Three years. More than 1,000 days. Over 26,000 hours spent obsessing over revolutionizing the ratings and reviews industry.

This essay captures my perspective on what it’s like to build a company from the ground up while in college — and it’s also a self-analysis of sorts to help others who might be in similar shoes throughout the journeys they are pursuing. This essay also captures things that went wrong, as well as things that went incredibly right. Startups are a roller coaster, with the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows.

The last thing this piece should do is deter you from causing positive change in the world — we as entrepreneurs obsess over solving problems that we face or we see others face. Startups should not be made for social status, but more-so for changing the status quo. The only person holding you back from pursuing your dreams is you.

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