This chapter explores the journey of the speaker from the restaurant industry to starting their own company in the food industry. They discuss the evolution of their initial venture, Truckbox, into Ziki, and their obsession with the economics of food trucks. They also delve into their epiphany moment of wanting to create a significant company in the food industry with a factory-based model called gigaziki.
Nick Nanakos is the creator of ZIKI – a seed oil-free restaurant that has raised $6.7 million from Gigafund.
In this conversation, we spoke about Nick’s getting diagnosed with cancer, where his ambition comes from, and what role music plays in his life.
(0:00) Intro
(3:12) Sports To Business Parallel
(8:02) Earliest Memories
(10:31) War Mode
(15:03) Ambition
(18:02) Leadership
(21:33) Calling Out VCs
(28:11) TruckBux To Ziki
(36:15) Becoming The Tesla Of Food
(43:39) Points Of Failure
(46:30) Diagnosed With Cancer At 26
(1:03:21) Death
(1:07:12) Generosity
(1:09:41) Music
(1:14:08) Challenge
Links
Ziki: https://ziki.kitchen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zikikitchens
My Links
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