Digital business card for founders You will meet them once. Make it count.
Follow up with every investor and hire the same day: one scan in the corridor saves you, and they can send their details back.
Free forever · No card details · About a minute
cardr.co/jordan-hale
Example of what happens next: Alex Moreau scans Jordan’s card, saves Jordan to their contacts and chooses to send their own details back. The next morning at 09:00, Cardr Pro reminds Jordan to follow up, with the email already drafted.
For a founder, a late follow-up can cost a cheque, a hire or a design partner. You meet them once, usually in a corridor. This digital business card makes the exchange one scan with nothing to install. They can send their details back, your note sits on their name, and Pro drafts the follow-up so it goes the same day.
One scan. You’re in their phone. They can send theirs.
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Show your pass
In the ninety seconds after the meeting.
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They save you
No app for the investor. They can send theirs back.
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Send the deck today
Your note is on the name. Pro drafts the email.
Example
The corridor, not the pitch.
The corridor
- Ninety seconds
- Once only
- No friction
The meeting that changes things is rarely the scheduled one. It is the ninety seconds after it.
- Ninety seconds. The corridor after the meeting, not the meeting. It is over before you have found a card.
- Once only. You will meet this person a single time. There is no second pass at the handover.
- No friction. Asking an investor to install an app is not a small cost. It ends the interaction.
Each constraint decides the format. A card that fails any one of the three does not get used a second time, however good it looks.
cardr.co/jordan-hale
- Edit once, it updates
- Seed · London
- One scan, no app
- Opens with no signal
In that window, asking someone to install an app ends the conversation. So does fumbling for the printed cards you ran out of in March. What works is a QR code on the phone already in your hand, and their details landing in your list.
The second half matters more. On the day you have intent to spare. By Thursday you have had nine of these conversations, and the angel who said “send me the deck” gets a generic email a week late.
When your title moves from Founder to CEO, or the company line changes after a raise, edit once and your pass and your page update.
Nothing for them to download.
Tap through what Tom sees when he scans your card.
Jordan HaleNo app, no account, no sign-up for the people you meet.
Make yours in about a minute.
Free forever, and nothing for the people you meet to install.
The part after the handshake.
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Today
The corridorAlex saves you · can send theirs -
Days 1–2
Nothing to remember -
Day 3
ProTime to follow up with Alex MoreauFollow-up drafted
- One address you can say out loud. cardr.co/yourname works in the corridor, in your email signature and in your bio.
- The investor’s details, not just yours. After they save you, they can send their email back, on the free plan.
- Context on the name. “Angel, fintech, come back after the seed” is on the record and searchable later.
- Same-day follow-ups. Pro drafts the email from what you talked about, for 200 people a month.
- A nudge before they go cold. Pro reminds you on day 3, with the message already written.
- Your network, portable. CSV and vCard export on every plan, including free.
The card is free. Pro does the follow-up.
Everything in the first column stays free, with no expiry and no limit on exchanges or contacts. Pro adds what happens after the meeting.
| FreeForever, no card details | Pro£12 a month, or £9 a month billed annually (£108 a year) | |
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| Nothing to install for the person you meet | Included | Included |
| A no-signal code that holds your contact itself | Included | Included |
| Pass designs | One: Oxford | IncludedAll 16 |
| Every lead, sorted | Your list, notes, tags, who replied, the timeline, search and export | IncludedEverything |
| See what your card wins you | Views, scans, swaps and saves, counted | IncludedEverything |
| Your follow-ups, written and ready | One draft and reminders about your first three people | IncludedEverything |
| A page that gets you booked | Booking, WhatsApp and review links on your page | IncludedEverything |
Pro turns the people you meet into work you win.
For people who meet business contacts, it starts with every lead sorted. Choose one to see it.
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See who could turn into work and who you won, at a glance. Nobody slips because they were halfway down a list.
- Opportunity, Won and Lost, with what it was worth.
- A pipeline of everyone by stage, and a next step on each person that reminds you on its day.
Free: your list, notes, tags, who replied, the timeline, search and export. Always.
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What came of everyone you met: who replied, what turned into work and what it was worth, by event, by source and by Cardr Metal card.
- How fast you follow up, and the days people swap details with you.
- Taps on your page’s booking or WhatsApp button, by where people came from.
- Download it all as a spreadsheet.
Free: views, scans, swaps and saves, counted, on every plan.
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At 09:00 your time, Cardr emails you who to follow up, with the message already written from what you talked about. One tap opens it in your email, or WhatsApp when you have their number, ready to send.
- Drafts for 200 people a month, in your voice.
- Reminded on day 3 or the morning after you meet, your choice, or on the day they said. One more nudge on day 7 if they are still waiting.
- Pick a time to send it later, and the draft comes back to you then.
Free: one draft and reminders about your first three people, to try it on your own.
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Pin Book a time or WhatsApp right under Save, so the next step is one tap for the person you just met.
- Up to six services, each with a “from” price.
- Up to three quotes from your clients, shared with their permission.
- The button shows again after they send you their details.
Free: booking, WhatsApp and review links on your page, as links.
Free, and staying free
- Every contact, with notes, search and export
- Nothing to install for the person you meet
- A no-signal code that holds your contact itself
- Views, scans, swaps and saves, counted
Pro
- 7 daysfree to try
- 30 daysfull refund
Where to go next.
How it compares, two guides for your week and a free tool. Also for: Consultants, Freelancers, Event professionals, Events. Every version of this page, and pricing: free forever, or £12 a month with a 7-day trial. After you’ve met them: how to follow up, with messages to copy. This card’s design: Obsidian Foil.
Blinq: best if you already run a CRM. Prices, Wallet and follow-up side by side.
AlternativesPopl alternativesThe other options to Popl, with dated prices, and who should stay.
GuidePersonal CRMs for networking, comparedPhone contacts, a spreadsheet, a personal CRM app like Dex or Mesh, or Cardr: how to keep track of people you meet, and where each wins.
GuideWhy follow-ups fail on ThursdayWhy networking follow-ups fail by Thursday, what makes one get answered, and a five-step method that survives the week you were too busy to send it.
Free toolFollow-up message generatorThree drafts from who you met, where, and what you talked about.
Also for
Founders, answered.
Is this just a nicer business card?
The card is free, and most products in this category do it well. What you would pay for is the follow-up done for you: the drafted email and the reminder. Your list and notes stay free. If you already follow up reliably, stay on the free plan.
Does the investor need an app?
No. Your QR code opens your card as a web page on their phone, iPhone or Android, and they save you to their contacts from there. Nothing to download and no account to create.
Can the whole company have cards?
Yes. Cardr Teams puts the company’s name, logo and colour on everyone’s card and Apple Wallet pass from one console, from £39 a month for five people, with a 30-day trial and no card to start. Each person’s contacts and notes stay their own.
What happens when I change title or we rebrand?
Edit the card once. Your pass and your page update, so the same QR code and every link you have sent show the new title. Contacts people already saved keep the old text, and link back to your page.
What does it cost?
Free forever, no card details: your card, page and Apple Wallet pass, the two-way exchange, and every contact with notes, search and export. Pro, £12 a month or £108 a year (£9 a month), adds drafted follow-ups, reminders, a pipeline of every lead and all 16 pass designs. 7 days free, then 30 days to change your mind.
Free forever. About a minute to build.
Nothing for the other person to install, and no card details to start.