Why we spent our weekends building this.
Hi, I'm Ali Hassan, and together with my co-founder Yan Zhang, we built Helpious to solve a problem that felt too common to ignore.
We're not your typical career founders. My background includes years of casual work, transport shifts, and various side projects while I tried to figure out how to build something that actually provided real-world value.
"I watched my family and neighbors struggle to hire local help. Every single time, it was the same: hours wasted calling around, missed calls, and the uncertainty of whether a quote was actually fair."
On the other side, we spoke with local specialists. They were tired of paying high subscription fees and lead credits to national platforms for leads that were often stale or from people who weren't serious about hiring.
Helpious started in a small home office. Just two of us, plenty of coffee, and a clear goal: remove the cost of connection. We wanted a place where tradies didn't pay to quote and homeowners didn't pay to compare.
Today, we're still a small team. We're proud of being honest about what Helpious is—a work in progress that gets better every time a homeowner finds a reliable pro, and every time a local business wins a job without paying a lead fee.
Thank you for trusting us with your home and your business.