One of my best friends moved to Ottawa sometime ago and has used Duolingo to learn French for her job. I have seen first hand how successful this app has been in helping her become bilingual. I have even given it a spin myself, it is a lot of fun and easy to follow. Learning a new language is overwhelming for a lot of people, Lous Von Ahn obviously knows this struggle with his own experience trying to learn English while he was in his native country Guatemala. He was able to develop an awesome language learning app that takes into consideration how overwhelming it is to learn a new language and makes the process enjoyable for the learner. I think he is a great role-model for would-be entrepreneurs as he has the ability to be empathetic and create products that solve problems by drawing inspiration from his personal experiences and struggles.