Discover Buzlee
What makes Buzlee unique?
How does Buzlee empower businesses and non profits?
How does Buzlee empower businesses and non profits?
Think of Buzlee as your digital community bulletin board—bringing people together by location, not algorithms or likes. It’s a trusted, easy way to discover what’s happening locally while giving businesses and nonprofits a powerful, cost-effective way to share their buzz with everyone.
How does Buzlee empower businesses and non profits?
How does Buzlee empower businesses and non profits?
How does Buzlee empower businesses and non profits?
Buzlee gives businesses and nonprofits the visibility they deserve—connecting them directly with a wider local audience without the limits of algorithms or followers. It empowers every organization to stand out, grow with confidence, and gain meaningful insights through real community engagement and feedback
Who can benefit from Buzlee?
Who can benefit from Buzlee?
Who can benefit from Buzlee?
Anyone can benefit from Buzlee—from professionals and students to busy parents—by staying effortlessly connected to everything happening nearby. For businesses and nonprofits, it’s a powerful, easy way to create buzz and reach far beyond existing followers or email lists.
Why choose Buzlee?
Who can benefit from Buzlee?
Who can benefit from Buzlee?
Buzlee is built to give you the best experience—whether you’re staying in the know or sharing what matters with your community. No likes, no emojis, no distractions—just meaningful connections and the Buzz that truly matters.
About the founder
My name is Thays Barcelos Barao, and my story started in Brazil. I came to the United States when I was four years old and grew up mostly in Harlem, New York. Over the years, I somehow managed to live in every borough except Brooklyn — no offense to Brooklyn, I just never made it there! :)
Most of my professional career was spent in sales. It was something that came naturally to me. I loved talking to people, building relationships, understanding what they needed, and finding ways to help. That personality translated pretty well into commissions, too. I did well, but I was also a worker. At my last office job, I may not have always been the first person through the door in the morning lol, but I was certainly one of the last to leave at night.
At the same time, I always felt there had to be something more. I've always had a strong desire to give back, help people, and build something that could have a meaningful impact.
After having my children and spending a few years at home with them, I came to a realization: I didn't want to go back to an office and simply pick up where I had left off. I wanted to build something of my own — something that would allow me to fulfill multiple dreams at once: create something big, be present for my family, and build a business that could also give back.
The idea itself came from a problem I kept experiencing. I love to travel, but whether I was in Paris, France or St. Augustine, Florida, traveling with some of my best friends, or simply back home trying to figure out what was happening nearby, I found myself doing the same thing: endlessly researching. Searching Instagram, Google, tiktok, websites, Facebook pages, event calendars — trying to figure out where to go and what to do.
When I moved to Westchester about five years ago, that frustration became even more apparent. I had small children, was new to the area, and often struggled to find things for us to do, discover what was happening around us, and reconnect with purpose-driven work.
Then I started thinking about the problem from the other side.
If it was this difficult for me to find what businesses and nonprofits were doing, how difficult was it for those organizations to make sure people actually found them?
That question became the beginning of Buzlee.
I decided to go into a field that I knew nothing about and create an app that could bring those two sides together — giving consumers a simple way to discover what's happening around them while giving local businesses and nonprofits a better way to reach the people who are already looking for them.
For me, Buzlee is about more than building an app or starting a company. It's the culmination of so many pieces of my life: the immigrant kid who grew up in Harlem, the salesperson who learned the power of human connection, the mom searching for things to do with her kids, the traveler who was tired of endlessly researching, and the woman who always knew she wanted her work to mean something.
I wanted to build something big — but I also wanted whatever I built to help other people grow along with it.
And that's exactly what I'm trying to do.