117: The Bibidi App: Buy Back Your Time with the Uber of Home Management with Bibidi's Kylee Wilson

00:00:00 Hosts
Welcome back to the Kelowna Real Estate Podcast. I'm your mortgage broker host, Taylor Atkinson. And I'm your real estate agent host, Matt Glen. What's happening today, Taylor? Man, just got down from a week at Big White with the kids. Yeah, your Instagram was popping. I loved it. Yeah, it's insane how kids, like, their learning curve is wild. Like, run to run, they just get better and better. Yeah, so what Olympics? are we looking at here your kids yeah exactly i don't know man like joey she's two she just kept on yelling snowboard so i think she wants to be a snowboarder so what year is that so are we talking 16 years from now yeah and i mean yeah speaking of the olympics like that was a great olympics but what a heartbreak for the both hockey teams stings what is with the three on three i i don't know yeah but i mean on a more positive note our hockey team is on a tear right yeah


00:00:45 Hosts
mean on a more positive note our hockey team is on a tear right


00:00:50 Hosts
Yeah, our rec hockey team is peaking at the right time, that's for sure. Yeah, exactly. Channeling our Team Canada loss into, so that's nice. I wanted to kind of do a self -plug on something. So yeah, we've got this software, it's called OwnWell. Basically, once we upload somebody's mortgage statement, so we do this on every client, once we fund a mortgage, it will send out a monthly report and basically your mortgage gets monitored. So it tells you if there's a lower interest rate. Like in the future, let's say we fund a mortgage and then a year or two later, rates drop. It will calculate the penalty to break that. The interest savings, you know, comparing apples to apples over the next couple of year term. So we did this a lot in September 2025 is we switched over a bunch of existing clients that had, you know, like interest rate at five because it was a couple of years ago when they were a bit higher. So we just broke that mortgage, secured like 3 .99 this fall for a non -insured mortgage. on average we're saving people just over fifteen thousand dollars and then a few hundred bucks a month on their their payment so it's something like i authentically believe is really great how does that work in practice you get an email like an ongoing once a month email or something with an update Yeah. So clients will receive this email. It will tell them, you know, penalty to break potential interest savings. And if there are no interest savings, like if the rates aren't better, it just says like, Hey, you're in the best product. It will tell you your home valuation. If there's any equity you want to take out, how much there is, all of it's obviously like a high level estimate, but they're pretty accurate. So yeah, you'll receive this report monthly. And then if you do want to obviously like start the conversation and kind of get some more accurate numbers, click here, reach out to me and we'll build a budget for you. Do you have to have had your mortgage through you to have the system or can you just call you up and get on the system? Yeah. Yeah. Great question. No. So basically I'm trying to onboard now people that have not gotten their mortgage through me. So if it's through a bank or something like that, so just reach out to me directly. All we need is your name and email and we can basically upload you to the system. We'll plug in your mortgage data and you'll. start to get the monthly reports. And then on top of that, my larger brokerage that I'm working under is running a campaign. So basically anyone that helps with this. So if you give me a referral, you get put into a monthly draw that's worth $2 ,500 towards your mortgage payment or your rent payment. So even if you're an existing client and you're part of this software system, if you have any friends or family that want their mortgage to be monitored, send them my way and we'll stick you in the draw as well. Yeah, it sounds like a, honestly, pretty useful situation. I mean, obviously it helps my business, but it is one of the only things I've seen in the industry that I actually like as an end consumer. Then you don't have to always like second guess if you're in the best rate or it just does it for you. So yeah, it's awesome. Nice. Yeah. Speaking about other awesome stuff. So today's guest, Kylie Wilson from Bibbidi, a local app, which basically connects anyone that needs. people to help do work ranging from handymen car cleaners cutting grass whatever it just connects yeah the end user that needs help doing something to uh professionals or semi -professionals in the industry that allows them to kind of run a business so yeah it's cool to help promote somebody starting something new in Kelowna It's such an awesome idea and it's actually pretty awesome that it's starting in Kelowna. It's great if you're a person that needs the help of something done around the house, like you need a tile job done or a window replaced or something like that. But it's also great if you have a business or like you want to do something on the side, you can list your business on there and get people reaching out for you. Seems very well thought out and exciting that it's starting. Yeah, I think there's a couple other. apps, maybe more based in like America that are doing that. But super cool that we have that like entrepreneurial spirit in Kelowna backed with like the tech sector. Yeah, I think it's been a Herculean effort on the tech side of the app side to get that thing going. So it's good that they have it running. Well, I mean, we say that because we have a hard time turning on our computer, but yeah, I'm sure app builders have no problem with this stuff. I think they did have a, I don't know if they had problems, but I think it was a lot of work for them to get it going. So yeah, we were probably not the best judges of that being our track record years going now, but yeah, it's exciting. I love it. And you've probably seen the yellow men. They have their yellow campaign, people riding their bikes around town. They're getting out there. Yeah. And hey, the other thing we should highlight, which I don't think we've spoken about before, is we do have a newsletter going now for the Colonial Site Podcast, which has been awesome. So basically, it'll just highlight, you know, recent shows that we think are really cool. It'll drop it into your inbox. We'll have some other, you know, fun stuff in that as well. So if you want to get added to that, let us know. Yeah, we'll get you on that email list. Yeah, we're just going to fire out like kind of like a notification every time we release an episode. Also, it just makes it easier for us to. receive feedback. Like we get decent amount of feedback, but it's usually in the form of Instagram comments or like a random email to one of us. I think it'll kind of streamline things. So it's exciting for us to get this started. Yeah. Well, enjoy the show guys. Yeah. And this show, like every show sponsored by Century 21 Assurance Realty. We're in Kelowna, Vernon, Salmon Arm, Kamloops, Kootenays, West and East. We are everywhere. And we're also just merged with property management, Trina Piva, who's coming on the podcast in a couple of episodes to talk about the business. Yeah, it's good. Century 21 is exciting. We're growing. If you're an agent looking for somewhere to hang your hat, or if you're a buyer or a seller, or an investor looking for a property manager, we're the brokers to call. So yeah, I think that's right. Enjoy the episode.


