Kansas City, KS – June 6, 2013 (Evans Media Group) – Aaron Sloup, co-founder and CEO of tech startup, , today announced his company is making the move to the ultra-high speed internet and local entrepreneur community, Kansas City Startup Village.
Led by a group of local investors, Cambridge Fiber is the newest co-work space in the Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV). The Cambridge Fiber complex is the new home of Lantern Software, along with two other local startups, RFP365 and former Homes for Hackers startup Leetnode. “The opportunity to move in to the Startup Village was something our team really was excited about. Obviously Google Fiber was a huge draw for us but the energy and camaraderie that comes along with all the other local companies make this a unique community.” Sloup says.
Google Fiber offers Internet speeds of one gigabit per second, which is hundreds of times faster than anything else commercially available today. For a tech firm, this is like like riding a rocket to work. Lantern is one of the newest companies disrupting the daily deal industry, with an interesting and quite different model that sets it apart from some of the industry giants. Lantern does not ask for 50% of the revenue from a business like many of its competitors. In fact it provides all the benefit of a daily deal offering for just $1, and the company is poised to announce a loyalty program that rewards customers when they return, adding even more value for the business.
The free app from Lantern (search “lantern” for iPhone or Android) is a location-driven tool that gives users a fun way to explore locally-owned restaurants, bars, shops, gyms or other businesses within proximity of the user’s smartphone by providing a great, first-time deal to try out those businesses. For consumers, there is no charge to use it or to claim a deal, and the business owner pays just $1 when the consumer redeems the deal at their business. Unlike other apps, Lantern is for the informed consumer. It displays dozens of deals from scores of businesses all around you, so you can explore new places and know exactly what deal you’re getting.
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