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S2:E1 - How she built a mobile app to help victims of domestic violence (Alicia Carr)

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4.7618 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Alicia Carr shares how to she created Pevo, an app to help women get out of domestic violence, and the technical and personal challenges that came with creating the app.

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0:00.0

Oh, that's my prime delivery.

0:01.6

What, already?

0:02.7

Only one thing can match the buzz of Prime's fast delivery.

0:06.2

And that's the buzz of Prime's entertainment.

0:09.0

What are we watching?

0:09.7

Heads of state, that new action comedy with Idris Elber as the Prime Minister,

0:13.3

John Sina as the president, and Prianka Chopra Jonas,

0:15.9

as their only hope.

0:17.0

It looks like a blast.

0:18.2

From fast delivery to explosive entertainment, it's on Prime.

0:22.5

For only 899 a month, join now. Content includes limited ads, subscription or to renews.

0:27.5

For more information, go to amazon.com.ukau.U.K. slash prime.

0:41.6

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of the Codenalb podcast.

0:45.3

We talk to people on their coding journey in hopes of helping you on yours.

0:48.5

I'm your host, Saron, and today's episode is Deep.

0:51.9

We're talking about building an app to help victims of domestic abuse.

0:55.0

And because we do discuss domestic violence, this episode comes with a trigger warning.

0:57.0

My name is Alicia Carr, and I am CEO founder of Pivo, Purple Evolution, the first

1:04.0

domestic violence app for the state of Georgia. She shares the story of creating Pivo and all the

1:09.3

little things you have to think about when building an app for that specific group of users.

1:13.3

You can't store data. You can't have an email login.

1:16.3

In fact, when you open the app, what you see isn't the name Pivo or anything about domestic violence.

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