Experience college life while staying home with Pop Social
Entrepreneur Name: Yoon Lee
Business Name: Pop Social, Texas, United States
Did you miss out on the opportunity to experience college life and make new friends due to COVID? With Pop, make friends and find your community even if you aren’t on campus.
Pop Social Inc. founder and CEO Yoon Lee thought of this idea back in 2018 when he saw how freshers or newbies have a difficult time making friends, finding the perfect social group, and a sense of belonging in college. With the pandemic and students being stuck at home the app seems relevant now more than ever.
Pop is a platform where students can make friends according to their areas of interest and passions while staying anonymous. Users get an auto-generated nickname and can choose their avatars from a wide range. All the basic information like gender, major, year, and interests except the name is displayed on the profile. Users can go through profiles and choose whom to connect with based on their interests.
The app has over 1000 users today and is continuously growing. Started as a team of students from various on-campus entrepreneurship organizations of the University of Texas, Pop Social is now a team of university students, graduates, and some full-time employees. They are now looking to expand to more universities across the country and constantly working on the improvements.
