Welcome to Screet Reboot!
This is a project to reboot Screet, an app that aimed to provide on-demand discreet delivery of sexual health products. It was originally created as part of Startup Bus, an intense 3-day road-trip-meets-hackathon. Now that StartupBus is over and the original team is dissolving, we're planning to reboot it with a new team and new focus.
Core Functionality
- Easy ordering of sexual health products via web or mobile app
- Dispatch to drivers - the original plan involved borrowing trunk space of Uber and Lyft drivers on the road, but this can be adapted
- Discreet tamper-proof packaging that only has SKUs so that the delivery person does not know what exactly is being delivered
- Anonymous delivery (the driver doesn't need to interact with you if you don't want them to)
- Providers that understand the specific sexual health needs of specific demographics and can cater to them
Products Offered
- Original Screet: Offered condoms, lube, gloves, and a "Party Pack" of the above; condoms were what we used for our initial marketing launch
- Plan B: the spark of this idea. Being authorized as a supplier of Plan B turns out to be a more involved process than expected (the manufacturer has strict processes), but with the advent of OTC and generic Plan B this may be easier to manage
- Wishlist items: Dental dams, sex toys, PReP, hormones, sex-related media, educational material, generic medication (aspirin, etc)
Progress So Far
- One-Page Business Plan
- Landing page
- Demo ordering system built on Meteor (see old code here - so far
- Branding
- Social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr as well as mailing list
- Market research survey - about 70 respondents
- Write-ups on Feministing, Bustle, Autostraddle
- Research on white-labeling for product and/or software
- Communication with various community organizations on potential partnerships
Future Plans
- Proper business plan
- Actual supply of Plan B, PEP, PReP, RU-486, other medication
- Sliding-scale/free options for low-income folks
- On-demand sexual health advice/hotline (perhaps partnering with San Francisco Sex Information?)
- Intersectional advisory board & team across genders, sexualities, nationalities, race, ability, class, etc
- Partnerships with local sexuality businesses
- Dedicated delivery people
Help Needed
- Forming teams across skill-sets (technical, business, community development, design, marketing, etc) and demographics
- Building equity agreements and set up business structure
- Rebuilding or building on the Meteor app - we especially need to work out the driver dispatch & tracking system
- New brand name with websites & social media accounts to match
- Research on funding opportunities - investment, grants, etc
- Project management tools
- Contact information, such as a phone number
- Renegotiating with Teva (manufacturers of Plan B) or generics manufacturers
- Negotiating with suppliers, retailers, and manufacturers of safer sex products
- Partnering with community organizations, health providers, activists
- Working out a driver recruitment, screening, and dispatch process
- Further market research
- Publicity, press, outreach
- Better inclusive language - I know in past iterations the language has been cissexist
- Anything else at all!
Contact
- Email: screetreboot-at-gmail-dot-com
- Slack: http://screetreboot.slack.com - send email for invite
- Trello: https://trello.com/b/QtEvCVPV/screet-reboot-tasks - email for invite
- Mailing list