S8 E21: Jared Ward, Luminous

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Jared Ward grew up in a sporty family, participating in wrestling and football. His background is in supply chain and eCommerce, but outside of this and tech, he is a family man and loves spending time with his kids. With his 7 year old son, he is sharing his love of Zelda, and with his 3 year old daughter, he enjoys taking her to the park and the occasional tickle fight. For himself, he enjoys watching MMA, running marathons, and getting outside to hike. Jared has spent a lot of time in the eCommerce world, serving numerous different roles. What he noticed is that with evolution of eCommerce companies, it is difficult for them to develop a system of record early on. Jared wanted to change all that, and take on the juggernauts head on. This is the creation story of Luminous. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	I started the MVP by going and working for a company that was within our ICP.
0:08.4	I identified what the ideal customer profile for Luminus would be.
0:12.9	And I went to a company that represented that.
0:15.1	And I was like, hey, let me come on as your director of supply chain to be fully transparent.
0:20.4	I'm building this product called Luminous.
0:22.3	Here's the vision of it.
0:23.3	That's my number one motivation here.
0:26.2	But I will save you a crap ton of money as your director of supply chain.
0:30.6	And you're going to get an awesome product for free.
0:32.9	So that company hired me.
0:34.8	The MVP, we just started one module at a time.
0:40.2	This is Jared Ward.
0:41.4	I'm the founder and CEO of Luminous.
0:46.6	This is Code Story.
0:49.4	A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.3	Six months moonlighting.
0:53.9	There's nothing on the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	She took many goes to get right.
1:01.9	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	What company is its people?
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