Leber: GonnaBe's former iOS developer became Snapchat employee number 17
Hank Leber · EP 357: He Quit His Job, Lost His Life Savings, Then Hit it Big With SaaS Business · Jul 16, 2016 · at 9:19
Hank Leber, founder of Vitamin, discusses where his former co-founders landed after their startup GonnaBe shut down.
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“My iOS developer, who's a brilliant guy, got snapped away from me by Snapchat. This was two and a half years ago, so that would make him employee number 17 at Snapchat. And now he's the lead of the iOS team over there.”
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