Minibar Delivery’s insane advantage of entering a highly regulated space

Lindsey Andrews, MiniBar Delivery, eCommerce, Food, Marketplace, Non-Tech, Women Founders

I’m shocked when I hear an entrepreneur is getting into a space with a lot of regulation. But there’s a lot of value in doing it.

Not only is there a fortune to be made, you can also have a real impact on the world by going into a space many other people are afraid to enter.

That’s what today’s guest did. Lindsey Andrews is the cofounder of Minibar Delivery, a marketplace for beer, wine and spirits.

Lindsey Andrews

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Lindsey Andrews is the cofounder of Minibar Delivery, a marketplace for beer, wine and spirits.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. And I’m shocked when I hear an entrepreneur say, “There’s a lot of regulation. I’ve got to get into this space,” but I could see the value of it. In fact, the reason that I see the value of it is I remember one of the first big name interviews that I did was with a guy named Jeff Fluhr. He was the founder of StubHub. And he said, “You know, most people think that ticket scalping is illegal. Most people don’t even like ticket scalping. A lot of states and even performers have issues with it. I’m getting into it.”

And he did get into it because he realized that a lot of the fear that people had was actually unfounded. It turns out it wasn’t illegal. It turns out it wasn’t very hard. It turns out there are benefits to performers and so on. And he actually...

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