Joined Mastercard via acquisition (Applied Predictive Technologies)

Startup Fellowship sponsored by Harvard Ventures.

Academy was a school organizer, but more connected. It gave students the ability to create class pages specified to their curriculum, where participants can share ideas, announce reminders about class work, or answer other students questions. It's the collaborative force that will help reduce school competitiveness, and instead help to promote solidarity and community.

This was a company based on creating the app ideas that people had dreamed about. It was a competition where the winner got there dream app made. It was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot from the experience.

I've loved creating things ever since I was a kid. I worked to develop this hot sauce company by finding ideas and partnerships to move us forward. At the time, my friend and colleague, Chase, was 12 and I was 13. We produced all natural products, and we focused on becoming a green company (packaging with recycled newspapers, etc.). We also gave a substantial amount of money to charity. Though we were young, we believed that we could move forward and grow our business as effectively as any other entrepreneur could. We loved the challenge.