Founder's Campfire: Sreya Halder on challenges of monetizing virtual reality and consumer fashion apps

Summary: <p>Sreya Halder, a master's student in computer science at Stanford, discusses her experience building Club Cardinal, which attracted thousands of Stanford users. She also delves into how her personalized wardrobe avatar app went viral, amassing over 180,000 downloads, and her decision to pursue her passion for fashion full-time after graduating from Stanford by developing an AI-powered personalized shopping app. In this episode, we dive deep into the pivotal decisions in Sreya’s entrepreneurial journey: turning down an offer from Pear VC, choosing to focus full-time on her startup after a summer internship at AWS, and selecting the right co-founder and pre-seed fund to collaborate with.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Download Your Amie, AI-powered personalized shopping:<a href="https://www.youramie.com/"> https://www.youramie.com/</a> Your Amie’s Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/shopyouramie"> https://www.instagram.com/shopyouramie</a> Sreya’s TikTok:<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sreyahalder_"> https://www.tiktok.com/@sreyahalder_</a> Sreya’s Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/sreyahldr"> https://twitter.com/sreyahldr</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Founder’s Campfire is a podcast show created and hosted by Tran Le, a senior at Stanford studying computer science. Through reflective conversations with early founders, Tran hopes to build a community of founders focused on reflection, sharing, and growth at Stanford and beyond. Whether you're a founder, dreamer, investor, or simply a curious listener, there's a place for you around the campfire. Join us as we share stories, insights, and lessons from our entrepreneurial journeys.</p> <p><br></p> <p>For more podcasts by The Stanford Daily, visit stanforddaily.com/category/podcasts</p> <p>Producers: Tran Le, Managing Editor: Ellen Yang</p>