Giles-Evan Mboumi

Founder & CEO @Rovnhq. Eccentric Builder . Changing how hiring is done.

[Giles-Evan Mboumi @gilesmboumi]

I'm Giles. I'm 21, and I'm building Rōvn.

Rōvn is the operating network for the healthcare workforce. The idea is simple: a clinician should get verified once and carry that trust everywhere, instead of re-proving the same license and history at every facility while months disappear and people who are ready to work sit waiting on paperwork.

I know how young that sounds for a problem this heavy. I'm doing it anyway, and I'm going to document the whole thing here. The wins, the walls I hit, the parts I get wrong and fix. No highlight reel.

If you want to watch someone build this from zero, follow along. Day one starts now.

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@tabataasm_ @16vchq Boss! Would love to connect 🙂‍↔️

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@buildanythingso Ive requested

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@brycent Just Dm you!

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@thekkhaus Ill take you up on your offer!

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@dvasishtha @25m_official @MaritHealth Congratulations we should talk!

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@willsclips_ @jawadmakes I booked a flight and shared it to my friends @soarflights

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@2lr French speaking founder in America taking over lets connect!

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@anish1nx @gradypb @stephzhan @sequoia Impressive technical mind

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@Jtyles Its back baby, get back to the grind!

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@reidhoffman I made it one of my goal to be personally mentored by you.

I’ve studied Blitzscaling. I know that while you were building LinkedIn, there was even more impact you wanted to make on people’s lives.

Just know there’s a crazy hungry Gen Z founder who burned all his boats to close the gap LinkedIn left.

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@pr7zi No doubt about it!

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Got two VC rejections this week.

One says the incumbents are too strong. The other says the sales cycle is too long.

In 2008, Airbnb got 7 emails just like these.

I’m keeping mine in the same folder.

Back to building Rōvn.

[Giles-Evan Mboumi @gilesmboumi]

The best signal in building a company: when a customer believes in your mission enough to champion you, unprompted.

Richard didn’t just like what we’re building. He introduced us to Ashley himself.

That’s how you know the impact is real.
Grateful for people like this. Building Rōvn.

[Giles-Evan Mboumi @gilesmboumi]

By just applying to @ycombinator, I’ve already met a lot of intriguing technical minds.

Can’t wait to meet more and learn what crazy thing you’re building, and how it’ll become a 🦄

Let’s connect.

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@GaddipatiHarsha Lets manifest 🫡

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@DarrelFrater Fixed!

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@daleverett @da_green_hermit Not when you have 100k in vendor contracts to sign gotta love regulated verticals

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@thekkhaus Change how hiring is done !

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@thekkhaus What are you working on!

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@lluismanrique @ycombinator @aamirpoonawalla @understudylabs Pretty cool lets connect

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