Shilpa Sadagopan first got here with the concept for Then, a student services app, when she found out how much extra spending money she wished as a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sadagopan, now a senior majoring in business administration and a popular tune at USC, has taken her idea to market with assistance from her father.
Then creates a market for hiring and presenting pupil offerings. Thoyen’s cost proposition is “the college pupil’s easiest way to get responsibilities carried out and maximum flexible way to earn money,” in keeping with its website.
Then offers the handiest task requests and responses, but also a market for rentals or purchases, and carpool alternatives. Potential responsibilities include cleaning, housework, packing, transferring, and automobile washing.
“It’s now not just centered on one issue, like Uber or Postmates,” Sadagopan stated. “We have rental cleansing and laundry services. Within all of these things, there are all of these intricacies, like how to explain to human beings what all of these items are; however, nonetheless preserve the app looking smooth, not over-inundating human beings with statistics.”
After three years in manufacturing, the app launched on iOS in late March at USC and Texas A&M. After workshopping the idea with another student at Penn at some point during her freshman 12 months, Sadagopan advised her circle of relatives about it for the duration of one of their ongoing entrepreneurial brainstorming sessions.
“My dad has usually been clearly large recommend for arising along with your own ideas,” Sadagopan stated. “My brother and I might go home, and we would just have those circle of relatives conversations … He constantly says thoughts are not anything without execution, so if you actually need to work in this, then we can.”
In Fall 2016, Sadagopan transferred to USC to observe a famous tune. She quickly introduced an enterprise administration, most importantly, resulting in a hectic three-year schedule — she’s currently enrolled in 24 units.
Sadagopan said her busy agenda influenced her to release the app. She didn’t qualify for work-examine and didn’t have the time to work a complete-time internship. Sadagopan stated she hopes Thoyen gives college students greater flexibility in their schedules.
