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From simple idea at a restaurant to $900K funding and 7 million translations. Waygo app that translates in real time from Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Published: April 24, 2016, 10 a.m.

b'Ryan Rogowski created a very helpful, for some people even anxiety eliminating, product \\u2013 Waygo \\u2013 an app that allows to instantly translate Chinese, Japanese and Korean. \\n\\nRyan, apparently not alone, experienced a huge language barrier during his one-year stay in China. He had trouble especially in restaurants, since he had no idea what he was ordering. He soon decided to develop an app, that would translate Chinese in real time while hovering a phone camera over the text. Today, after 5 years, it translates from three Asian languages and users have made over 7M translations.\\n\\nWhat were the first steps for Ryan to work on the idea? At what point did he decide to move to Silicon Valley? How did he end up on a 2-week trip with Dave McClure, Founder of 500 Startups, and did he get to the program? What user acquisition strategies does he use for Waygo? What would he do differently now?\\n\\nListen to the interview and hear Ryan\\u2019s incredible story!\\n\\nYou can also watch the interview at www.valleytalks.com.\\n\\nA lovely shout out to our partners Runway Incubator and StyleBee!'