Mostly I like to solve problems backwards, but this might be me being contrarian.

The first time I tried to get barcode scanning off the ground, it failed miserably.

When 2008 came around, that's when smartphones were actually a thing.

I grabbed Android Beta SDK and tried to get an app built that could do barcode scanning and price in person.

If your goal is to build a team, you need team players.

One thing to look for when building your team is don't tolerate assholes.

It was a happy accident for the most part.

I just try enough to win sometimes and that's kind of the playbook.

This is Code Story, bringing you in-depth interviews with tech visionaries digging into critical moments of what

it takes to change in industry and build and lead a team that has your back I'm Noah

Labhart and on today's episode how in 2006 Rylan Barnes made a way to read barcode

with your phone and accidentally changed the way we shop.

All this and more on Code Story.

For some builders, there's a moment where creativity is catalyzed.

For others, it starts much earlier. Rylan Barnes has been working

with technology since childhood, starting out by simply programming his Legos to move.

And all the way through college, building early marketplaces for college students to trade textbooks,

and building automated chess boards so that invisible robots

could play chess against each other. When he started creating a solution for mobile phone

barcode scanning, he had no idea the doors that would open and eventually lead to the formation

of his most successful product, venture, and exit called Shop Savvy.

So I think everyone wants to know how you started Shop Savvy.

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