Legacybox, which originally started as an e-commerce company named Southtree, was started in 2013 by Adam Boeselager (left) and Nick Macco (right). These two were former roommates at Lee university in Tennessee and orginially started Southtree out of their garage. Southtree served as a foundation for what is now known as their second company: Legacybox. Legacybox digitizes, that is puts old media such as VCR and tapes, onto a digital platform such as a flashdrive. While the two are compelled to digitize media well, their foundational desire is to preserve family memories so that family history may be maintained. What a neat, creative way to preserve family life! Legacybox IS the “largest and most trusted home movie digitizer”; over 850,000 families in America trust use or have used Legacybox.
The success of this company can largely be attributed to its founders. The two roommates have a unique passion and drive for this company’s success. They started the company with a very successful Kickstarter campaign and in 2017 were named one of the fastest growing companies in America by Inc. Magazine. Based out of Chattanooga Tennessee, Legacybox has a staff of about 200 professionals which digitize the different forms of older media by hand and communicate with customers while the digitizing process is occurring so they stay up to date.
Pictured below is a current option for one wishing to digitize their media. Typically, the most popular forms of digitizing are thumb drives, digital(phone), and DVD. Legacybox makes the process of digizting quite easy; after the customer picks what format of digitizing he/she would like, Legacybox sends the desired box size to the customer with a barcode sheet and prepared shipping label located inside. This makes the process of sending in old media much more convenient for the customer. If this was not already enough, Legacybox also sends a welcome guide with instructions indicating the proper steps to take for customers. I love the simplicity and directness of this company. They surely thought from different angles and perspectives as they have made the consumer’s experience quite friendly.
Legacybox Warehouse (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
What an interesting business! Legacybox is so incredibly innovative and convenient. The way you explained the history behind the company along with the purpose, mission, and service that Legacybox supplies was very clear and easy to absorb. This super original idea that these two college roommates innovated and marketed together is really inspiring to all entrepreneurs and business people alike. Great job bringing story, purpose, and entrepreneurial aspects together.
I had never heard of this company before but I am very impressed! I think since we are coming into an age of digital software and and less hardware, a company like this can definitely thrive. Great job explaining the history as well as the description of the company!
Family memories that are preserved on tapes are very important to families, and by finding a way for families to keep them longer and more accessible these two entrepreneurs have tapped into a huge market. As times are changing these two made it possible for the memories to stick around and change too. By having the kit to tell people how to do it, they are solving another problem in and of itself. Those who struggle with technology will be helped out so much by this, and their customer service rating will be high as well.
This is a super cool idea. I’m not surprised that they found huge success with this idea; there are tons of VCR tapes containing old pictures and videos of treasured family memories. As technology has progressed it has become more difficult to properly save these items and still be able to use them. I can’t think of any other technology out there that regular people can use to convert their old recordings into the new digital age. This is an awesome idea, that many families would want to buy in a heartbeat.
I love this idea. I know so many families that have wedding videos, family reunions, etc. on VCR tapes, and they never watch them because no one uses VCR’s anymore! I love the motives behind LEGACYBOX, too; it’s such a sweet idea to help people carry on and treasure their family memories. There’s a huge userbase, so obviously people are getting a lot out of the product!
My grandparents actually used this company several years ago when they were moving. It has been really nice to be able to share these files with other family members easily, as well as not having to search for specific photos or tapes in random boxes. I am so thankful they saw this need and have created such positive experiences for their customers.