Jared Ward & Brendon Beebe: Coding with AI, Overcoming Scaling Challenges, Founding Team Dynamics

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In this episode of the Startup Ignition Podcast, Jared Ward and Brendon Beebe, founders of Luminous, share their journey building a modern e-commerce ERP. They discuss the value of technical co-founders, iterative development, and lessons from early mistakes like premature scaling. Jared’s shift from supply chain to CEO and Brendon’s tech leadership highlight the power of complementary skills. They also talk about refocusing Luminous to meet modern commerce needs, their recent funding success, and how AI is boosting software development efficiency. (00:00:00) Introduction to the Startup Ignition podcast with hosts Tyler John and guests Jared Ward (CEO) and Brendan Beb (CTO) of Luminous (00:02:06) Icebreaker game: "Invest or Pass" begins with AI-powered procurement assistant scenario (00:04:07) Second scenario: Virtual reality travel experience (00:05:52) Third scenario: Blockchain-based voting system (00:10:24) Transition to main podcast agenda, starting with Jared and Brendan’s backgrounds (00:11:00) Brendan’s early story: Getting in trouble at BYU for hacking the registration system (00:15:21) Brendan’s first project with Tyler and lessons on working with co-founders vs.

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