Startups of the Year 2024: YellowMay - Innovating the Insurance Industry

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\ Hey Hackers,

\ YellowMay has been nominated in HackerNoon's annual Startups of The Year awards in Helsinki, Finland.

\ Please vote for us here:

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\ Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote.

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Meet YellowMay

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• YellowMay is a future-thinking innovation expert in the insurance industry, specializing in the innovation of products, processes, and strategies designed to benefit both end-users and the broader insurance ecosystem. By staying at the forefront of industry trends, YellowMay ensures that clients receive cutting-edge solutions tailored to their unique needs.

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• 7 experienced consultants across Europe

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How YellowMay Achieved Product-Market Git

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• We have served over 50 customers, and we are able to grow awareness of our capabilities. This has given the trust of our customers to have a bigger impact on their business ideas.

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• Moving towards 7 figure deals is already within our reach!

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The Evolution of YellowMay

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• We started as a marketplace and ended up as a consulting company!!!
• Already when building the marketplace, we were met with requests to build solutions, and now, we just build solutions!
• The growing demand to find individuals who can support the journey of the company is growing.

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Milestones and Achievements

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• Collected 300k funding for the marketplace build-up. Crossed the +50 customer mark, nearing deal sizes of 6-7 figures.

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Lessons Learned

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• The toughest period is definitely the slowness of the industry, and we have had to be able to be inventive in creating momentum to push projects to get started. 2 years as customer negotiations is nearly a norm…

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What Startups of The Year Mean to Us

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• Someone had suggested us, and we are more than happy to join in as we are a bit of rebels shaking the structures within the insurance industry!

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Conclusion

:::tip If the insurance industry does not innovate and find solutions in this risky world, then someone else does so. That´s why we are here to help the industry develop new ways of thinking!

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\ Vote for us today! [Insert link to startup voting page for your city, parent industry, or sub-industry].