I dropped out of college to build a payments business and have unlocked millions for SMBs. 🚀💰 AMA

2mo ago

11 replies

Hey guys, my name is Reed 👋 I had the idea for an instant invoicing and payments platform during college and dropped out to build Hopscotch full time. We’re on a mission to eliminate net terms on invoices and help small businesses get lightning fast cash flow. To date, we’ve raised $10M from leading venture capitalists and support thousands of small businesses. On Monday we’re launching our instant payments tool called Hopscotch Flow, which enables businesses to get paid before their client pays them. Would love to see if anyone has questions about running a business, managing cashflow, or anything related to payments or growing great companies! Here’s a link to our launch page, would love your support! https://www.producthunt.com/prod...

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Kyle Ivins @kyleivins

What gave you the idea for Hopscotch and were your parents supportive of you dropping out?

Mar 21

Reed Switzer @reedswitzer

@kyleivins The idea for Hopscotch stems from my personal experience managing vendor & client relationships in the apparel world and then again at another early stage startup. Long processing times, clunky experiences, and long net payment terms made it extremely difficult to effectively manage cash flow. As a small business owner, there's no reason why you should have to wait OR pay to get access to money that you've already earned. Hopscotch fixes this and does so in an elegant way that's...dare I say...almost fun! Both of my parents are entrepreneurs and I had always told them that it was unlikely I'd finish college. When time came to officially drop out, they were nothing but supportive & encouraging. I definitely got pretty lucky.

Mar 22

Shreya Gupta @shreya_gupta02

Congratulations Reed 🚀

Mar 21

Jake Tital @jaketital

Good luck with the launch!

Mar 21

Reed Switzer @reedswitzer

@jaketital We just launched! Would love to get your feedback on the page: https://www.producthunt.com/post...

Mar 25

Zoe from Normies @usenormies

Congratulations and good luck with the launch 🙏🙏🙏

Mar 22

Gurkaran Singh @thestarkster

Wow, Reed, that's quite a journey you've had with Hopscotch! Building a platform to speed up cash flow for small businesses is no small feat. Excited to see how Hopscotch Flow revolutionizes invoicing and payments. Best of luck with the launch! 🌟 #AMA #HopscotchFlow

Mar 24