00:06:20 Hosts
Welcome to the show, Kylie Wilson from Bibbidi. Thank you so much for joining us. First, let's start with pronunciation. So I've been saying Bibbidi.


00:06:27 Kylee Wilson
Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah, no, that's cute. It's Bibbidi, like Bibbidi -Bobbidi -Boo. Yeah.


00:06:32 Hosts
I love it. Okay, that'll catch on. How did I know that?


00:06:32 Kylee Wilson
it. Okay,


00:06:35 Hosts
Yeah, I've seen your crew, your yellow mob bouncing around Kelowna. So for our listeners, do you want to give us kind of a brief background on yourself and on the app?


00:06:45 Kylee Wilson
For myself, I have kind of been hardwired to help. I feel like I was brave to help. I grew up on a farm. And so helping in and pitching in is not like implied. It is necessary. The attitude is all hands on deck all the time. Literally making... hay while the sun shines. But pivoted from the farm, I actually went right into a different world, which was luxury hospitality and hotel sales. So I spent 15 years in hotels, Fairmont, Four Seasons, Marriott. So pretty high -end stuff and pretty different from the roots, but it really married my work ethic and refined it with the goal of making things intensely personalized. I don't know if you've stayed at hotels like that, but they do a really good job of knowing who you are and what. you need and making that happen so i feel like i'm a hotel girl at heart those were good days and it was great training for me so when you watch white lotus you had a totally different kind of view yes i'm a sucker for things like that and i'm like some of it is true and most of it is true and then over covid and becoming a parent i really started to feel like maybe it wasn't going to be a fit for me anymore i felt like it was time for me to look


00:07:36 Hosts
when you watch white lotus you had a totally different kind of view yes


00:07:40 Kylee Wilson
i'm a sucker for things like that and i'm like some of it is true and most of it is true and then over covid and becoming a parent i really started to feel like maybe it wasn't going to be a fit for me anymore i felt like it was time for me to look for more meaningful work. And it was actually my mother -in -law who suggested that fundraising might be a good way to pivot that skill set. And so during COVID and after being off for maternity leave with my firstborn, I started looking for jobs in philanthropy. I have been in philanthropy for the last six or so years. And so that's highly rewarding where I've worked at a school that was preschool to grade 12. And now I do post -secondary fundraising and I work at the university. So that's kind of what I've been up to since birth. So thank you for asking.


