Kevin Jurovich stops by the DRD studio to tell his story:
- Going from NFL player to the finance industry
- Starting a company as a first-time founder
- Discovering your super powers
- His vision for the future of meetups and vibe discovery
- Creating authentic content starts with altruism
- Having patience for success and living in the moment
- His advice to himself on day one
Tom Allen aka @chadgoesdeep stops by the DRD studio to share his story: - His humble beginnings and overcoming self-doubt - The moment he found out he went viral for the first time - Getting invited to be on FOX news live in front of millions of viewers - Being a guest on The Ellen Show and Howard Stern - Coolest moment over the last 10 years - His advice to future creators
Y Combinator is a startup bootcamp, that runs multiple times a year and is highly exclusive. AirBNB, Reddit, and DoorDash are all alumni from the program.
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Our special guest for today’s episode is, Robin Seitz.
Robin is the co-founder and CTO of Kater AI. Before starting the company, Robin worked at companies such as Microsoft, Abbott and Paragon as a Software Engineer. He has 8+ years of experience working in different software engineering roles and big data.
He is now building KaterAI with the help of his co-founder. With KaterAI say bye to messaging the data team and waiting 4 days for an answer, Kater can get answers in 30 seconds. Kater makes it possible for executives to understand why business outcomes occur, and even alert them before the outcomes happen again.
Y Combinator is a startup bootcamp, that runs multiple times a year and is highly exclusive. AirBNB, Reddit, and DoorDash are all alumni from the program.
This episode is sponsored by Jetson, the #1 entrepreneurship app. If you are thinking of starting a business try out Jetson Pro here.
Our special guest for today’s episode is, Akash Kumar
Akash is the co-founder at Dime. Before Dime, Akash was a product software engineer at Snapchat for over 3 years, working on its AI Platform.
He is now building Dime with the help of his co-founder Ashish. Dime helps manufacturers manage their factories. The manufacturers use Dime to generate production plans and track their progress
Y Combinator is a startup bootcamp, that runs multiple times a year and is highly exclusive. AirBNB, Reddit, and DoorDash are all alumni from the program.
This episode is sponsored by Jetson, the #1 entrepreneurship app. If you are thinking of starting a business try out Jetson Pro here.
Our special guest for today’s episode is, Kathryn Wu.
Kathryn graduated from UC Berkeley in Computer science and started her career as a Product Engineer at Pinterest before leaping into to startups.
She is one of the co-founders of Openmart. A platform that helps startups who sell to local businesses discover leads easily based on their specific needs. And her startup is backed by Y-Combinator receiving a half a million dollar investment. Kathryn thank you so much for hopping on today, we are super excited to have a chat and learn more about your journey.
Y Combinator is a startup bootcamp, that runs multiple times a year and is highly exclusive. AirBNB, Reddit, and DoorDash are all alumni from the program.
This episode is sponsored by Jetson, the #1 entrepreneurship app. If you are thinking of starting a business try out Jetson Pro here.
Our special guest for today’s episode is, Tyler Maran.
Tyler is the co-founder and CEO of OmniAI. Before starting the company, he played a pivotal role in developing AI and ML applications within the healthcare and mental health domains.
He is now building OmniAI with the help of his co-founder Anna. OmniAI focuses on a huge problem that companies face, organizing mass amount of data to help with business decisions and ultimately its success.
Y Combinator is a startup bootcamp, that runs multiple times a year and is highly exclusive. AirBNB, Reddit, and DoorDash are all alumni from the program.
This episode is sponsored by Jetson, the #1 entrepreneurship app. If you are thinking of starting a business try out Jetson Pro here.
Our special guest for today’s episode is, Kris Pahuja.
Kris is the co-founder and all things product and business @piramidal. Before Piramidal, Kris was a product lead at google & spotify for ai and healthcare. co-founded gyftgo and scaled to $1m annual recurring revennue, providing high-quality logistics solutions to eCommerce businesses. and at google, owned chrome os monetization from $0 to $300m arr.
He is now building Piramidal with the help of his co-founder. Piramidal is a groundbreaking brain foundation model trained on brainwave data, much like language models are trained on text. This model can understand and detect various brain activities, aiding in the diagnosis of neurological conditions, drug discovery, and real-time brain health monitoring. So a smart tool that reads brainwaves to help doctors quickly find and understand brain problems.
