April is the Co-Founder & CEO of fayVen.
April Caldwell experienced the frustrations of securing space at events to sell her gourmet popcorn, and like any successful entrepreneur she wanted to fix the problem. Caldwell founded fayVen, which is like the home-sharing platform Airbnb but for vendors and venues. The Tampa-based startup connects all parties in an online marketplace. The platform, which is [...]
I remember when I was running the popcorn business and how I wished the venues were more transparent about the cost of the event, the logistics of setting up, the rules in place – communication was very poor. For me, I started asking vendors beside me, ‘How do I find the next cool event? Who do I talk with?’ It was all by word of mouth, there was never a website you could go to.