How Homehero brought tech to a $30B offline industry – with Mike Townsend

Mike Townsend, Homehero, Failure, Marketplace, Scaling

Today’s founder is an entrepreneur who had a company that did not do well.

And he ended up closing it down.

The company was called Flowtab and it offered mobile drink ordering services to nightclubs and bars.

I invited him here to talk about why it didn’t do well, what he learned, how he closed it down and how he came up with his next idea.

Today his business is taking off and you’ll learn what he’s done differently.

Mike Townsend is the founder of HomeHero, a fast and affordable way to find quality in-home care for seniors.

Mike Townsend

Homehero

Mike Townsend is the founder of HomeHero, an affordable way to find in-home care for seniors.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com, home of the ambitious upstart.

You’re about to me a guy who’s heard me say that so many times because he’s a Mixergy listener like you. He’s an entrepreneur who had a company that basically did not do well. He ended up closing it down. I invited him here to talk about why it didn’t do well, what he learned from it, how he closed it down and how he came up with his next idea, the one that just has taken off and find out what he’s done differently with this business.

So, the company that he had to close down is called Flowtab. It offers mobile drink ordering services to nightclubs and bars and we’ll talk about what that means. After that, he went on to create HomeHero, where he is right now. You might see the logo over his shoulder. That is a fast and affordable way to find quality in-home care for seniors.

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