00:08:26 Hosts
Cool. That's very cool. And then, so how did you guys stumble upon Bibbidi? What spurred that on?


00:08:33 Kylee Wilson
Bibbidi is what we see as an answer to a collection of problems that our founder, Tiffany, and I were both having. Through more conversations with people like ourselves, we found that a lot of people were having the same problem, which is that you've got two working parents in the house. So a very busy home. 71 % of homes in North America have two working parents in the household. So a lot of people like me need help just to get by. So whether that's like a babysitter for date night or someone to shovel the snow, rake your leaves. Plum. We were having problems retaining that kind of talent. I got stood up by a cleaner twice in the same week. And I was like, there's got to be a better way. And I don't think that I can invent time. So and Tiffany and Levi, as you know, were having similar problems because they were going to a renovation and some of it they could do themselves and some of it they really needed to outsource. But when you go online, you might find what you're looking for. Maybe if you go on Facebook, your request for help is going to get buried between. a used couch and a lost cat. You might be over quoted if you go to a company that's quite established. They have a marketing budget, which is great. So we started talking about this problem that we're both having. And then once you see it, you can't really unsee it. Tiffany tells the story that she looked for a quote for window washing and it was $450, which fell out of this world for her. And she's at the gas station later that day. She sees a tiny deck on a car. She calls the number and 200 bucks later, her driveway is sealed and her windows are washed and she's a happy customer. And so it's really about elevating the talent that's already out there for the needs that we're seeing. So the story of Bibbidi or the birth of Bibbidi is really one of a collection of problems and trying to wade through the disorganization that exists out there and provide a solution because we know that we're not the only ones feeling this way.


00:10:23 Hosts
So it's kind of like a peer to peer, you know, obviously one peers of business, but like it's a platform that connects two parties. It's an app that connects people with trusted help,


00:10:30 Kylee Wilson
an app that connects people with trusted help, trusted local help. So it's a service marketplace. So the problem is two sides, right? So it's a two -sided marketplace, which means that on one side, we are people who need help and we are having a hell of a time finding it. And on the other side, there's tons of people providing help and they're having the problem being found. So it's really a matchmaking tool. When Uber started, I think is a really good way for me to explain this. Uber was an app that took people who knew how to drive and had a decent car. And all of a sudden, they were business owners. This we aim to uplift people who have the skills and the talent, but are having problems being found in books. So we aim to give them the business tools they need to be autonomous.


00:11:12 Hosts
And then how do you... I guess, vet, is there like a rating system in the app for those businesses? How does that work on that side? Yeah,


00:11:18 Kylee Wilson
Yeah, well, our goal is that you'll be able to search by weighted rating. So you'll be able to search and rate your service providers on timeliness, quality of service, and those kinds of things so that the trust is built in because that's something that you're not getting when you go on Facebook and say, hey, I need someone to clean my gutters and you get 43 responses. The only way you might know that you should. go with one person over the others because maybe a few people have mentioned the same individual. But imagine how great it would be if you could organize it by ratings and you're probably going to go with the strongest ratings based on what your priorities are, right? So if your priority is cheap and fast, that's how you can rate it. But if your priority is reliability, like in my case, when I got set up by a cleaner twice in a row, I'm going to really look at that rating. So yes, you will be able to rate your service providers.


00:12:09 Hosts
Yeah. So are you guys following a business model? Like has anybody else done it? Is there a company in the U .S. like Angie's List or something? Is that similar to what this is? Yeah,


00:12:17 Kylee Wilson
there's a few. I would say this is more of an innovation than an invention. You might have heard in the States, Cask Rabbit. So TaskRabbit was a similar marketplace that was acquired by IKEA. And I don't know what that'll look like now that it's acquired by IKEA, because what I think it will actually do is deploy individuals who are good at putting furniture together to get that out of their warehouses. There are a few other platforms that exist. I think BCAA is trying to do one. And the other one I came across was Jobber. They look very similar, but Jobber is connecting homeowners to the trades. So our opportunity is not just elevating tradespeople, but elevating the college student down the street who wants to have a business over the summer cleaning pools or with a babysitter that maybe works during the day as a daycare provider, but has flexibility in the evenings and wants to work and earn. So we really want to showcase a whole range of talent, not just the trades, although that was sort of how our idea began.


