ScreenDy, the word press of Mobile Apps
Among the companies I’ve built from scratch, ScreenDy is one of a kind that I would like to focus on because it is the exact example of a startup I am proud of, enabling anybody to develop native language mobile apps with no code. It is also a great example of a company that needed support at the time and that made me become the ecosystem advocate I am today.
The idea behind ScreenDy is that we realized that in the current market at that time, the demand for mobile app developers exceeds the supply by multiple of five. We also found out that 30 million web developers have lost considerable market share because digital was shifting from web to mobile and many developers did not have the skills to adapt to this change.
We wanted to reduce the gap between supply and demand by creating ScreenDy, a platform that allows web developers to use their skills to create mobile applications without writing code.
To go back a bit on the history, ScreenDy was founded in late 2012. We raised money fairly rapidly, which enabled us to move from prototype to product in two years. In order to create a more stable finished product, we conducted beta tests for a year with 2000 developers around the globe. During that year, we worked with big groups in North Africa (Morocco), Europe (Bouygues Telecom) and the Middle East (Dubai) which enabled us to consolidate the platform before launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in late September. We were fortunate enough to win international awards for our innovations. Among them the MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Award. We also finished in the top 5 of the Startup conference held in May this year in San Francisco.
It is also within the framework of my startup ScreenDy that I had the incredible opportunity to spend time in Silicon Valley. And it wasn’t a random choice. Everything happens there. One year in Morocco or 6 months in France is the equivalent of a week in the Silicon Valley. In this short timeframe, we managed to build partnerships with big Silicon Valley groups such as Mashmetrics and VINLI. Collaborating with these partners allows us to promote our product on the market. Tech diasporas in Silicon Valley are very active and help each other tremendously. We don’t really see taboos and entrepreneurs are encouraged to succeed. First time meetings often turn into valuable contacts for the future. Also, being introduced to second degree connections lead to good business partnerships. Everything happens spontaneously; that’s what’s great here!
Today, ScreenDy is used by 20 000 developers in 180 countries and more than 100 000 applications and prototypes were maid! .
