Innovators: Founder and CEO of Bync, Ryan Bales   Ryan Bales is
the founder and CEO of Bync, which he founded in 2011. Ryan
began programming at the age of 14. After graduating high school
in 2001, he attended the University of Colorado, but left in
order to pursue his passion in technology. Ryan has spent the
past 10 years working with startups, serving mainly engineering
and user interface design roles. In 2010, after developing
software that made it easier for booksellers to identify
valuable used books, he was able to quit his day job and start
Bync.  What do you enjoy most about your work and why?  I think
more than anything, I enjoy the process of creating a new
product. Despite the obvious (and very real) challenges, there
is something almost euphoric about going from an idea you have
in some obscure corner of the earth, like your shower, to being
able to share the result of that idea with thousands of people.
I think that everybody is passionate about what they love
–whatever that may be. For me, I