Every* Awards Reviews

When I heard about the game-changing tech Every* is building from a friend who works there, I left my job. I literally left my job!!! And hey, I'm so proud of doing that because the years that I've spent here are the most happening years of my life. Working with a team that's both helpful and hard-working doesn't just give me friends but colleagues and a mentor like John Wantz whom I've learned so much from. Plus the experience we had while having John Wantz as our leader was just ineffable. Along with a great experience working for the organization under John, I got so much, I mean I learned so much that I just can't define in words. As a pioneering startup in the personal data/cryptocurrency spaces, Every* had literally no competition in terms of quality. With a super clear mission of trying to protect and monetize personal data on behalf of consumers and to create a global online marketplace that would empower consumers to trade their personal data that too, at their discretion for financial reward with brands and different websites that require greater shopper insights to better serve their customers and develop more relevant products and services. What other than this could have motivated me or anybody else? Even it's one of the major reasons why I decided to join a company! Few reasons why I loved working in Every* under Wantz: • From the initial stage, the company was a bootstrap startup and absolutely everyone working there from Mike (Cleaner) to John, knows the consequences of working at such an Enterprise. • Working under John Wantz! His vision and passion for the company's mission inspired the whole team who are both directly or indirectly involved. • Communication. Not just John but the whole crew had this sense of equally shared passion and regular and transparent communication about the evolving state of the company. • The Tech that Every* is building is just phenomenal. • I got sick and was hospitalized for 4 months. Though the problems were physical but the stress of paying the hospital bills and my rent were making me mentally ill. It's then when John came to help me both financially and mentally. He paid the bills and gave me some leaves to cool things down in life. Seriously, apart from being a visionary, he's an angel. • And that's gonna be my last point. The Work/Life Balance! We used to go to the office and get fully energized and motivated by Wantz's words and then come home later in the evening with a subtle mind. Also, I can see this one comment who says that it's a scam and some really bad stuff about John like 'John Wantz appears to have been sued', 'John Wantz is currently facing legal action for "false pretenses, false representation, actual fraud"', 'John Wantz filed for bankruptcy in August 2017', etc.. Well, I so pity you, man, I mean just because some company or a startup couldn't compete with John, they use such tactics. Pay some guy to comment bad! I understand though. I mean people can these days do anything for money. So, all I can say is that along with one of the best times I have ever had, John's company gave me moments, friends and a mentor as 'John Wantz' himself and I'm gonna cherish and respect this all for my whole life!

I worked at Every from almost the company’s inception and had a great experience working for the organization and under John Wantz as its leader. As a pioneering startup in the personal data/cryptocurrency spaces, literally no other company was tackling the incredibly important mission of trying to protect and monetize personal data on behalf of consumers and to create a global online marketplace that would empower consumers to trade their personal data – at their discretion – for financial reward with the brands and websites that require greater shopper insights to better serve their customers and develop more relevant products and services. It was this vision that motivated me to join the team and I loved working to help build the tech to enable it. The company was, from the jump, a bootstrap startup and absolutely everyone working there – from top to bottom – understood the inherent risks of working at such an endeavor where the struggle to survive is an everyday concern and where all resources must be dedicated to keeping the business moving forward. To that end, nobody on staff put in more hours in service of making the business a success than John Wantz. His overall vision and passion for the company’s mission inspired everyone on the crew, all of whom joined up out of a sense of equally shared passion. His communication with all members of staff about the evolving state of the company was regular and always transparent and nobody was ever misled about the company’s progress or state of affairs. I personally witnessed Wantz’ work ethic firsthand which drove him to work nearly seven days a week in service of the company much to the detriment of his personal/family life. He was always the first person at work at always the last to leave, often around 9pm or later. It was this unwavering dedication — an essential quality that all leaders of startups must possess – that inspired the staff on a daily basis and enabled the company to make such great strides in very little time. Also, it should be noted, just for the sake of accuracy and fairness, that the Tesla car referenced in the writing above was not owned by John Wantz. Someone saw him get picked up in a Tesla from work one day and an internal rumor started that he’d bought a Tesla but it was clearly communicated to everyone afterwards that it was not his car and that he did not own it. This was a very silly misunderstanding at the time and it was laughed off internally afterwards.