That which gets measured, gets improved. Especially when you’re in the roofing business!

Our guest, Abraham Ventura, is Founder and CEO of Pitch Gauge, the most powerful and popular roofing software for business.

In 2008, after Hurricane Gustav hit Louisiana, a friend of Abraham’s who owned a roofing company asked him to help aid the recovery process.

Abraham quickly realized how difficult and dangerous the job could be and searched for software solutions that calculated roof angles to better prepare and protect roofers.

When he couldn’t find what he was looking for, he created Pitch Gauge, a roofing property inspection software that calculates the total size and slope of any roof. It’s used by over 100,000 roofers a month and is the #1 downloaded roofing app.

Through the software, professionals can personalize roof reports, schedule any necessary meetings, personalize material orders and take pictures of the project. This roofing software constantly syncs the data from a roofing site to all devices so that the data is always accessible, putting the power back into the hands of the Insurance Adjuster or Contractor.

In early 2019 Abraham was accepted into the Hartford InsurTech Hub Accelerator Program, which increased his Founder acumen and connected him with an ideal customer segment for Pitch Gauge: insurance companies.

Abraham’s path to entrepreneurship was like a steep roof – dangerous and risky. It’s also an inspirational journey for anyone thinking about quitting.

He worked through personal challenges, including incarceration, and dissolved roadblocks (he’s a self-taught computer geek). Today Abraham has a successful business and a beautiful family.

To learn more about Pitch Gauge visit: https://pitchgauge.com

Download Pitch Gauge here:
Apple App Store: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/pitch-gauge/id389715382
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prolificmethods.pitchgauge

Interested in investing in Pitch Gauge - email Abraham here: aventura@pitchgauge.com

Follow Pitch Gauge and Abraham on these social platforms:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PitchGauge and https://twitter.com/ceo_abraham
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pitchgauge/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/abraham-ventura-9075762b/

00:00 - meet Abraham
08:50 - Abraham's Origin Story - how he turned his life around while incarcerated - inspirational!
26:05 - You can start from nothing and create something. Stitch That On A Pillow!!
28:38 - Pitch Gauge launch story - Abraham figured out how to create the app by watching YouTube videos and turning his old Toshiba PC into a Hackintosh — a computer made to run MacOS on non-Apple hardware.
43:45 - how Abraham found his first investor - while fixing a plumbing client's sink!
44:55 - Pitch Gauge gets accepted into the Hartford InsurTech Accelerator Program
50:45 - 1.6 million downloads in over 173 countries + 80,000 to 100,000 actives users / month !
54:00 - Abraham's founder advice: don't panic, don't freak out; you're going to get through this!

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