{"id":4724,"date":"2021-09-09T22:13:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T22:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/communication\/2021\/09\/09\/gyded-improving-the-student-experience-chapman-launch\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:49:47","slug":"gyded-improving-the-student-experience-chapman-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/communication\/2021\/09\/09\/gyded-improving-the-student-experience-chapman-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"GydEd \u2013 Improving the Student Experience + Chapman Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Simon and Sebastian brainstorming for Stella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College is a unique time. We are all trying to figure ourselves out, while having to worry about a thousand other things like studying, internships, relationships, etc. For me, the stress became too much, and I burned out. I ended up taking a year off to get my head straight. My own struggle motivated me to do something about this. That\u2019s why we started GydEd.<\/p>\n

My name is Sebastian Thomas, and I graduated from Chapman in 2019 with a degree in Strategic and Corporate Communication. After graduating, I moved to Sweden, where I worked in venture capital. This, along with my Chapman education, taught me important principles about starting a company, and that\u2019s what I did in January.<\/p>\n

GydEd was born out of the shared experiences of myself and my co-founder Simon Norrman. As recent graduates, we ended up having many discussions about our own college journeys. We realized that there were numerous areas for improvement, most of which could be solved if the universities had a better way of understanding their students.<\/p>\n

Our conclusion was that, if we could help universities understand their students wellness in real time, we could improve the entire student experience. If we can improve the student experience, then we could improve the well-being of the student body and help students reach their full potential.<\/p>\n

For us both, this is about more than creating a successful company, this is a passion project. We wanted to create the tool that we would have wanted as students, but never had.<\/p>\n

To do this, we took a two-pronged approach:<\/p>\n