00:13:16 Hosts
I'm assuming it's not just Kelowna specific, but this is where you guys are starting.


00:13:20 Kylee Wilson
Yeah, we're going to start in Kelowna. I think that being immensely local is very important to us right now because The conversations that we get to have are really informing what the app needs to do. So one of my favorite things is to have conversations like this, you know, with my friends and family and potential service providers. And they're actually giving us really good ideas. So not just feedback, not just why it won't work or why it will work, but some really great ideas on what they imagine needing from the app. So we're really trying to be a bit of a data center right now, taking all of the feedback and making sure that we put forward something that's going to be used and valued.


00:13:55 Hosts
man i'm just thinking kate like i'm a realtor so my day -to -day i'm just thinking a homeowner could call you guys when we list like before we take photos or when we're getting ready like go on the app try and find someone to clean the windows or fix the sink or all those kinds of things yep take the photos be the inspector yeah there's that and then there's when the inspection happens all the things that come up in the inspection to be fixed and then there's things like


00:14:10 Kylee Wilson
take the photos be the inspector yeah


00:14:13 Hosts
there's that and then there's when the inspection happens all the things that come up in the inspection to be fixed and then there's things like getting a sign planted or getting photos done. There's probably like 30 points just in my career alone where this would be extraordinarily useful.


00:14:28 Kylee Wilson
I think so too. And I also think about, you know, you're an established realtor, but if we think about the people who are coming up in your industry and maybe they're new to Cologne and they're not well connected and they don't have their roster of go -to service providers, this will be a really great way for them to engage with people that they need help with. And I was also thinking about, you know, the people that purchase homes from you and how. amazing it would be to gift them a gift card for bibbidi right for their first clean or for you know they need the gutters cleaned or they need something painted so not just something that you can use but that you can forward along to that's going to be valuable so There was this idea that we had that we don't want to be everything to everyone, but we also don't want to isolate certain industries or certain providers. And I can imagine that some of those bigger jobs or those established companies might not be a fit for Bibbidi. Maybe they already have their payment systems figured out or they're dialed into scheduling and that's not an issue for them. Or they're a realtor where, of course, it doesn't make sense to run your transactions through an app. But I think that we... have come to the idea of also offering a classifieds along there. So as someone's scrolling through and they need someone to wash their windows alongside it, there's a classifieds where they can also see realtors and this will just be a subscription. So the idea behind the app is it's not a subscription. There's no tier. There's no cost. There's no pay to play. But the app, similar to Airbnb, Uber, Lime, will take a small commission. So that's how payment is processed.


00:15:56 Hosts
And then, I mean, I just can't help myself, but with the payment being processed, would then the user get a receipt and, you know, whoever's doing the work get an invoice? Well, I'm just thinking for Matt, like, let's say. Hey, I want to help my clients with like a cleaning bill, but I want to write it off. Like it's tough when you go on marketplace because everything's like, oh, just a cash deal, but it doesn't really work in a lot of scenarios, right? You guys bid right now.


00:16:18 Kylee Wilson
That's a two -sided problem too. Yes, you will be able to track all of your spend and reprint those receipts for yourself. Absolutely. On the other side of things, we really want this to be a business tool for people who want to start their own business. So those kinds of tracking things are going to be really important for a tax season. So you will be able to track and save those invoices as well.


00:16:40 Hosts
Just imagine being a person in between jobs or you're good at something and you just got into a fight with your boss so you rage quit on a Friday. I need a new boss. And you go on here and you can just kind of start like doing what you. You're good at trying to get jobs that way, build a little business yourself that way.


00:16:58 Kylee Wilson
That's exactly what we're hearing from people. When I said that we're launching Kelowna, we've really taken the time to connect with the local community and ask what they need. And what you just said are some of the words that we've heard from them say like, wow, this would allow me to do what I'm actually good at. And, you know, when you're in the industry, especially the trades industry, like you are hustling for all of your billable hours. But the things that aren't billable are your scheduling, your bookkeeping, marketing, like all of these things. things help your business, but they're probably not at the top of your priority list. And if you're someone that works for yourself, where is the time? Like my next endeavor will be inventing time. I'll let you know. But yeah, I think that's really what we want to help people who are struggling with that and uplift them, empower them to be their own boss.


