Built by people who needed it
Not a market opportunity. A personal one.
Ray Guzman
U.S. Army veteran. Microsoft alum. 2x CEO. Currently CEO of SwitchPoint Ventures. Serial founder having built and exited four software companies. Serves on the boards of Ascend Federal Credit Union ($5B in assets) and Belmont University. Despite all of that, he'll tell you he struggles with personal accountability. That honesty is why AccountableME exists.
Nakisha Guzman
U.S. military veteran and serial entrepreneur. Founder of Ziva Academy, a school in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She thinks deeply about human impact and blessing others with her resources: time, talent, knowledge, and capital. She understood, immediately, that the gap between intention and action needed a better solution.
Why we built this
It was the Fourth of July. Ray pulled out his annual goals list and realized the big things were on track -- the board commitments, the company milestones, the family trip. The world held him accountable for those. But the personal goals? The ones only he knew about? They were slipping. Again.
He went looking for an app. Something that would pair him with someone who'd actually ask, "Did you do it?" He didn't find one. Every app was a solitary habit tracker that relied on the very thing he was trying to build: self-discipline.
If a serial founder with a military background can admit he needs help following through on his personal goals, then maybe it's okay for everyone else to say the same thing.
Ray and Nakisha have been married 30 years and live in Franklin, Tennessee with their five daughters. They built AccountableME together. Because that vulnerability isn't a marketing angle. It's the truth that invites everyone in.