Garrett Gee is living the dream!

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2016-06-23 15:00

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I wonder at times how can someone be living such a perfect life when I heard & got to know Garrett Gee!

To introduce him in short – “He is an entrepreneur who sold his Scan app to Snapchat for $54 Million and is now travelling the world with his wife & two kids”. I wanted to share this inspiring person’s story here with these beautiful visual that I got from his Instagram account.

Started Scan:
Garrett started Scan while he was a freshman at Brigham Young University together with his 2 other college mates. Scan is an app which is used to connect to real world with the digital universe through mobile scanning technology like QR code, bar codes, beacons & more.
 
He raised $8 million in funding for Scan, which had 50 million downloads worldwide.

Balancing Scan & Soccer:
He became the caption of BYU soccer team while he was chasing his dream with Scan. For him hard work doesn’t feel like hard work when you love what you do and you understand what you’re working towards.

Shark Tank:
The 20-something dropped out of BYU to develop a scanning app, called Scan, after receiving funding from Google.Scan was considered so user friendly and popular that it knocked Angry Birds off the App Store top ten list.
 
Garrett appeared in Shark Tank, he didn’t get the funding but his presence made US believe thathe will be big with his idea someday soon.

Fell in love:
 
Life is meaningful when you find someone with whom you can share it. Jessica was justthe right girl for him. He married her and they do everything together. She makes it all worth it & enjoyable.

Sold his company:
He & his co-founders then sold their product to Snapchat for areported $54 Millions in 2014. $30 Million in cash and the rest in equity in Snapchat.

Decided to sell his belongings:
 
GarrettGee decided to ditch the regular lifestyle and travel the world after selling Scan. So he and his wife decided to sell most of their belongings, including their cars, furniture, TV and extra clothes, and are using money they made to fund their adventures.

Travelling the world:
Here’s the crazy & most inspiring part. The couple and their two young children, Dorseyand Manilla, call themselves "The Bucket List Family." So far,25-year-old Garrett and 29-year-old Settie are travelling with their kids to awide range of exotic spots, such as Turks and Caicos, Thailand, Australia,Tahiti and Hawaii.

Take Away:
It’s so important to follow your passion, not follow the rules but gowith your own instinct. If you believe in something go hard chasing for it. You will meet success & always keep inspiring people around you by being thebest form of yourself.
 
Look what just happened. I tweeted about him & he shows his like onTwitter. Life is magical go out & live it :)

Lean More:
 
The Bucket List Family Youtube link
Garrett gee Instagram link