Flipsters: The Challenges Of A Startup With Physical Products – with Ben Lipschitz

Ben Lipschitz, Flipsters, Customer Acquisition, eCommerce, International Founders, Non-Tech, Physical Product

Today’s guest says that the challenges of creating a startup that makes physical products don’t get discussed as much as pure software startups.

So I invited him to talk about the challenges he had getting his business going.

Ben Lipschitz is a co-founder of Flipsters, a range of foldable flip-flops and other footwear that fold into the size of an iPhone and can fit in a handbag.

Ben Lipschitz

Flipsters

Ben Lipschitz is a co-founder of Flipsters which are a range of foldable flip flops and ballet flats that fold into the size of an iPhone and can fit in a handbag.

 

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Hey there, freedom fighters, my name is Andrew Warner and I am the founder of Mixergy.com, home of the ambitious upstart and home of hundreds of interviews with software entrepreneurs who basically write code, launch it, put it out in the world. Do...

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