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Alex Smereczniak

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
758 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

He didn't mean what he was saying.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

It was very close to going to go to the other group.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Um, cuz we, like, we had the offer we had nailed down.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

They wanted to go with us.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

And then the anthropology guy went and said like a com we were all in the same fraternity too.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Uh, Sigma Pi.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Okay.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Um, so he, uh, he had said something.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

He's like, I don't, I don't think it's worth this.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Why are we paying you guys all this money for this thing?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

That's not worth that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Of course they like, we'll, we'll just go to the other group.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

That was personal savings.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

I had like $2,400 or something saved up.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

The other one had three or four.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

The other one had two or three.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Um, one of them was going to be studying abroad for a year.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

And so part of it was the capital we put in, but also figuring out who was willing to do the most work on it.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

And so I was willing to do way more work.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Um, so I ended up owning a little bit more, uh, cause I was, I was effectively running it the following years, uh, put the deal together, structured it.