GreatSpaces
Online community marketplace connecting users with unique artistic event spaces throughout the Philadelphia area to rent and book directly.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Internet / Web Services
- Location Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded June 2012
- Employees 5
- Website findgreatspaces.com
Company Summary
GreatSpaces is a peer-to-peer marketplace for locating, booking and renting space for parties, performances, classes or any creative or social purpose. We give property owners visibility to a diverse community of members and a platform for managing availability, requests, bookings & payments. GreatSpaces provides people looking for event space assistance and a streamlined platform to discover, communicate and book their perfect venue.
Team
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Founder & CEOAbhishek has a diverse IT & business background in both corporate & small business environments. He is a results-oriented leader with the ability to recognize & develop the skills & strengths of others. After receiving a BS from Drexel, he worked as a consultant for Cigna Insurance, Wills Eye Hospital and was a senior systems engineer on the PHLX. Most recently he was Director at Comcast managing a team supporting the senior C-level executives.
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Katharine LivingstonCo-Founder & Creative DirectorKatharine is a Philadelphia based choreographer, dance studio owner and property developer. She has helped bring energy to new areas in the city through her art and development of space. Currently runs Angler Movement Arts Center in a once derelict warehouse space she converted into a popular venue and community center. She has received funding from The Philadelphia Council on the Arts and The Independence Foundation for her projects.
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Operations & UI DesignSunkwon is a self-taught UI Designer with a background in sales, social sciences research & architectural design. He started working with GreatSpaces as a co-op internship @ Drexel University where he used his design background & technological savvy to learn how to wireframe and prototype websites as he helped to build out the GreatSpaces experience. After graduation, he now wears multiple hats working closely with the development team and coops.
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