Hands-Free, Inc.

Quikiks with Step-in-Go Technology are the most accommodative hands-free shoes for the physically or cognitively challenged.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Consumer Products
  • Location New York, NY, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded February 2010
  • Employees 1
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website quikiks.com

Company Summary

Hands-Free Inc. is the maker of Quikiks Hands-free Shoes with our patent-pending Step-in-Go System. Quikiks previously Beta launched and are now gearing up to launch Quikiks 2.0, which will be insurance reimbursable.

We sell Quikiks through various channels, such as D2C, healthcare practitioners, online and brick-&-mortar specialty footwear retailers. We also endeavor to license our technology to other footwear manufacturers.

Team

  • Steven Kaufman
    Founder

    > Degrees in EE and Comp Sci from The Cooper Union and NYU respectively.
    > Worked as a robotics engineer in Japan
    > Managed family’s retail cheese business for nine years
    > Started FoodWorks, a gourmet food store that grew to $3M in annual sales with over 50 employees.
    > President of the Board of Directors of Services for the Developmentally Challenged (SDC),

  • Steven Kaufman

  • Adam Gershuny
    Fractional CFO

    > Financial professional with extensive retail & wholesale industry experience

    > Good Groceries Company, Brooklyn, NY
    COO/CFO 18+ years responsible for:
    + Oversight of $12MM
    company financials
    + Evaluated new product
    Launches
    + Purchasing
    + Logistics
    + Vendor relations

    > Co-Founder FoodWorks Gourmet Store/Café/Catering, Did >$3MM sales with 50 employees

Advisors

  • David Ulan
    Unconfirmed
    David Siskin
    Unconfirmed
    Dr. Paul Kesselman
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Marty Sokoloff
    Unconfirmed
    NYS FuzeHub Fund
    Unconfirmed

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