{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Startup Junkies Podcast","title":"From School Project to Financial Literacy App with Kanishk Sasikumar","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fe88874e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1475,"description":"Every business worth building starts with a problem you've felt yourself. This high school senior turned his into an app.\n\nIn this entrepreneur interview, Kanishk Sasikumar, a Bentonville High School senior and co-founder of Investo, shares how a DECA competition project became a gamified financial literacy app now live on the App Store and Google Play. Whether you're a teen with a business idea or a parent wondering how kids learn about money, this founder story shows what it takes to go from a notebook idea to a launched product before graduation.\n\nIn This Episode:\nTurning a DECA project into a real startup\nPivoting from an art tutor marketplace\nGamifying financial literacy for teens\nFreemium pricing and pilot testing\nWhy marketing is harder than building\nWhy ideas rarely get stolen\nChoosing a co-founder with complementary skills\nSchool bundles and bank partnerships\n⏱️ Chapters: \n0:41 Meet Kanishk Sasikumar \n1:18 From DECA to a first startup \n2:04 Pivoting to teen financial literacy \n4:05 Inside the app \n6:26 Marketing through word of mouth \n7:33 Freemium model and Startup Crawl \n9:20 Biggest lessons: business model and marketing \n10:21 Balancing high school and a startup \n11:44 How teens can start a business \n14:10 Why your idea won't get stolen \n15:05 The money lessons schools don't teach \n16:40 Selling to parents and schools \n17:58 Building with a co-founder \n20:22 Five-year vision and bank partnerships\n\nAbout Kanishk Sasikumar: \n\nKanishk is a senior at Bentonville High School and co-founder of Investo, a financial literacy app he built with co-founder Arjun. The app placed sixth at DECA's international competition and launched in April. \n🔗 Kanishk on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanishk-sasikumar/\n🔗 Investo website: https://investo-finance.xyz/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VIqyFnVoemaY16I1CQ_9OtsZkjBwg6MwfUeTfBb7LPw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMTg0/ODVhOTk1ZmFiOTQ2/MWM3YTk4MTcxOTg3/NmY5Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}