While only a sophomore at George Washington University, Tywan Wade has quickly made a name for himself both on and off campus thanks to his captivating can-do attitude. It's his relentless pursuit of the impossible that helped Wade teach himself how to code in just three days and then go on to create an app that tells users what to wear based on the forecast.
Now the founder of Shortly – an app that analyzes "at-the-moment" weather conditions to make putting together your outfit in the morning all the easier – Wade can say with confidence that he accomplished what he set out to do.
“I reached out to more than one hundred professors for their help to create an application and received responses saying that it would be ‘unrealistic to create in the timeframe that I wanted,’” he said. “I was tired of being told ‘no’ and wanted to prove to myself that I could do it.” And he did just that. Shortly, which is available in the iTunes store here, has been downloaded in more than 40 countries and is represented in over 1,000 cities, according to GW.
I'm sure this isn't the last we'll hear from this young entrepreneurial talent, though. His dreams will only get bigger and grander over time. Once you're told 'no,' but make it happen anyways, that triumph feeds your motivation to continue to supersede expectations.
You can learn more about Wade and Shortly in the short web chat captured in the video below:
Image and Video via Tywan Wade/Vimeo
