We built this because our friends needed it.
BookWithMee started as a Notion doc — three of us watching the people in our lives juggle Cash App and screenshots and “let me check my schedule and get back to you” texts that nobody ever sent. We thought: there’s gotta be something between Linktree and a $300/mo salon SaaS. Apparently there wasn’t. So here we are.
4,200+
Solo providers, in 6 countries
$18.4M
Booked through links in 2025
12
Humans on the team. That’s it.
It started in Edmonton, 2024.
Aleena was watching her best friend — a braider with a 3-week waitlist — manually copy “have you sent the deposit yet?” into 14 DMs a day. We built a quick form on a Friday. By Sunday her friend had taken 6 bookings through it. By Monday three of her friend’s friends were asking to use it too.
- A tiny team in Edmonton and Toronto, mostly working out of cafés
- We answer support emails ourselves
- Not trying to be Cal.com, and definitely not Salesforce
— Original sticky note, March 4, 2024 —
thing that lets you
→ pick a service
→ pick a time
→ leave a deposit
→ upload a photo
no chat. no app. one link.
bookwithmee?
A small group. On purpose.
No middle managers. Everyone here ships code, talks to customers, or both. We hire people who’ve been on the other side of a “DM me to book.”
Aleena Okonkwo
CEO & co-founder
Was a UX designer at Shopify. Has the receipts on every “DM me” friend.
Devon Park
CTO & co-founder
Ex-Stripe engineer. Knows more about webhooks than is healthy.
Rana Taj
Head of design
The one who killed seven shades of orange so we could land on one.
Kojo Mensah
Support & community
Answers every email himself. Will text you on Sundays.
Five things that show up
in every product decision.
Mobile first, then mobile harder.
Most of our providers run their whole business from their phone. So do we.
Charge for software, not bookings.
A flat monthly fee. Never a take of someone’s wages.
Defaults > settings.
A great default beats a perfect setting buried in a menu nobody opens.
Trust the provider.
No platform reviews, no algorithmic ranking. Your link is yours.
Write things people can read.
In product, in emails, in this paragraph. No “leverage.” Ever.
Come work on this with us.
We’re hiring engineers and a customer success lead. Remote (Canada / US east), competitive pay, real ownership.
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