Becoming a technical founder (without a software background)

Ryan Coon, Avail

Joining me is an investment banker who decided he wanted to start a software company. But instead of going online and finding a technical co-founder to do all the work, he spent two years learning how to code.

Ryan Coon is the co-founder of Avail, which simplifies property management for independent landlords.

In this interview we’re going to hear the entire story of how he built it up to how he sold it to Realtor.com.

Ryan Coon

Avail

Ryan Coon is the co-founder of Avail, which simplifies property management for independent landlords.

Andrew: Hey, they’re freedom fighters. Listen to this. Joining me is Ryan Coon, an investment banker who decided he wanted to start a software company instead of going online and going, where’s it going to, where am I going to find my software? Co-founder my, technical co-founder the person who’s going to do all the work.

He goes, I’ll have to figure it out. How to code myself. He spent what’d you spend two years learning to code. Yeah.

Ryan: Yeah, it’s crazy. And thank you for having me. That was our experience. We were stuck here in Chicago, in the Midwest. I didn’t know anyone who could code. And so we said, look, we could go online, go that path. But we also said, Hey, I know a few people who’ve gotten burned doing that. And I’d rather just learn it myself and roll up my sleeves and do it.

And so, uh, some, a lot countless hours learning, learning, going through the huddle, tutorial books built a...

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