For most of us our first job usually looks something like 7$ an hour working a register, flipping patties, or stocking shelves, but for Garett Gee his first job was starting his own company and receiving over a million dollars in seed funding before he even graduated college. Gee is a young kid from a small town in Utah that made a great guess and a great product. In 2011 while at BYU the iPad 2 was set to come out and Gee realized that that meant there would be some blog stating what the top 10 apps anyone needs for it and he was determined to be on this list. Gee’s idea was to create an app that was beautiful and effective in the QR code market. Gee said about the smart code industry, ““When I came across smart codes for the first time, I thought, ‘Wow, this is really cool technology in a really ugly, crowded space. Someone should make a pretty product for this.'” As Gee began to navigate Utah trying to find someone to support him and his idea one investor asked ‘why should we choose you when I could partner with a company with much more experience?’ Gee gave a simple straightforward and honest answer and won over his investor, “because we’re young and we were raised on the iPhone—we know the ins and outs of it.” Gee’s Scan was a huge success and his ‘rookie’ team was making a huge splash! In less than a year Scan has over 10 million downloads and is used in over 75 countries. He also got onto the list that he predicted there would be. For a kid from a tiny town in Utah I would say he is doing pretty well for himself. Scan now has 9 employees and Gee’s next plan is to figure out he to make his free app Scan profitable. Gee believes that his product will remain on top in such a crowded market in the future. When asked what he thinks he said, “When someone sees our logo they understand it’s associated with quality, speed, and good user experiences.” If your interested in more young entrepreneurs making a difference pull out your Scan app and scan below! 
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Garett saw a market that was being used to its true potential and jumped on the opportunity. I have scan downloaded on my phone, but have only used it a couple of times.