On the 1st week of each month, Arch Grants founders share their insights on how to grow a successful startup.
Andrew Glantz, Founder of GiftAMeal and a 2018 Arch Grants awardee, will share how to build a social venture startup – navigating pitch competitions, the importance of early product validation, how to build an MVP app, and other tips for early-stage tech Founders. There will be time for Q&A at the end.
SPEAKER BIOS
Andrew Glantz is the Founder and CEO of GiftAMeal, a mobile app that promotes restaurants while giving back to the community. Each time a user takes a photo on the GiftAMeal app of their order from a partner restaurant, a meal is provided to someone in need locally. Over 250 restaurants participate and over half a million meals have been provided. In addition to GiftAMeal, Glantz serves on the Washington University in St. Louis Alumni Board of Governors and guest lectures at the university on topics such as marketing, negotiations, and entrepreneurship. Prior to GiftAMeal, Glantz ran a non-profit storefront that promoted re-use and sustainability, and served as Vice President of a children’s charity that raised over $300,000 during his four year tenure. Glantz graduated Magna Cum Laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017, where he received the Joseph W. Towle prize for top leadership potential and was voted Most Likely to be a Billionaire by his peers. Glantz was named to the Alpha Kappa Psi 40 Under 40 List as well as the St. Louis Business Journal’s 30 Under 30 List, where he was the youngest person on the list.
ABOUT THE STARTUP
GiftAMeal is a mobile app that promotes restaurants while giving back to the community. Each time a user takes a photo on the GiftAMeal app of their order from a partner restaurant, a meal is provided to someone in need locally. Over 250 restaurants participate and over half a million meals have been provided so far.