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Meet The HIBT Fellows: Pierre Paul & Toby Egbuna

How I Built This · 11 May 2021 · 28m

What this episode covers

Pierre Paul, founder of We Hear You, explains how his childhood experiences with exclusion inspired a sign language translator app that converts finger spelling to speech using Android tablets, aiming for full gesture recognition. Toby Egbuna, co-founder of Chezie (formerly Diversify), describes building a platform that uses curated, anonymous 'stories' and demographic 'portraits' to help job seekers from underrepresented groups find inclusive workplaces, contrasting it with generic review sites like Glassdoor. Both founders discuss their early-stage development, the ambiguity of product-market fit, and their participation in the How I Built This Fellows program.

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founders before launch

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Companies
Lyft, Google, Goldman Sachs, Facebook, NPR, U.S. Bank
Products
We Hear You, Chezie, Diversify, Glassdoor, Yelp
Also
Android, Visa, Bradley University, UNC

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