The return of Bill Gates to the entrepreneurial ecosystem You could imagine from a co -founder role or in a high -level directive position; However, he did it as Fellow, in the Customer Service Area From Phia, Startup founded by her youngest daughter, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, bedroom friend at the university.
In this context, Bill Gates made a publication on LinkedIn in which he reports that for one day he was part of the customer service team, for Know in a close way, what users think.
Through a video, father and daughter They read the comments that the startup receives, same in which users appreciate having found garments at an accessible cost.
Likewise, the founder of Microsoft, mentions in its publication that the best way to understand how something works or where there can be an error, is approach with the people who use it.
So, he invites all consumers not to stop sharing their opinions and thereby improve the quality of the products.
Bill Gates and Phoebe Gates.
Phia, the startup created by young people passionate about sustainability
The idea of creating Phia arose when Phoebe Gates and her friend Sophia Kianni studied in Stanford. Both with one Business vision And knowledge in women’s health and the environment, together they found a market opportunity in something they were passionate about, fashion.
Phia is based on more than 40,000 fashion websites and with the Use of artificial intelligence (AI), offers the user more than one option to buy a specific garment.
However, this has not been the first business idea they have had, since they also thought of Create a buffer that monitors hormones and the iron level.
Bill Gates’s legacy
One of the news that caused impact was when the tycoon declared that Your children will inherit less than 1% of heritage total. This is because you want your heirs to develop and learn on your own.
Therefore, Phia is not the result of a Bill Gates investment, but Investor search. The startup started $ 100,000 from Soma Capital. But after a series of rejections, he got $ 500,000 from angels.
Currently, Phoebe Gates and her friend Sophia Kianni, who just concluded the university, They use four people focused on engineeringan operations director and a designer. It is worth mentioning that all collaborators have Startup actions.