00:17:41 Hosts
And honestly, like as a person who's been mid renovation for like a year and a half now, I just can't imagine how many times I would have just fired up the app and got useful. So like from both sides, I think it's extraordinarily useful.


00:17:52 Kylee Wilson
Thank you. Yeah, we're really excited about it. We have a very talented half of our team is focused on the technical aspect. And it's really inspiring to see how they make our ideas come to life. So I am probably the most excited on our team to see that app launch in stores. And I've been warned that our MVP, our minimum viable product is not going to be the dream app that we are imagining right now. But it's chapter one.


00:18:20 Hosts
yeah like a work in progress from the start yeah i think all the apps always have to kind of adapt and upgrade and all that


00:18:27 Kylee Wilson
Yeah, I think there's a lot of things that we want to do in future iterations. And if we keep a close ear to what the people actually need, and that's where I'm starting to get a little bit antsy and the developers are like, hey, hold on, leave us alone. We need to work. But I'm constantly sending them screenshots from Facebook, especially this time of year where people are saying like, hey, I have a truck. Does anyone need a dump run? Like, I'd love to earn some money. I'm like, I want to help you earn some money. That autonomy, I think that's really important. And I think there are stats that indicate that. A marketplace like this is really needed right now. Gig work is up three times. And so this means that people are trying to find ways to make ends meet. And unemployment is also up to, I think, 11 % in our city. So when you see the problems with the way that people work and earn, a problem has to see me coming.


00:19:16 Hosts
Yeah, that's a good point. When we started the show, I thought this was more kind of an opportunity or a solution for like the end user in terms of getting projects done around the house. But honestly, I feel like it's, if not more weight on the side of people trying to create some extra income or help their economic needs. Is it just local people, Kelowna people developing this app?


00:19:36 Kylee Wilson
Yeah. So I think between. The six or seven of us, we have almost 150 years in Kelowna, some born and raised in Kelowna and some imports. So I do feel like very passionate about uplifting the community, embedding ourselves in the community and being, you know. good listeners and good stewards of what's required here. But yes, everyone is local. We have repurposed a garage and to be our headquarters. All of us have jobs outside of Bibbidi. So we are giving 15 to 30 hours a week to Bibbidi. It's definitely become a passion project. So we are happy to pour ourselves into it.


00:20:12 Hosts
Yeah. Did you guys have fun with the name? Did it just come to you or was it a struggle? Like I'm always curious the people named in their business.


00:20:18 Kylee Wilson
Well, no, I think the name came pretty naturally. We actually have a bit of a text chain going back and forth as we were trying to name the app. And I think we obviously want to go with something striking and recognizable. But when you think about poor Cinderella and, you know, even Cinderella could use Bibbidi and she's a hard worker. I see cleaning as an industry that's going to be greatly uplifted by a product like Bibbidi. The founder, Tiffany, teases me a lot about how I name things, but we just put out a publication to the investment community. And I said, please, please let me name this the Bibbidi Bop. She begrudgingly let me name it the Bop. So yes, he did.


00:20:43 Hosts
teases me


00:20:56 Kylee Wilson
he did. We have a lot of fun together. We were friends before we were founders. Oh,


00:21:00 Hosts
that's awesome. Yeah. Is there a size limit to the business that can go on there? Like, have you guys thought about this at all? Or is any business going on there?


00:21:08 Kylee Wilson
I think that the ideal organization or the ideal target. cost per service going through the app i imagine to be in the 200 range right so these are people who are maybe putting up your christmas lights or cleaning your house detailing your car I think because there is a commission, which I can get into in just a minute, the size of job and the cost of job will affect the type of person who's on it. For example, someone who's charging $4 ,000 per masonry, this might not be a fit for them because they don't want to lose any commission on that job. It's just simply too big of a job to lose anything. Well, if they don't have a customer.


00:21:42 Hosts
Well, if they don't have a customer. I feel like it's worth. Yeah.


00:21:44 Kylee Wilson
Yeah. But they might be a good fit for the classifieds. Yeah. Also, organizations that charge more, there's a good chance that they're already part of a structure that is supporting them with payment, scheduling and marketing. So this is really empowering, not the little guy, but kind of.


