From the outside looking in, Sydney Wiredu, a New Jersey native and son of two Ghanaian immigrants, appears to have ambition and drive hardwired into his DNA.

So it’s no surprise that the circle of peers he surrounded himself with in high school had similar aspirations, including his best friend Aiden Tahmazian.

Over time, his high school friend group started organically sharing their weekly goals with each other in an effort to create and enforce some social accountability. The effectiveness of the approach quickly became undeniable.

And so, in November of 2022, with the dream of sharing their system with the world, Sydney and Aiden set off to create a social goal-setting app called Circlez.

Fast forward to today and the pair have won a number of startup pitch competitions and Circlez has surpassed 400 users in 2 months.

In this interview, Sydney details the challenges of bootstrapping a startup while pursuing dual degrees in chemistry and neuroscience at Harvard, the importance of building and relying on the right team, and the company’s near term goal to scale to 1 million users.

Sydney and Aiden are a force of nature and I look forward to following their journey. Enjoy!

From the outside looking in, Sydney Wiredu, a New Jersey native and son of two Ghanaian immigrants, appears to have ambition and drive hardwired into his DNA.

So it’s no surprise that the circle of peers he surrounded himself with in high school had similar aspirations, including his best friend Aiden Tahmazian.

Over time, his high school friend group started organically sharing their weekly goals with each other in an effort to create and enforce some social accountability. The effectiveness of the approach quickly became undeniable.

And so, in November of 2022, with the dream of sharing their system with the world, Sydney and Aiden set off to create a social goal-setting app called Circlez.

Fast forward to today and the pair have won a number of startup pitch competitions and Circlez has surpassed 400 users in 2 months.

In this interview, Sydney details the challenges of bootstrapping a startup while pursuing dual degrees in chemistry and neuroscience at Harvard, the importance of building and relying on the right team, and the company’s near term goal to scale to 1 million users.

Sydney and Aiden are a force of nature and I look forward to following their journey. Enjoy!

From the outside looking in, Sydney Wiredu, a New Jersey native and son of two Ghanaian immigrants, appears to have ambition and drive hardwired into his DNA.

So it’s no surprise that the circle of peers he surrounded himself with in high school had similar aspirations, including his best friend Aiden Tahmazian.

Over time, his high school friend group started organically sharing their weekly goals with each other in an effort to create and enforce some social accountability. The effectiveness of the approach quickly became undeniable.

And so, in November of 2022, with the dream of sharing their system with the world, Sydney and Aiden set off to create a social goal-setting app called Circlez.

Fast forward to today and the pair have won a number of startup pitch competitions and Circlez has surpassed 400 users in 2 months.

In this interview, Sydney details the challenges of bootstrapping a startup while pursuing dual degrees in chemistry and neuroscience at Harvard, the importance of building and relying on the right team, and the company’s near term goal to scale to 1 million users.

Sydney and Aiden are a force of nature and I look forward to following their journey. Enjoy!