idea – Greek University

Brooke Yoakam: As an entrepreneur, what’s your advice to other college students with business ideas?

By admin on October 1, 2021

It’s always important to me that the undergraduate voice is heard on the Fraternity Foodie Podcast. Our next guest is Brooke Yoakam, a sophomore at Boston College and is also the CEO and Founder of GiftPocket, a mobile FinTech app that is transforming the way that people and brands use gift cards. With GiftPocket users can manage, exchange, buy, and send gift cards from their phone. She created GiftPocket when she was 12 years old and has since launched GiftPocket in Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Brooke has been featured on Bloomberg QuickTakes, TedX Talks, Yahoo Finance, Crunchbase, CBS Boston, Columbus Dispatch, Clubhouse, and more.

In episode number 176 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out how Brooke came up with the idea for Giftpocket when she was 12 years old, how she pushes through when obstacles come her way, how the app has evolved, who her mentors are for the business, her strategy for more app downloads, why she chose Boston College for her undergraduate experience, how hard it is to do both (being a student and an entrepreneur), ideas for the future, advice to other college students who want to start their own business, and Brooke’s favorite restaurants in Boston. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=espDLjrHM3I

Fraternity/Sorority

Carrie Anton: How can college students brainstorm ideas effectively to solve problems?

By admin on September 4, 2019

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11125874/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Welcome to episode #29 of Fraternity Foodie! On this episode, we get to speak with Carrie Anton, Chief Wonder Woman at her own company called Wonder: An Idea Studio. We talk to her about her undergraduate experience at University of Wisconsin-Madison, her time as an editor for a big company like American Girl, the different services she offers today at her own company, the book she recently co-authored called “Me, Myself & Ideas: The Ultimate Guide to Brainstorming Solo”, how to inject creativity into tired philanthropy events or community service events, how to create stronger connections with your community and members, changing the Greek narrative with the media to a more positive one, how to brainstorm solutions in large groups, how to be a leader in your student organization, and where to go for food in Madison. Don’t miss this!

Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/Cn2M8HHURQM