What big media taught Lin Dai about running a startup
Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who came from a part of the world and in a time when entrepreneurship was actually not encouraged. In fact in some ways it was an insult to say that you were entrepreneurial and capitalist minded.
Throughout the years he kind of got closer and closer to being an entrepreneur and then he hit on this idea through a co-founder. You guys are going to think the idea is absolutely brilliant.
The app that he came up with is called Hooch. You pay them ten bucks a month and they let you have one drink every single day at some high-end bars in your area. It’s doing phenomenally well. But he had a hard start, especially because it’s alcohol and investors don’t want to get close to alcohol.
I’m going to find out how he came up with this idea, how he got his first users, how he’s expanding beyond this, where his revenues are, and why he was scared of entrepreneurship.
Lin Dai is the founder of Hooch, a subscription-based app that gets you one “free” drink every day of the month.
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 do it for an audience of real entrepreneurs. In fact, many of the people you see me interview have said, “Hey, I listened to these interviews while I was building my company. I built a company. And now I get to come back and tell my story.” And I consider that the circle of Mixergy. I’m hoping every single person who listens to me has that kind of experience here today.
And today’s guest is an entrepreneur who came from a part of the world in a time when entrepreneurship was actually not encouraged. In fact in some ways it was an insult to say that you were entrepreneurial and capitalist minded. And still he was. He felt like this is who he was from the beginning and we’ll talk about how that expressed itself back then. Throughout the years he kind of got closer and closer and...
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