator program. . Yo! app got attention on YourStory when YourStory reccomended Yo! app to watch out among 15 Startups in Pune.

Further Yo! app got selected as a tech30 company which is well prepared list of top 30 technology startups in India by YourStory.

10000startup selected Yo! app for its prestigious mentoring program.