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title: "Building and Exiting a Mobile Scanning App"
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# Building and Exiting a Mobile Scanning App

Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders — S1 Favorite: Building and Exiting a Mobile Scanning App | Rylan Barnes, ShopSavvy Press Play to Listen While You Browse S1 Favorite: Building and Exiting a Mobile Scanning App | Rylan Barnes, ShopSavvy Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders 0:00 44:06 1× Throwback to our very first interview ! Originally released, June 2019. For some builders, there is a moment where technical creativity is catalyzed. For others… it starts much earlier. Rylan Barnes has been working with technology since childhood, starting out by programming his legos to move, and all the way through college, where he built early marketplaces for trading textbooks and built physical, automated chess boards. When he started creating a solution for mobile phone barcode scanning, he had no idea the doors it would open and lead to the formation of his most successful product, venture… and exit – called ShopSavvy. Links https://rylan.io/ https://shopsavvy.com/ http://www.purch.com/about/ https://tirania.org/blog/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts ! Amazing tools we use: If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm . Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast . Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain , sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE! Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart , Co-produced and edited by George Mocharko . Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pocket Casts , Google Play , Breaker , YouTube , or the podcasting app of your choice. Checkout our episode stacks on Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Advertising Inquiries : https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By