Welcome to Season 2 of the Dorm Room Disruptors Podcast. In this season we want to dial in one topic that often draws lots of curiosity… Y Combinator.
Y Combinator is a startup bootcamp, that runs multiple times a year and is highly exclusive. AirBNB, Reddit, and DoorDash are all alumni from the program.
This episode is sponsored by Jetson, the #1 entrepreneurship app. If you are thinking of starting a business try out Jetson Pro here.
Lucious is the co-founder and Chief Eating Officer at BiteSight. Before starting his company, Lucious built his first $1M ARR product while moonlighting at a YC company at 19 years old. Lucious also built a treasury management company focused on nonprofits and was an analyst at General Atlantic covering restaurant tech.
He is now building Bitesight with the help of his co-founder. BiteSight is a video-based food delivery app that learns what you like and shows you exactly what you are craving. Imagine TikTok meets DoorDash. Since launching the beta in February, BiteSight has onboarded 274 restaurants in SF, and users are growing more than 50% each week, all organically.
Chapter 1: Pivoting from QR Code Menus to Food Delivery Chapter 2: Getting Accepted into Y Combinator with a New Idea Chapter 3: Launching Bitesight and Onboarding Restaurants Chapter 4: Growing the Business and Competing with Uber Eats Chapter 5: Expanding to New York and Focusing on Recommendations
Today, we're thrilled to welcome a very special guest, Alexandra Debow. Alexandra's journey is one of the most compelling narratives we've explored on our show. With a rich background spanning internships at big tech firms, VC funds, investment firms, and startups, she leveraged her diverse experiences to launch Swsh, a rising star in the consumer social platform arena. Swsh is all about enhancing meaningful connections, whether they're brief encounters or lasting relationships. It simplifies sharing photos from any event, making cherished memories easily accessible with cutting-edge facial recognition technology.
Notably, Alexandra has successfully raised over $1 million for Swsh, crafting a 'better-for-you' social media experience. It's also worth mentioning that she's among the rare few—only 20 annually—to be awarded the prestigious Thiel Fellowship. Founded by entrepreneur Peter Thiel, this $100,000 grant encourages young entrepreneurs to leave college and pursue their business dreams full-time. Alexandra embraced this challenge, leaving NYU to focus on Swsh. We're eager to delve into her insights and discuss her impressive career, which is sure to inspire many. Alexandra, thank you so much for being here today.
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One of the most ambitious college entrepreneurs and also a co-host on our DRD podcast, Jake Harper is this episode's star of the show. Jake has built numerous successful apps before the age of 20. Starting off building sneaker bots at the age of 15 to his most recent hit GetUWMajor.com which has been accessed over 100,000 times in a year, he has changed the course for many college students at the University of Washington. Taking advantage of the kept-secret Freedom Information Act, Jake requested the admission rubrics for the most competitive majors in his college and built an online tool that would analyze and give feedback on your college essays. GetUWMajor has been used by 60% of the 2023 applicant pool. Join us as he talks about his journey as a young entrepreneur, pushing boundaries, thinking outside of the box, and how providing value for free has opened many doors for him. Oh, and also he is now on a mission to build the next disruptor product in the Restaurant Catering space.
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Meet Noah Katz a Umpire in training and a social media expert. Noah'z story begins at a very young age, where he started hosting sports tournaments for the people in his hometown to join. What interested him the most was becoming a referee for Baseball. Documenting his journey on TikTok and Youtube, Noah was able to grow his following to over 150K+ across his socials and is now building a business he is super passionate about. Join us as this young entrepreneur takes us through their journey of failures, successes, and what it took to create a successful business at such a young age.
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If you're a high school or college student with big dreams of starting your own company, this video is for you. Ashton Cofer and Teddy Solomon have raised $45 Million for their company Fizz. Whether you're already running your startup or just have an idea you can't stop thinking about, Ashton covers the skills you need to learn now and how to set yourself up for success after graduating from school.
