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Ryan Sapp- Founder
The idea of WiseCampus.com started when Ryan was studying for an exam and realized he had missed some notes for a few classes because of football. Ryan was an Indiana All State lineman and was accepted to the University of Dayton on a scholarship. He soon found out that juggling college academics and sports was not an easy task. He worked with Hollis Interactive to create the notes database technology, and he found an educational tool with a social twist. Ryan currently is a Junior at UD (2009). He continually travels back and forth between school and work.
Ryan Sapp is responsiblefor overseeing the company’s productivity, with a focus on site development. He monitors site statistics, and along with web developer Hollis Interactive, implements new site features. Through his careful statistical analyses, Ryan is able to employ features that increase member time on the site and the number of new members..
A Recent Interview Question Explaining how he created the site:
WiseCampus.com stands apart from the rest by taking an existing technology, and using it to fill a need. It is unique by being a web 2.0 hybrid that provides social networking and content. The company also was able to spot an opportunity by going into a niche market and provide students with valuable information. WiseCampus.com is an educational resource for all college students and goes behind social networking.
I also found that students a lot of times need more information even if they went to class. We all learn differently and found that someone people grasped concepts better then others and had better notes on the subject. I also found that some of my peers were able to write and listen at the same time better then others. For instance my roommate who had a learning disability had trouble taking quality notes during his engineering classes. He then would try to make friends with the people around him in his class so that he could borrow their notes later to study.
After researching this idea I found that indeed there was an opportunity. I presented the idea to my father and professors who both dismissed the idea. However, I pursued it anyways. I financed the first few months entirely by myself (when I was 16 I sold my car invested in the stock market, sold the stock and made a down payment on a townhome all by the time I was 18). So in the summer of 2007 I worked with a website development company and launched the beta site in the fall of 2007. It failed miserably at first. There was little content to drive traffic at first. However, I saw that people were signing up I just needed to tweak my business model. I then was finally able to convince my father and WiseCampus.com quickly began to develop.