Sage Hill Senior Builds App, Launches Business
Sage Hill Senior Builds App, Launches Business
Sage Hill Senior Dave Shah is no stranger to success and hard work. An international kiteboarding competitor, who is sponsored by companies like GoPro and Dakine, Shah also has a passion for flying, business and working hard. Now, he’s started his own business along with a friend he made at a USC business program during this past summer.
Together, they launched Crave on Campus -- a food delivery app for college students who will deliver food to other college students. The app tested successfully and now Shah and his colleagues are seeking seed funding from investors in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Shah credits Sage Hill School’s economics classes for inspiring him to move forward into entrepreneurship. He gives a nod to Sage Hill teacher Pete Anderson for encouraging his entrepreneurial spirit. “He really taught me how brave and courageous it is for anyone to start their own company,” explains Shah. “And he helped me understand what kind of statement it makes for anyone like a student to start their own business, be an entrepreneur, and bring together all the resources necessary to start a venture,” he says.
Economics was a turning point for Shah because it helped him apply what he learned in books to the outside world. “Sage certainly has set me up for success,” Shah says. Crave on Campus will participate next week in TechCrunch Disrupt, an event that helps launch technology start-ups. The company is planning on launching the app in January of 2016 at college campuses in Southern California before expanding to other campuses throughout the West Coast and across the nation.
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