woosah

Sometimes you just want to share 10 seconds of a YouTube video. Unfortunately, customizing a clip from YouTube is difficult. It’s not clear on YouTube’s mobile app or website how to do it, or if it can even be done. An internet search says it can, but the results from Stack Overflow show code snippets and long links that are daunting to an average person. woosah is the only mobile app that lets you create, customize, and share YouTube clips and other media how you want. First, select a source and search for content. Second, trim clips to 11 seconds or less, add video/audio effects with the touch of a button, and preview the clip - all with one hand. Last, share the clip directly in woosah or to Facebook or Twitter. There are no links or code involved when shared, and the user can view, hear and respond to clips in one spot. Any clip that is sent or received can also be shared or edited. This user experience as a whole cannot be found in any single app. STORY We initially had the idea for woosah from always quoting movies and song lyrics in our everyday conversations. We wanted to be able share these snippets on our phones over text. When we realized we couldn’t find anything that did this easily, we decided to build it! With that in mind, we'd like to get to a point where you can find the exact clip/content you are thinking or talking about to be able to share that piece as easily as sending a gif or an emoji. TEAM woosah was founded by Kirtan Patel and Sashi Tanuku, who both met in grad school at the University of Michigan. Individual bios below. Kirtan Patel - graduated from the University of Chicago in 2006 with a degree in Economics. Following school he began his career as an investment banker at JPMorgan, covering Industrials and Oil & Gas. Kirtan left banking and in 2010, began his M.B.A at the University of Michigan. After graduating in 2012, Kirtan worked in Brand Management at Kraft on the Philadelphia cream cheese brand and specialized in digital marketing. Kirtan works on woosah’s visual design, finances, and market research. Sashi Tanuku - graduated from Rutgers University in 2005 with a degree in Computer Engineering. Following Rutgers he worked as a consultant at Accenture, specializing in Analytics, and Technical Architecture. Sashi left Accenture in 2010, to pursue his M.B.A at the University of Michigan. After graduating from the UofM in 2012, Sashi worked in Equity Research at Citi, covering IT Consulting and Payment companies. Sashi works on woosah’s technical activities, analytics and social media. WHY NEEDED Sometimes you just want to share 10 seconds of a YouTube video. Unfortunately, customizing a clip from YouTube is difficult. It’s not clear on YouTube’s mobile app or website how to do it, or if it can even be done. An internet search says it can, but the results from Stack Overflow show code snippets and long links that are daunting to an average person. woosah is the only mobile app that lets you create, customize, and share YouTube clips and other media how you want. Check out the Trump demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFANAaFW2Xg