Jimmy Jacobson, co-founder of Wedgies, discusses the company's social polling platform and its experience powering the live polling for The White House's State Of The Union event. He emphasizes the importance of mentorship in tech, even among children, and shares a surprising story about how his company acquired the domain name Wedgies.com without any connection to gambling or jail time. Jacobson also talks about scaling his platform from Heroku to AWS to handle increased traffic, including for high-profile events like The White House's live polling.