When we visited University of Maryland at College Park for the Entrepreneurial Bash, I met up with Ara Bagdasarian , Co-Founder of Omnilert, a mass notification system widely used on college campuses. Ara started Omnilert after his first idea to develop a real estate texting service failed. Inspired by an article about a student murdered in her dorm room, he saw a burning problem: a need to communicate safety information to students. At the time most people were not using text messaging. Despite that, Ara created a prototype for messaging students and set out to see if his idea could pass the critical test of any new business: will a customer pay for it? The answer was yes, but even after securing his first customer the road was not easy. In this interview hear how Omnilert created a superb reputation and how they continue to stay ahead of competition. Ara has great advice for entrepreneurs and lives by the belief that “our customers are our investors”.
Prototype Your Idea and Get Paid Fast: Interview with Ara Bagdasarian, Co-Founder, Omnilert
