Part 2: Bloom | Sonny Mo

After nearly 10 months of pivoting around, I’d finally found a good idea. Empowering the next generation of Americans to start building wealth in a safe and educational way was genuinely exciting. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. There were many problems to sort out nonetheless. Contour had only one employee and that was me. I never had a real job and certainly had not built an investing product before. It wasn’t feasible to build everything by myself and I really needed help. At the same time, the S21 batch was approaching, and we were allowed to participate in demo day. We had a deadline we could put our sights on. This time, I would have to do YC alone without Leo. I first had to sort out a name for the company. The name Contour sounded rather uninspiring to teenagers. I spent a day or two picking between Bloom and Float. I went with Bloom, which was probably the right choice. Soon, I brought on a team of contractors. Alexa and Kaiti joined to help out on the marketing front. Find

After nearly 10 months of pivoting around, I’d finally found a good idea. Empowering the next generation of Americans to start building wealth in a safe and educational way was genuinely exciting. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. There were many problems to sort out nonetheless. Contour had only one employee and that was me. I never had a real job and certainly had not built an investing product before. It wasn’t feasible to build everything by myself and I really needed help. At the same time, the S21 batch was approaching, and we were allowed to participate in demo day. We had a deadline w