For Asad Ahmed, the stars aligned in the golden city.
The Penn State alumnus graduated in 2016, and after briefly working in the nationâs capital, moved out to San Francisco to begin work at Uber Technologies.
When the pandemic began across America, companies such as Zoom and Amazon amassed a fortune in profits. At the same time, digital content creators on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram amassed followings of millions.
In the middle of this was PaySplit, originally designed to help college students better split bills, according to founder Ahmed.
However, before his PaySplit idea came to life, Ahmed needed to discover his collegiate path at Penn State.