00:22:01 Hosts
Is there any like insurance requirement? I'm thinking if somebody comes in, cleans your window, do you guys as the app organization like. mandate, they have workers' comps, like that type of stuff. It's third,


00:22:13 Kylee Wilson
of stuff. It's third, right? Yeah.


00:22:14 Hosts
Yeah.


00:22:16 Kylee Wilson
Yes. All parties have to be insured, for sure. We are toying with the idea of partnering with an insurance company to make that part of the onboarding process. It may not be part of our MVP, but everyone that provides a service does need to be insured. That's an important part of it. I mentioned before that there is a bit of a commission that comes through. And so this was another part. That was really important for us to survey the service provider community and what they were willing to part with because these are hard workers and we don't want our hands in their pocket. That said, we do need some money coming through the app. So the feedback that was provided to us is that similar to Airbnb, we split that. So we split it between the end user and the service provider themselves. So what that looks like is if you're a service provider providing cleaning for $100, you'll take home. $92, and the end user who booked you will pay $108. That said, there's no commission on tips, and we can definitely process those through the apps as well. So 8 % goes to the seller,


00:23:16 Hosts
So 8 % goes to the seller, then the buyer is the price plus 8%, so it's 16%. Yeah,


00:23:21 Kylee Wilson
Yeah, yeah. So it's a 16 % split in recognition or to place value on the 8 % that they're providing to us. We provide business optimization tools, so marketing, scheduling. and a payment system. So when I think about the payment system, that may be one of the most important pieces because there's a Facebook group out there called Kelowna Cash Jobs or Okanagan Cash Jobs. And all of a sudden, if you're someone that can only process through cash and you have the opportunity to take credit cards in payment, that could change the landscape of your business.


00:23:51 Hosts
This is an important question. So think about it deeply. How did you guys come up with the yellow men running around the city?


00:24:00 Kylee Wilson
Well, I think that as a brand, playful energy is really important to us. And so when we think about energy and a playful tone, I think there's no better color than yellow. And it really has helped us stand out. We recently presented a demo day through Accelerate Okanagan to a group of interested investors. And we were the last to go. We brought our yellow man, who I call Bibbidi, and head to toe, spandex yellow, just sat quietly in the middle of the audience, not saying anything. And everyone's like, what's going on with this guy? And so we were the last company to present and our first slide was the yellow man. And then everyone's like, okay, we get it. But it was really great because, you know, we're pretty young and a lot of people have already seen us yellow mob around.


00:24:42 Hosts
Yeah. I've seen it a few times. That brand recognition is really important and it reminds people that we started in Kelowna.


00:24:45 Kylee Wilson
brand recognition is really important and it reminds people that we started in Kelowna.


00:24:49 Hosts
How do people like follow? They just download wherever they download their apps, follow you guys on Instagram, website, anything. So right now we are very active on our social channels.


00:24:55 Kylee Wilson
So right now we are very active on our social channels. So we've got Bibbidi app on Instagram and Facebook. So you can check us out there and then you'll just go right to the app store and be able to download it from there.


00:25:06 Hosts
Are you guys going to pre -find a bunch of people or you put it in there basically vacant and let people fill it? Like how does that work? We have gotten some great business advice and some good business warnings that a two -sided marketplace like ours can be.


00:25:12 Kylee Wilson
have gotten some great business advice and some good business warnings that a two -sided marketplace like ours can be. really hard to pull off because you've got to fill out both sides, right? Right now, we are mostly focused on the service provider community and connecting with all of these people that we see on Facebook that are promoting themselves as babysitters or cleaners, plumbers, that kind of thing. We're making them aware of the app. We're adding them to nailing lists so that we can keep them posted. But we're also gathering them in focus groups. So we're sitting down. And I don't know if this is something that is going to be a scalable activity. You know, our idea is that this starts in Kelowna, but that this is a nationwide movement. But right now it's in Kelowna and it's really important for us to hear from the people that are going to be on the app what they want for us. So we're holding focus groups to hear about that feedback right now. So essentially, yes, we're acquiring the contact information and the feedback of the service provider community. We're loading that first and then we'll go to the community at large and let them know we're here and we can help.


