Startup Spotlight: Knightly
Startup Spotlight: Knightly
This week we talk with Abigael Titcomb, the Founder/CEO of Knightly. Abigael tells us about Knightly’s journey, what it’s like to be a hardware startup and the hard work involved in creating a safer student network.

GH: What is Knightly?
AT: Knightly is the IoT for campus safety. Our Bluetooth enabled safety device and mobile application keeps students connected to friends, family, and campus police at the touch of a button. By selling directly to Universities, we put safety in the palms of students hands at no cost or effort to them. We empower students to take control of their personal safety, build healthier relationships with their campus police departments, and grow a social safety network.
GH: What was your Eureka moment: how did Knightly get started?
GH: How did you build your team?
GH: Startup life is full of failures and ‘make it work’ moments – can you identify how you bounced back from one of yours?
GH: What did you learn from your first users?
AT: I’ve come to learn that the most important thing to developing a good product is empathy. You’ve got to care about the pains and gains behind user’s desires. By exploring the day-to-day experiences, interactions, and struggles of college students, we’ve derived user insights that have molded the development of Knightly into what it is today.
GH: What has the Boston ecosystem provided you?
GH: What is the Boston ecosystem lacking from your perspective?
GH: What is the best/worst advice you were given along the way?
GH: What was the best thing that happened to you last year?
GH: What does the future hold for Knightly?
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