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Conor Moules

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843 total appearances

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The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

It was so like, it was almost intoxicating work to be able to see the growth of it.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

And to be fair to Luke, like he never got to, and a lot of people, especially his investors in Colville would say it's a good thing, but he didn't get to fulfill his ambitions with what Bamboo was.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

If he had been backed in the way he should have been and given the financing the way he should have been,

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

Bambi would have became Toast or something along those lines.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

Like he had that vision.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

No, as in the startup.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

Yeah.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

Yeah.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

So that's actually what happened.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

So COVID came, obviously we were in a very bad situation.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

So the company was put into liquidation, which was like, I think right when COVID came, Bamboo was basically like one of the first bigger name liquidations at the time.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

We were on the 6-1 News, which in hindsight for a group of little kids in the IFSC in an office,

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

felt hugely just public and it was felt like obviously a massive failure because you were letting people down but also like we couldn't control COVID right so the company went into liquidation um we all kind of went not our separate ways we were working on bits and pieces together and obviously it's pretty when anything like that happens it's kind of like a debt in the family you've all put so much into it like

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

But we were doing bits and pieces of consulting here and there, kind of as a group.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

Some really talented people have come out of Bamboo as well.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

I mean, for a small group of people, there's a lot of success that's come out of the back of it.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

And I don't think that's an accident.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

We all kind of learned together and grew together.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

Well, talent strikes talent.

The Entrepreneur Experiment
EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules

Honestly, right?