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Innovative Journey of Rudy and Sarthak

May 2, 2025

Meet Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan - Bold Journey Magazine

Introduction

  • Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan share insights on their entrepreneurial partnership and methods for maintaining creativity.

Background and Philosophy

  • Met in middle school and connected over shared ambitions, leading to business collaboration.
  • Embrace an "always be building" mindset, emphasizing continual learning and innovation.

Workbee Holidays

  • Created an app to simplify finding reliable Christmas lights installers.
  • Users send photos of their homes and indicate desired installation spots; the app matches them with qualified installers.
  • Gained essential skills in sales, negotiation, and customer service through direct experience.
  • Results: 1,100 users, $50,000 in sales, and $12,000 in funding.

Off-season Innovations

  • Used Workbee’s off-season to work on other projects, such as building a talking plush toy using AI.
  • Acquired hands-on experience in prototyping and refining large language models.

TurboLearn

  • Developed TurboLearn to convert lectures and materials into notes, flashcards, quizzes, and diagrams using AI.
  • Supports multiple input types (lectures, PDFs, videos, URLs) and encourages collaboration among students.

Challenges and Lessons Learned

  • Overcame failures and setbacks, which fostered humility and resilience.
  • Sarthak launched Gradify, an app with 30,000 users; Rudy delivered a TED talk and interned at a VC fund.
  • Their complementary skills enhance teamwork and the success of their ventures.

Future Aspirations

  • Aim to join Y Combinator and continue launching impactful projects, especially TurboLearn, as they begin university at different institutions.

Personal Insights

  • Their experience highlighted student difficulties with note-taking, inspiring TurboLearn.
  • TurboLearn provides comprehensive, shareable study resources to streamline learning.

Important Qualities

  • Emphasize the importance of technical expertise in a niche, continuous learning, and building a team with complementary skills.

Reflection on Growth

  • Shifted focus from age-based comparisons to making a global impact.
  • Advise young people to measure success by their real-world contributions instead of age.

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Conclusion

  • Rudy and Sarthak embody innovation and problem-solving, guided by a commitment to continuous building, learning, and growth.