About Zach Ciappara
I am the Founder & CEO of a locally based start-up FreeHour, which started in 2017 as the go-to student app in Malta, catered to solving daily problems for University & 6th forms students by providing them with an innovative timetable system & other benefits such as Job opportunities, Offers & much more. Fast forward 4 years, I now run a team of 17+ people who operate the startup, app and the wide array of content FreeHour produces content for its community of over 60,000 youths & students on its app & Instagram channels in Malta. Through this community, FreeHour has become the largest student & youth platform in Malta, working with over 200 brands to highlight their services to the upcoming generation.
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Milestones
2024
Winner of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Rising Star 2024
2023
Winner of Most Innovative Business Award
2023
Winner of JAYE Entrepreneur of the year Award
2022
Expanded FreeHour to a team of 15 Full-Timers
2022
Winner of Best App Award
2019
Expanded to Italy at age 20
2018
Winner of YouStartIt Funding Competition
2017
Founded FreeHour Malta at 18 years old
Favourite Quote
“move fast and break things”
Expertise
Content
Marketing
Youth Recruitment
Business Strategy
People Leadership
Sales
Key Contacts
What Advice would you give?
The key to staying relevant is always listening to what your customer wants, and reverse engineer their needs to.
