Finding Frictionless Travel with SuperVisas — Spencer Dobrik

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Send us Fan Mail This week, the SphereCast team speaks with Spencer Dobrik, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at SuperVisas . SuperVisas makes visa applications simple, affordable, and fast. Dobrik himself describes his company’s online platform as “the TurboTax for visas.” Through an extremely easy-to-use interface, a user can check eligibility, upload forms, consult with an immigration expert, and get approved to travel. The platform’s flat rate cost saves customers hundreds of dollars’ worth of fees, and the company boasts a 98 percent customer approval rating. On the podcast, Spencer walks us through why he chose to cofound a company and gets into detail on the product strategy behind the platform. Spencer is also transparent about his company’s biggest challenges and gives some sage advice around staying grounded as a cofounder at a fast-moving startup. Noteworthy Quotes: "Learn how to fail early and fail quickly. You have an idea of what the ideal product is, but you really have to take steps on what's the best thing I can do today? And does that allow me to get to the next step? Yes, you want a website that's as good as Airbnb. But you don't get there in a month.