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About Us
TripForge started as a simple idea on the drive home from a river trip: there has to be a better way to plan multi-day river expeditions. Fewer spreadsheets. Fewer lost emails. More time on the water.
This page is a working draft for our founder. Use the sections below as a guide and replace the placeholder paragraphs with your own story, values, and experience on the river.
Prompt for the founder
Share how many seasons you've been boating, the rivers that shaped you (e.g., Main Salmon, Grand Canyon, Middle Fork, Rogue), and the moment you realized traditional trip planning tools were holding your crew back.
Talk about the messy reality of planning a river trip today: spreadsheets, email threads, text chains, and last-minute scrambles at the put-in. Then connect that to why you decided to build a dedicated river trip planner instead of another generic project management tool.
You can also add a short note about your background off the river: past roles, companies, or skills that help you design software that works for guides, outfitters, and private permit holders.
Replace this with your product vision
Explain, in your own words, what makes TripForge different from generic trip planners or spreadsheets. Focus on river-specific pieces: flows and intel, kitchen and group kit, TL roles, checklists, crew communication, and the feeling of showing up dialed at the put-in.
You can also lay out your philosophy: reliable logistics, safety readiness, and giving more mental space to actually being present on the river instead of worrying about what you forgot.
Stub: Values
Replace with 3–5 values (e.g., Safety, Stewardship, Crew-first, Reliability).
Stub: Rivers we love
List a few rivers that matter to you and why (can be private or commercial).
Stub: Who TripForge is for
Short bullets: outfitters, permit holders, TLs, friends planning annual trips, etc.
When you're ready, replace each "stub" paragraph above with your own words. Keep it conversational, write like you talk at the take-out, and don't worry about being overly polished. The goal is to help river people feel like this software was clearly built by one of their own.
You can also add photos, a short timeline, or shout-outs to the communities and outfitters who helped shape TripForge.