| Tell us about your company: |
| Jam is a family management platform that simplifies scheduling and coordination for busy working families struggling with the complex logistics of modern family life. Jam merges calendars, to-dos, driving schedules, and more into a single app, with AI-enabled scheduling and integrations, allowing for seamless coordination with family members, caregivers, and extended networks. |
| What inspired you to start your business? |
| As two working moms, we deeply felt the burden of the mental load, which falls primarily to female caregivers. We wanted to create a tool to make life easier for all caregivers, and to reduce the mental load of modern family life. |
| What are your proudest achievements so far? |
| First month we saw conversion from free trial to paying customers, being named “An AI tool Parents should embrace” and a top digital tool by Mashable, closing our first fundraising round oversubscribed. |
| What advice do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs: |
| There are many days where it can feel hard, mundane or that you’re not making progress — keep plugging back in to that mission that drove you to create the business so you can remember the bigger picture and drive yourself forward. |
| Please share a memory or thought about your alma mater: |
| USC was such a dynamic, social and exciting place to be as a student — however as an alum, I appreciate even more the deep network of fellow Trojans willing to offer advice and assistance, and the way that the relationships I forged there have become true lifelong friendships. |
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