Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Office Hours with David Meltzer
Episode: Office Hours #835: Fighting Traffic Tickets, Scaling Sales Teams, and Saving Lives with Innovation
Description: Hayk Chakyan is the son of Armenian immigrants who fled the Soviet Union to build a better life in California. After attending UC Berkeley and gaining experience in software sales and applied AI at Silicon Valley companies, his entrepreneurial journey began with a personal frustration over what he believed was an unfair traffic ticket. As he researched the system, Hayk uncovered how billions in traffic citations often function more like a tax than a public safety tool. This insight led him to found TicketMonster, a consumer-first platform that helps Californians fight traffic tickets, get them dismissed, and keep points...