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Gary Fox

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2562 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

They hate bad change.

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

They just hate change.

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

Well, people here take that one of two ways.

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

They're open growth mindset of people like Luke or they're like, you tell me what to do.

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

I just done my fireside.

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

Had you been hunting?

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

Had you been kind of going, right, I've kind of learned my lesson here?

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

Was it Luke or was it the company or was it just the timing or what?

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

Which sounds obvious now, but we're talking how long ago?

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

2018, 2019.

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

So like, yeah.

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

It was ahead of its time.

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

It was, because I remember hearing about it going,

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

Because it's just one of those, I love simple ideas.

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

I'm a sucker for a simple idea.

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

I'm like, yeah, if I could pre-order my coffee and not queue up with all these other chumps, I absolutely would.

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

And I remember meeting Luke way back in the day, in the early bamboo days, kind of going...

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

a it was an impressive idea and b he was just a terrifically impressive person um so yeah it's back then it was very new and so like where you were trying to get what coffee shops bars food and beverage outlet essentially just sign up for sign up take a tablet every time it rings accept the order and prepare it leave it there bamboo sticker write your name

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

Not as in Toast as in Dunn, but Toast as in something else.

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

But if you think if Luke had got the funding and then COVID happened, that business becomes hundreds of millions.