Business
"Find it and GO!" Andrew Brumbeloe, a 5th year Computer Science student at Jacksonville State University and the founder at Fygo, an app optimizing the everyday trip to the grocery store, speaks on the value of faith, patience, and knowledge in starting a successful company. His journey began his first year of college, repeatedly stumbling on the idea of an indoor GPS system for grocery shopping with a host of potential additional features such as coupon optimization and more. At first, he was afraid to pursue the idea, dealing with a problem that keeps many students from pursuing an alternative path - the fear of the unknown. But, Brumbeloe claims his faith in God helped him to overcome that fear, knowing that if God was calling him to do something that he should listen. Now five years later, he has learned patience in taking classes part time while working on his startup, in having team developers come and go, and in cataloging 5,000 items in a grocery story by hand for his MVP. Along the way, Brumbeloe took a semester off of classes to learn app development and build the first iOS app, and he is now using his knowledge to lead a team of eight students. Experience is important, as Brumbeloe puts it, "you have to know what’s required before you can tell someone else what you need done," and his years of development experience from the age of 14 have prepared him to be a successful founder. With such a huge market of millions of grocery shoppers and thousands of grocery stores, Braxton Madison reminds listeners to "not sleep on Fygo!" Other insights revealed in this surprising episode of Startup Dorm Room include: The value of higher-ed as a technical founder. Going part time instead of dropping out. Building a team. Finding people who want to help and being flexible. Monetizing your app. The art of the creative commercialization plan. Taking risks. Pursuing your dream. "God didn’t call any of us to be lazy, if God is calling you to do something, work hard at it, study at it, do it." To learn more about Startup Dorm Room and our mission to empower the next generation of world changers, student entrepreneurs, and problem solvers, you can visit startupdormroom.com! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/startupdormroom/support