Breaking into the big-tech market isn’t a simple proposition, but doing it as a woman of color has challenges all its own. Neither one has stopped African American and female-owned Urrgent Technology from unveiling two brand-new digital platforms: StoopUp and Urrgent.com.
“We’re not reinventing the wheel but we are headed in a more positive direction for the end-users,” said Shantell Graham, Urrgent Technology founder. “Two separate platforms – each bringing a conscientious, user-first standard, because we have to work and uplift each other as a whole. Urrgent.com allows users to market their skills in a safe space, without the platform taking a major bite of their profits. While at StoopUp, users can share content or connect and support one another, all while knowing that we always put them first.”
StoopUp allows users to network, exchange ideas, post content, and engage in buy and sell transactions as part of a free social networking app intended to generate positive energy and “good vibes”. The platform is designed from the ground up to encourage users to support what they love and for them to be supported in turn, with specific engineering to engage marginalized users.
Separately, Urrgent.com focuses on freelancers in the modern gig economy. It sets itself apart with a standard of “Fast + Quality” for its freelancers, benefitting them with a commission-free digital marketplace. Those working on the platform are expected to get the job done in three days or less, without compromises on quality.
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