00:26:15 Hosts
Nice. So you mentioned Accelerate Okanagan. Have you talked to the city of Kelowna? Has the city of Kelowna been supportive at all? Or has there been any helpful programs in the city for you to take advantage of?


00:26:25 Kylee Wilson
We have talked to the city a little bit. We've shared our idea with Councillor Maxine DeHart, and she's been really supportive and excited to share the news of Bibidi. That's probably as far as our conversations with anyone with the city have gone. But Accelerate Okanagan have been an amazing support to us. So Tiffany. was accepted into the Fundable program and received a lot of wonderful intel and mentorship through there. And they've connected us with a lot of other people who have launched Marketplace apps or who are interested in investing and given, I think, invaluable advice.


00:26:59 Hosts
Man, you should talk to all the counsellors and people running because it's an election year. This is such a hopeful story that I think probably would be a lot of instances. Are you kidding?


00:27:07 Kylee Wilson
you kidding? They're thirsty?


00:27:09 Hosts
Well, like you have like a obviously going to be successful business started in Kelowna. That's recognizable that people have already seen the yellow people running around everywhere. I think it could be something to tap into. I'm thinking loyal too might be a good outlet for you.


00:27:20 Kylee Wilson
for you. Absolutely. One of the things that we've done that I really loved was we worked with a local influencer. Hello, Giordo. Hi, Jordan. And we sent a service provider to her house. So we. We engaged her. She makes wonderful content. And one of the things, you know, we don't want everything to be seeded or branded by us. It's really helpful to have this organic material appear. And she has a really wonderful local following. And so we said, we'd love to partner with you. You're a busy working parent. What services do you need? You've got a dog. Do you need your house cleaned? She's like, actually, my husband heard his back and our Christmas lights still aren't up. So we said, done. So one of the people that we surveyed as a service provider, as it happens, has a company installing Christmas lights. And so we sent him to Giordo's house and she reviewed the service and put up a reel. And it's really fun to watch if you want to check it out. It lives on our Instagram. So I think partnering with people from the city, other recognizable Kelowna, you know, influencers or Kelowna celebrities will be really fun to do too. Because everyone needs something different, right? Like you need your dog walked, you need your house. cleaned you need a nanny yeah Someone to change the tires.


00:28:29 Hosts
Kelowna is probably a good launching pad to start a national company too, because you have so many implants here from other places and people come here for a bit and go home.


00:28:37 Kylee Wilson
Absolutely. We're all very, very proud locals. And I think our start in Kelowna is really powerful for us and something that we're really proud of. And our intention is to thoughtfully and carefully enter marketplaces and other communities. But what I really see happening is I think that Bibbidi is going to take us there. We're not going to take Bibbidi there. I think Bibbidi is just going to. naturally go there. So I think it'll probably happen quite quickly. So we're excited about growth, but I think all of that will kind of be revealed when the app is actually in use. So I think you guys should rate the success of the app by, you know,


00:29:08 Hosts
think you guys should rate the success of the app by, you know, successful relationships in Kelowna. You know, like you could be out there saving marriages, you know, to -do lift for John and, and, you know, people have more time for date nights and it's like, wow, Kelowna is thriving in less divorces. Exactly. Yeah. My husband was like,


00:29:29 Kylee Wilson
husband was like, you have a little skeptical. He's very supportive, but he's like, you know, what would it take to get me on the app? Basically is what he's saying. And he's a heart. And you're like,


00:29:39 Hosts
And you're like, you got to finish all art to -do lists before I'm going to let you get on the app.


00:29:42 Kylee Wilson
I have a list for you. You need on this app.


00:29:45 Hosts
I need to do lists. I mean, I could get paid for my own to -do list. Aim for the app actually.


00:29:48 Kylee Wilson
Aim for the app actually. So we got an EV earlier this year and he's been really hot on getting our own fast charger installed, which required an electrical upgrade. And I'm like, please, let's not be hobby electricians. Like you can be a hobby mechanic if you want. You can put up some hobby drywall. But like, I'm going to see your skeleton if you are a hobby electrician, ACME style. So please don't do that. And so he goes to find his own electrician. He's not having a good time finding an electrician. He found someone that was available that just didn't come. So it took him quite some time to find an electrician that could come in a timely way and help support his project. And that was... earlier this week and so now he's a lot more supportive of the app and he's like you have to make sure that the ratings are weighted because like I said earlier if a cheap job is more important to you then like sort by price but if someone who's highly rated on reliability then sort by that right so it helps inform you how you want to use the app


00:30:48 Hosts
Are the quotes like price per hour or is it like you contact that person and then they give you a quote?


