After the program (I went in July 2015), on July 29, 2015, my brother Brandon came up with an idea for a new kind of social media. I
joined him the same night, and since then we have been growing and refining the idea.
My startup is Ideayet. Ideayet is an upcoming social media platform with equity crowdfunding components where users can get paid for
posting and sharing ideas, and where users can view all of their ideas in one central location. This site is a social media platform that
promotes creativity, and aims to make social media a more productive experience. You can learn more at www.ideayet.com.
I've built the website from scratch (no templates no wordpress, straight up HTML, CSS, JS, SQL, and PHP). The pages above are simply the
promo page explaining Ideayet, and what we've been up to. I am currently developing the alpha version of the actual platform for testing.
If you are interested in testing or want more information, signup for our newsletter here
(http://www.ideayet.com/Ideayet_Newsletter_Sign_Up.php), and the signup for alpha testing will be live on April 21st, 2016!
Ideayet was selected to be at TechDayHQ (https://techdayhq.com/new-york), an event where many startups from across the country
come to show off their startup. There is an abundance of press, incubators, and investors at this event. The event will be held in New York
City on April 21st, and I will be there with my startup team!
Today, we launched a Teespring campaign (https://teespring.com/support_ideayet) to raise funds for TechDay, and to increase brand
awareness, which will remain open until April 6th, 2016. You can support the campaign by joining the innovator movement at
(http://www.ideayet.com/Ideayet_Fundraise.php). Please help spread the word to your colleagues, classmates, teachers, and other
people you think would be interested. Also, don't forget social media! Let EVERYONE know. All help is greatly appreciated!
The tour of Silicon Valley helped foster my growth as a computer scientist and young entrepreneur. =]