Amanda Trincher

Over the years several students and young, ambitious people have asked me how to break into tech. Everyone has a different path so I'm curious to learn how others landed their first job in this field. Excluding many tech-related side projects in my youth (selling electronics on eBay, modding Xbox's, building websites, etc.), my first real career in tech was an unpaid social media intern at a gaming startup called InstantAction during my senior year at the University of Oregon. I discovered the opportunity through a marketing club I was a part of and was fortunate to land the role. I was such a noob but learned so much. That led to a full-time job after I graduated where I eventually was promoted into product management. The key learning for me was the importance of getting real-world experience asap (ideally before or during college) and building good relationships (by doing great work) with your teammates. At InstantAction I met Andy Yang who eventually recruited me to join another startup in San Francisco. My life changed after that.

My product is Importigy (https://importigy.com) that could help sellers to import wholesale goods from China. At this moment we make an automatic email with order status notification and also use a chatbot for this. In the future, we want to develop a saas platform where our customers can check their order, suppliers info and ask questions about verification and shipping processes. How do you think, would it be useful for sellers or not? Any recommendation to improve our service. Thank you so much!

Hello Makers! I am the CEO/Founder of the Bookit app, the first and only sports betting social media platform for users to actively engage with the betting community on one central hub. I would like to spark a discussion how sports bettors are currently consuming various forms of content, and through what platforms? Twitter? Instagram? Facebook? Any other offshore site? Please share any and all thoughts in regards to sports media consumption.