Marathon Series: Singapore’s $10M restaurant app

Arrif Ziaudeen, Chope, Food, International Founders, Mobile Apps

My marathon series has brought me here to Singapore and I’ve got an interview with an entrepreneur I’ve really been looking forward to meeting.

His name is Arrif Ziaudeen. He is the founder of Chope. Chope lets you book a reservation at a restaurant, but you also have the backend stuff that we’ll talk about in this interview.

Arrif Ziaudeen

Chope

Arrif Ziaudeen is the founder of Chope, a real time restaurant-reservation booking platform that connects diners with its partner restaurants.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. I usually do it from San Francisco, but as part of my goal to run a marathon on every continent on the planet and to travel the world interviewing entrepreneurs, and . . . Oh, boy, I’ve got to have a goal of slowing down next year. I talk way too fast. And getting to know how business is done, not just the San Francisco way, not just the American way, but how it’s done. And I’ve got that goal, that’s what brought me here to Singapore. And I’ve got an interview with an entrepreneur I’ve really been looking forward to meeting.

His name is Arrif Ziaudeen. He is the founder of Chope. What Chope lets you do is stuff that you probably already recognize. It lets you book a reservation at a restaurant, but you also have the backend stuff that the restaurant can use to make sure...

Continue reading the transcript...