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We have a very special guest for today, Avni Barman. Not only is she our first Female entrepreneur on the podcast, Avni has an astonishing story. From working as a software engineer at LinkedIn, to becoming a Product Manager at Atlassian, she is the founder and CEO at Gen She. Avni has built a phenomenal newsletter, a community of the most ambitious women in tech, entrepreneurship and media. And she achieved this all in her twenties.
Today, Avni has more than 200,000 email subscribers, and 300,000+ followers on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.
In this episode, we talk about how Avni taking the first entrepreneurship program at her college changed her future, how she learned coding in 4 months and landed an internship as a Software Developer at LinkedIn, how she forms opinions, her content process and strategy for TikTok, LinkedIn, and Instagram, and why being in a flow state is essential for creating content.
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In Episode 3 of Dorm Room Disruptors, we are joined by Amin Shaykho, an entrepreneur and developer whose apps have been downloaded more than 2,00,000 times! We love his story because it's about building an audience from TikTok and learning along the way. Plus, the cool thing about Amin’s app is they're built to help students across the world by connecting them with tutors.
In the interview, we talk about:
The importance of listening to your customers.
The power of TikTok and leveraging it as a marketing tool.
Why a personal brand is important.
How relating to your customer is important in your messaging.
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Since dropping out of college in 2016, Greg Meade decided not to take the conventional route for his professional endeavors. With an urge to create something of his own, he started a business with the hope of disrupting the outdoor games and sports industry. Just about 7 years later, we can confidently say he has.
With over 1.2 Million players worldwide, Crossnet has been named:
"AMERICA'S FASTEST GROWING BACKYARD GAME" - by ESPN
"OUR #1 RANKED BACKYARD GAME" - People's Magazine
"STORES CAN'T KEEP CROSSNET IN STOCK" - Forbes.
Greg Meade is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of Crossnet, a globally recognized outdoor sport. You can find it anywhere you buy sports equipment, and it all started with just a team of college friends.
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Student at Duke University, a content creator with over half a million followers and 400,000,000 views across the platforms and most importantly an entrepreneur at heart.
You're about to hear a deep dive into how a young, ambitious student's side-hustle evolved into a full-time, successful influencer career, leading to the launch of his first business in the college tech space.
Having learned from his success and failures, Daniel will dive deep into what it takes to have a succesfull personal brand online, the lessons he learned from his first co-founders and how he leverages his half a million followers to create a business around them.
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Meet Atman, Soham and Ananth , 3 Stanford University entrepreneurs, and social media growth experts. Their story begins at the university of Stanford, where three close friends team up to create a product serving students in need of help applying to their top colleges. The Stanford founders built AdmitYogi, a platform where previous college applicants can share their applications for a low fee, for students to learn and get inspired by what makes an accepted student stand out. AdmitYogi was acquired by Crimson Education, the world's leading college admissions consultancy, Join us as these young founders take us through their journey of failures, successes, and what it took to create a successful business at such a young age.
The Third Episode of the Dorm Room Disruptors podcast - Where we share the untold stories of innovation that takes place between class and study Break.
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Meet Eric Zhu, a 16-year-old tech whiz, Co-Founder of Aviato, and a general partner at Bachmanity Capital, a $20 million VC Fund. Eric's journey begins in high school, where he made business calls in the school bathroom. Sharing his journey on social media and quickly becoming a viral sensation, leading to catching the attention of big-time investors: founders of Github, 8VC, and even the owners of the Sacramento Kings basketball team
Join us on the First Episode of the Dorm Room Disruptors podcast - Where we share the untold stories of innovation that takes place between class and study Break.
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Meet PJ Yancey, a 21-year-old entrepreneur, and marketing hacker. PJ's story begins with his purchase of an acre of land in the outskirts of the city. He loved his land so much that he started to brainstorm ways to make this experience accessible and affordable to all. Now, PJ has scaled his startup, MinuteLand, selling thousands of plots to adventure-seeking Gen-Zers looking to escape the mayhem of the city. Join us as PJ takes us through his journey of failures, successes, and what it took to create a lifestyle business at the age of 21.
The Second Episode of the Dorm Room Disruptors podcast - Where we share the untold stories of innovation that takes place between class and study Break.
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This episode was produced & edited by Murat Akyuz, Co-host Jake Harper.