Ruhan Yi ’29 created Glorlink with the premise of helping Christian professionals find a mentor.
“You can walk into a church and find your people. You can join a campus fellowship. Physical proximity makes Christian community possible.
But finding a Christian mentor who has walked your specific career path — same industry, same questions, same faith — in your city? That’s rare.”
With funding through the TIA Incubator, Yi was able to transition Glorlink from an idea into a tangible, early stage product. He received a $500 grant to support validation, intended to enable early-stage founders to conduct customer discovery and market discovery.
“With this support, I was able to build and launch the initial Glorlink landing page and prototype, as well as begin producing meaningful content through interviews with Christian professionals. These conversations are helping shape the foundation of the platform by offering honest, faith-informed guidance to students pursuing diverse careers, including sports and healthcare,” Yi said.
Beyond the technical progress, the TIA funding “enabled real momentum,” he said, through the development of the platform as well as via outreach and engagement with the community his venture is designed to serve.
Specifically, Yi was able to purchase subscriptions to ClaudeCode and Riverside.fm. ClaudeCode was used extensively in the technical development process of building the Glorlink landing page and the initial prototype at Glorlink.com, which enabled rapid iteration, provided structure for the platform, and translated Yi’s product ideas into a functional, digital experience. Riverside.fm was used to record and produce high-quality interviews with Christian professionals and students.
“I’m deeply grateful for the belief in this vision and for making this work possible at such an early stage,” Yi said. “As a digital platform designed to help Christian students pursuing diverse careers, these conversations serve as foundational content for Glorlink’s ‘Honest Path Stories,’ which are central to the platform’s mission of providing real, faith-informed guidance. Additionally, this content has been repurposed for social media, contributing to the early growth of a personal brand and increasing awareness of the venture among its target audience.
“The funding played a critical role in moving Glorlink from concept to early execution and public presence. It enabled the creation of a tangible product, and … it supported the development of meaningful content and outreach, helping validate the core concept by engaging real users and contributors.”
Yi said he realized two key learnings from his year in the TIA Incubator: The importance of combining technical development with storytelling, and “the effectiveness of authentic conversations in building trust and interest within a niche community.”