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Season 2Episode 88

Flashmates helping you find housing and roommates

October 21, 2023
25m
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About This Episode

In this episode of DevNTell Narb interviews Amrit Shenava, the creator of Flashmates, who introduces his platform designed to simplify finding housing and roommates for students and young professionals. Inspired by his own challenges as an international student, Amrit developed Flashmates to provide a safer, more efficient search experience. He demonstrates features like university-verified listings, a MatchMaker for identifying compatible roommates, and Twitter bots that facilitate housing searches. Amrit shares his journey, highlighting the importance of 'building in public' and overcoming initial development hurdles. Looking forward, he plans to incorporate cryptocurrency payments to support international users, underscoring his vision for a borderless economy in housing and travel.

Key Takeaways

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Flashmates aims to simplify housing and roommate discovery for students and professionals using verified listings.

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Building in public and networking can significantly accelerate a project's development and user growth.

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Overcoming initial embarrassment and fear of failure is crucial for successful innovation.

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Future updates include cryptocurrency payments to ease international transactions and lower costs.

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A borderless economy in housing and travel is a key vision for Flashmates' evolution.

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Amrit Shenava

Founder @ Flashmates

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