"So it was 2020, prime time of COVID, and I was feeling a little bit unsure what I wanted to do with my life. I was still, at the time, sophomore in college, sent home halfway through university. And one of my friends had been sharing that she was working on a mobile app around biking. I basically contacted her. We decided to work together, and from there really grew from working and contributing as an intern, to founding engineer."
"I think it's like that in startups because the teams are so small. So at first we had about, I'd say, six, seven, eight interns. These were all sophomores, a freshmen like me just looking to see how they could get involved in projects and soon enough realized that, okay, we really do need to have some direction and worked with her to navigate that just within a couple months, honestly."
Pointz provides a safer bike mapping app aimed at people who feel scared to ride. The product targets riders in the US with plans to expand internationally. Origins date to 2020 during COVID when a college sophomore joined a mobile biking project and progressed from intern to founding engineer and CTO. Rapid team changes and small startup size led to many underclassmen interns collaborating and taking on responsibility. Early team included six to eight interns, mostly freshmen and sophomores, seeking project experience. The team recognized the need for direction and organized leadership within months.
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