My dad worked in finance, and he was a trader, and I was actually … Went I went to college, I was on the track to going into finance, as well did a couple of internships, one in private-equity, one in wealth-management. Josh Pigford: Is there any sort of entrepreneurial … Or entrepreneurial tendencies in your history? Whether that’s parents, grandparents, anything like that?īrandon Foo: Not in my family, I would say. I was actually … I’m an only child, so maybe that’s part of the reason why, is I’ve always looked to work with other people on stuff that was cool, because I was mostly learning and doing stuff on my own, so that might have been part of the reason why. Do you feel like you’ve always been drawn to doing things with a group of people or no?īrandon Foo: I think so, maybe. Josh Pigford: Gaming can kind of be … You know, depending on what game, a bit of a team thing. Josh Pigford: You mentioned, you know, want to start a band, and there’s golf, which isn’t totally a team sport, but I mean, it’s like you’re doing it with other people, right?
But I was also really into, I think, into music and wanting to start a band, which I think was kind of the origin of me wanting to create something and bring it into the world is kind of … I think a lot of analogies between musicians starting a band these days and starting a startup. I actually grew up playing music, I studied violin, I played golf, interestingly enough, competitively in high school, I was pretty into gaming and kind of wanted to play games for a living at one point, which is now a thing, which is pretty cool. So, the way I like to kind of start most of these off is talking … I’m super interested in founders’ origin stories … I mean, not even the origin of their company, but the founder themselves, so I’d like to hear kind of about you as a kid and what you were into.īrandon Foo: Well, I grew up … I was born and raised in Minnesota, so that’s already a little different, I think, than a lot of other founders and I lived there until I was 16. Josh Pigford: Cool, thanks for hopping on. Josh Pigford: All right, thanks for joining us, Brandon, how’s it going?īrandon Foo: It’s going great, Josh, thanks so much for having me.
This week I talk with Brandon Foo of Polymail! Brandon and I talk about how math has influenced him as a startup founder, about having a huge influx of new users thanks to being one of the top upvoted products on Product Hunt ever, balancing feedback from consumers when you’re building a business product and much more! Enjoy!
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