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<h5>Credport</h5>
<p>Co-Founded my first company with Connor, my roommate from college. Rollercoaster would be an understatement.</p>
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Boston, MA and Berlin, Germany
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Since 2012
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#geek #worker #coder
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<h2><a href="https://www.credport.org">Credport</a></h2>
<p>Credport is a trust platform for P2P marketplaces. It allows the portability
of trust metrics such as reviews and social connections that are especially important
for the Sharing Economy. Everything started with Connor's and mine passion for efficiency.
We saw great potential in the model pioneered by Airbnb, but thought that the way we deal
with trusting stangers online could be improved upon.</p>
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Under the supervision of entrepreneurially-spirited Professor Byers at BU, I started to create
the first prototype. Soon after, we were admitted to <a href="http://summer.hcp.com/">Summer@Highland</a>,
an incredibly great and generous program for young entrepreneurs. Towards the end of the summer,
we decided that we couldn't simply return to BU, which is why we applied to
<a href="http://www.startupbootcamp.org/programs/berlin.html">Startupbootcamp Berlin</a>, got in and
moved in with my parents.
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