About My Treat
A local-discovery platform for Tampa Bay -- built by someone who lives here, knows the venues, and decided to build the discovery tool that should have existed already.
What we are
We are pre-launch. The app is built, we're enrolled with both major app stores, and we're working with a small group of founding Local Partners - small breweries, coffee shops, casual restaurants, neighborhood bars, live-music venues - before opening up to the wider Tampa Bay area.
Why we exist
Two threads twisted into one.
The first is practical: Tampa Bay is full of local venues doing interesting things, and there is no reliable way to find out what they're doing tonight. Big national platforms optimize for the chains that can afford ad budgets. Social media is a stream you have to be following the right accounts to catch. Search engines surface the venues with the best SEO, not the best happy hour. Real local discovery has been a missing layer for a long time.
The second is professional: a discovery app for local businesses ends up handling sensitive things - business identity, billing relationships, customer accounts, location data. Most consumer apps treat security as something to add later. We don't have that option, because the platform we want to build only works if the businesses and the customers actually trust it. That trust has to be designed in from the first commit, not stapled on after launch.
What we stand for
Flat fees, no commissions
Local Partners pay a flat monthly fee for featured placement. No per-transaction commissions, no skimming customer relationships.
We don't sell data
No selling user data to advertisers or brokers. No tracking pixels on our authentication or billing surfaces. Privacy posture is published.
No dark patterns
No fake-urgency timers, no "23 people are looking at this" theater, no fake scarcity. Real venues, real listings.
Stay out of disputes
If a customer and a business disagree, we forward the issue. We don't side, arbitrate, or hold leverage over either party.
30-day exit, no penalty
Local Partners can leave anytime with 30 days' notice. No lock-ins, no penalty clauses. If the platform isn't working for you, it isn't working.
Security as a design constraint
Defense in depth, phishing-resistant authentication, immutable audit logs, transparent posture. See our security page.
Who we are
Joseph Flores
Founder | Managing Member
Joseph is a USMC veteran, cybersecurity engineer, and cloud architect with years of experience delivering enterprise security and automation solutions for Fortune 500 organizations across healthcare, banking, life sciences, and technology. He holds a B.S. in Cybersecurity and a B.B.A. in Business Administration.
Joseph is the Managing Member of My Treat LLC and the point of contact for product, technical, and contractual questions.
Reach Joseph at: joseph@mytreat.club
Todd Mathew
Small Business Outreach Advisor
Todd is a US Army veteran with years of experience across customer service, retail management, and property management. He has deep knowledge of the Tampa Bay local market and an extensive network built through hands-on operations, small-business outreach, and customer-relationship work. Todd joined My Treat to put that network to work connecting local venues with the discovery platform he believes they've been missing.
Todd's role is documented under a written Advisor Agreement. He is a volunteer advisor, not a member or employee of the company. His lane is sponsor outreach, demo preparation, and small-business relationships.
Reach Todd at: todd@mytreat.club
Built on Google Cloud
My Treat runs on Google Cloud Platform. Today's production stack includes Firebase Hosting (web), Firestore (database), Firebase Authentication (identity), Cloud Functions (event handlers), and Cloud Storage (assets). As we deploy the operations console and analytics warehouse pre-launch, we are adding Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud IAP, Cloud Armor, Secret Manager, and Cloud Logging.
Company facts
- Company
- My Treat LLC (Florida, formed 2026-03-31)
- D-U-N-S
- 145004931 (business identity number)
- Headquarters
- Tampa Bay, Florida
- Phone
- (813) 502-1126 (support); (813) 252-0730 (sales and sponsor support)
- joseph@mytreat.club | todd@mytreat.club
- Status
- Pre-launch in Tampa Bay, working with founding Local Partners
Want to work with us?
If you operate a local business in the Tampa Bay area - a coffee shop, a brewery, a casual restaurant, a neighborhood bar, a live-music space - we'd love to talk. See our Local Partner program for pricing and how it works, or reach Todd Mathew, our Small Business Outreach Advisor, at todd@mytreat.club.
If you'd like to discuss the platform itself, partnership beyond Local Partner enrollment, security or compliance questions, or press, reach Joseph at joseph@mytreat.club.