Ed: It’s a good idea, writing solo is tough, trying to do all your own editing is challenging, you can’t see the forest from the trees.
Its not clear what their competitive advantage is over Medium.com but if the lone review in the app store is anything to go by its about their community and their willingness to provide each other editorial and writing help.
| Startup Name | Penned |
| What problem are you solving? | It isn’t easy for writers to gain an audience and/or get feedback from their peers. |
| What is your solution? | Making it easy for writers to gain an audience and/or get feedback from their peers. |
| Why is this a great opportunity? | Most simply thought of as Instagram for writing. Users posts a cover photo along with a story, poem, or blog to a category. Peers can read, comment, like, follow, and share. |
| Target Market | Fiction writers, teen writers, amateur bloggers with no audience |
| How will you make money? | Subscription |
| Founders Names | Brian Sanders |
| Website | http://penned.me |
| What type of funding has the company received | Bootstrapped/self funded |
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