00:30:53 Kylee Wilson
A little bit of both. The primary sort will be on probably their most popular base package. And then when you look at their profile, there'll be probably a number of different packages that they do because there's so many different types of people showcase here. So some of them might be hourly. Some of them might be by the job. So I think it'll be a little bit of both. But I think when you're doing your initial sort, it'll sort on a base package and then you'll kind of a la carte it from there.


00:31:18 Hosts
Christmas lights are by the light, Taylor. By the height of the roof. And yeah, that's awesome. Cool. All right, Kylie, this has been awesome. Like, I think for anyone that is listening to this, I think they could make use of this app, which I imagine is probably going to be everyone listening to this app, especially people that I roll with, all the realtors. Well, and anyone in construction or doing anything else. But how do we support you? Like, what's going on? What do we need from us in the early stages? What do we do to help you?


00:31:45 Kylee Wilson
I think giving us a follow on Instagram and staying tuned is part of our journey. Like I said, we're having a hilarious time. We are working very hard, but we're having a lot of fun doing it. I think we're putting out some great content that's very relevant to the Kelowna local community. If you do want to support Bibbidi, give us a follow. And you can also click. And if you are a service provider or someone who thinks that they could find a business on the app, then you can head to a part of our website where you can sign up and then you can start your business and start your profile.


00:32:13 Hosts
You mentioned you were doing some fundraising, but are you guys still looking for investors or are you holding off for now? I mean,


00:32:17 Kylee Wilson
mean, we're looking for the right investment opportunity, I think would be the best way to put it. Bibbidi will be, you know, naturally revenue generating, which would be great. But if we had the right partner, it would help us go faster and make that impact quicker. So it would certainly help. But it has to be someone who it's not just about wealth or capacity. It has to be someone who really shares our vision. So those conversations are happening, which is really exciting and will give us like more fuel. But it's not completely necessary. But your values are just anyone that's been on the ladder swearing.


00:32:47 Hosts
values are just anyone that's been on the ladder swearing.


00:32:49 Kylee Wilson
Yeah. Anyone. that's been like, I don't want to do this or my husband hasn't done this yet. I was going to say, we're not just an app for homeowners. You know, if you identify as a renter, that's great too. You've just moved into your first condo and your dad's not around and there are a lot of light bulbs around that need to be fixed or addressed or a sink that's leaking.


00:33:10 Hosts
a sink


00:33:12 Kylee Wilson
I can imagine too,


00:33:12 Hosts
too, like a car, if you need help with your car, like getting light switch changed out or windows tinted or something. It's going to be a verified usability.


00:33:19 Kylee Wilson
It's going to be a verified usability. I can tell you that I need a lot of work done.


00:33:24 Hosts
Yeah, it's been awesome. Kylie, anything else that you want us to touch on that we haven't or?


00:33:28 Kylee Wilson
I don't think so. I think it was really exciting to be able to talk about something that we're so passionate about rolling out into the Kelowna community and seeing where it takes us. I think once you see the problem. You'll go on Facebook a little bit later today. If you go to a neighborhood group and you'll see these conversations unfolding in front of you. And when I see those conversations happening, I'm like, I just want them to be organized. I just want to help. And so that's the fuel that Bibbidi is going to provide. I was thinking about that.


00:33:55 Hosts
was thinking about that. Like, so there's a Kelowna rant and rave and like every second post on there is somebody asking for, it's just like, man, Bibbidi, Bibbidi, Bibbidi, you know, like.


00:34:04 Kylee Wilson
I know. And you can say it so well now.


00:34:07 Hosts
Yeah. I've learned. Some call me a quick learner.


00:34:12 Kylee Wilson
Thank you so much for listening. I'm really excited to have you download the app and maybe we can have another conversation about what you think.


00:34:18 Hosts
Absolutely. Yeah, we do see it and I'll watch out for those yellow men around.