The Founder Institute is proud to recognize the efforts of two Graduates - Gagan Biyani, the founder of Udemy and co-founder of Sprig, and Eric Duffy, the founder of Pathgather - who have been listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 for 2016. These exceptional entrepreneurs have made considerable progress in building their companies, taking advantage of their time at FI to propel them to success. Their businesses are thriving thanks to their skill, bravura, and dedication.
Gagan Biyani
Biyani, who attended the Silicon Valley Founder Institute, has a rich history of business success. He started his rise to fame by founding Udemy, an online learning platform that gives students access to the tools they need to take their skills to the next level. Udemy offers more than 40,000 mobile learning courses, offering students at all stages of their careers the opportunity to take their learning wherever they are. This platform embraces all of the most important aspects of online learning, permitting students to take advantage of those classes in a way that fits into their busy lifestyles.
Biyani, however, wasn't content to stop there. From Udemy, he moved on to Lyft; from there, he co-founded Sprig, a meal delivery service that is focused on clean and healthy eating for everyone. The ultimate goal of Sprig is to remove the need for fast food entirely: the company's aim is to drastically reduce the price of organic food, making it much more accessible to even low-income individuals. Each meal is prepared by a private chef out of healthy, wholesome ingredients, creating the potential for anyone to access a balanced meal delivered right when they need it. Biyani acknowledges that this is a goal that will take a long time to reach. Right now, Sprig's reach is primarily the larger restaurant-going population: each meal, while conveniently delivered to wherever the customer may be, costs around $14. This means that Sprig is unlikely to replace fast food entirely any time soon, but with Biyani at the helm, there's a good chance that their goal will be in sight before they know it. Biyani makes the Forbes list alongside co-founder Neeraj Berry.
Eric Duffy
At 27 years old, Duffy is the proud founder of Pathgather, a learning platform specifically designed to make learning content more easily accessible in a business environment. Pathgather is, in short, a social media-style learning platform for businesses. It combines elements of social media sharing, like Facebook, while integrating the tracking principles of LinkedIn and the app potential of Kayak--a potent combination that has catapulted Pathgather to success in the business world. When information changes and needs to be updated in such a short period of time,it can be difficult for many employees to keep up with the changing times. Pathgather makes it easy! In addition to a simple, intuitive search function that makes it simple for every user to access the latest information provided by the company, Pathfinder is also designed to make sharing and discussing easier than ever before. It provides an extra level of motivation that helps many employees catapult straight to further success, and with Duffy at the helm, it's sure to continue offering those benefits to employees everywhere for quite some time to come. Much of his current inspiration comes from time spent in a village in South Africa, where he was fascinated to hear the number of people who were eager to participate in long-distance learning opportunities.
Founder Institute provides the education that many students need in order to push themselves to the next level of success. Like Duffy and Biyani, many Founder Institute graduates develop the skills needed to start their own businesses, catapulting them to incredible levels of success within a short period of time. With motivation, determination, and a strong background from Founder Institute, many individuals are able to reach their full potential and share their ideas and dreams with the world.
