Started building a student loan fintech startup with a friend to better manage outstanding debt that gained a lot of traction with advisors, potential partners,

Started building a student loan fintech startup with a friend to better manage outstanding debt that gained a lot of traction with advisors, potential partners, and venture capital, but the complexity of that market and our various pivots in strategy for launching the product became too much for our small team. I’m glad we didn’t end up moving quickly beyond business strategy, design, and a simple technical demo (thanks React Native, Plaid, and various vendors!) because the pandemic hit shortly in 2020 after we got rolling and the resulting fallout put student loan payments on pause anyway.