Founder / Product builder
Savannah, GA
32.08° N
81.09° W
I'm Jacob Archer, founder of Cities In My Pocket. I'm building technology that connects visitors, residents, businesses, and city organizations—starting in Savannah, Georgia.
Now buildingCities In My PocketWhat I work on
Most of what shapes a day in a city runs on separate systems. The app a visitor opens doesn't know what the shop around the corner is doing tonight. That shop has no simple way to reach the people walking past. And the organizations responsible for the city often see the full picture last.
I'm drawn to the gaps between systems like these. I find them by getting close to the problem—usually by doing the work myself—and then I design and build the software that closes the gap.
The measure I care about is simple: does it work when a real person picks it up on a real street?
The companies and products I'm designing and building right now.
All workOne platform connecting the people and organizations of a city—visitors, residents, local businesses, and the groups that promote and serve it—starting in Savannah, Georgia.
B2B SaaS / Travel technology Built around an established travel agency founded in 1991, TravelIQ connects advisor websites, CRM, bookings, commissions, and operations in one software platform.
Membership management, CRM, and member communications for associations and organizations, in one software platform.
“What should we do while we're here?”
I spent a lot of time driving visitors around Savannah. Almost every ride, someone asked a version of the same question.
I'd answer as best I could. But after hearing it again and again, I realized it wasn't really about recommendations. Visitors couldn't easily see what the city had to offer. Local businesses had no simple way to reach the people a block away. And the organizations responsible for the city were working from separate systems that didn't talk to each other.
Savannah In My Pocket was my answer to the question. Cities In My Pocket is my answer to the problem underneath it.
Cities In My Pocket is one connected system with a purpose-built experience for each group in a city. Here is the work behind it, labeled by stage.
Helps visitors decide what to do, where to go, and which local businesses to visit.
Helps locals find what's happening in their own city—events, places, and businesses close to home.
Lets local businesses manage how they appear and reach the visitors and residents nearby.
Destination marketing organizations (DMOs) are the groups that promote a city to travelers. DMO IQ gives them a clearer view of visitor activity and interest.
Helps the organizations that serve a community understand how residents, visitors, and businesses are being served.
The idea takes shape while I'm driving visitors around Savannah and hearing the same question on almost every ride.
Pitched Cities In My Pocket at Startup Savannah's GRIT Pitch competition and placed third—early, outside validation that the problem was real.
SourceThe idea grows into Cities In My Pocket: experiences for visitors, residents, and businesses, and tools for the organizations that serve a city—on shared infrastructure.
Membership management and communications software, built and growing, with the association as an early client.
See case studyThe best software makes people's actual experiences better, not just the time they spend on a screen.
Powerful systems should feel simple to the people using them.
I'm interested in products that begin with real problems and can grow into lasting technology infrastructure.
I write about what I'm building and the questions it raises. Essays appear here as they're published.
Go to WritingI'm always interested in conversations with people building ambitious technology, improving cities, or solving difficult problems.
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