In this weeks episode I got the chance to talk to Taylor Nieman. Taylor seems like she was born to succeed if you look at her Linkedin Profile you will see that she Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Cornell University. (For those that don’t know Andy Bernard from the office went there, so you know thats a pretty big deal!) She was a Division 1 Varsity Volleyball Captain, then when she graduated she has gone on to create 5 different startups. Using the YouTube Channel Dev Slopes she learned to code in 8 weeks immediately after her day job, this allowed her the ability to know what she needed when she was hiring an engineer. She ended up meeting her co-founders at headspace and after meeting with hundreds of venture capitalists she found out that the idea was not going to work. Eventually, she came up with the idea to teach people a different language by changing words on pages you are already reading. This allows you to learn a new word without taking extra time out of your day and makes the experience fun. To date she has raised 3 million dollars total in funding as she grows the business. Make sure to download the browser extension jointoucan.com so you can start learning Spanish today.
