<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-pollard-1a332168/">Bryan Pollard</a> is a co-founder of <a href="https://askalex.co/">Ask Alex</a> along with Jordon Durst (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/73PoXnhKrgE7Rg04qPTLi3?si=cbf054bbd7514ef6">Learning Out Loud Episode 6</a>). Ask Alex is a platform focused on AI-powered data and marketing for restaurants. 
 
We spoke with Bryan about:
<ul>
 <li>His time at Bird - benefits of working at a startup</li>
 <li>His first entrepreneurial ventures</li>
 <li>Studying sociology</li>
 <li>Surrounding yourself with interesting people</li>
 <li>You don’t need to study business in college</li>
 <li>Just trying stuff out</li>
 <li>Much more</li>
</ul>

#38 - Vic Schaff - Building a Papa John’s Empire

Learning out Loud publicizes interesting conversations between 3 UVA undergraduates and experts across entrepreneurship, self development, and other fields. Our focus is on uncovering the varying definitions of success and generating actionable next steps to get there through life skills not covered in the classroom. Hosted by Justin Guerra, Marlee Reiter, and Chapin Zerner.

Edited by Ray Zerner.