

CNLP 572 | Mike Evans, Founder of Grub Hub, on Start Ups, Dead Ends, Scaling Toward a 2.6 Billion Dollar IPO, And How to Win When You're Not First to Market
May 23, 2023
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
How to Start a Business That You Want to Start
04:53 • 2min
The Power of Self-Awareness
07:08 • 2min
How My Mom Shaped Me
09:11 • 2min
The Origin Story of Angry
11:00 • 3min
The Dark Ages of the Internet
13:43 • 2min
How VoIP Changed the World
16:01 • 2min
The Importance of a Good Idea
18:09 • 2min
The Importance of Failure
20:22 • 3min
The Importance of Innovation
23:17 • 2min
The Rise and Fall of Online Ordering
25:04 • 2min
The Wave of Online Ordering Innovation
27:32 • 2min
How to Lower the Error Rate at Restaurants
29:35 • 2min
How to Sell for Dummies
31:57 • 3min
The Best Pizzeria in America
34:58 • 3min
How to Hire People for Jobs You Don't Want to Do
37:57 • 3min
How to Be a Handy Person
41:22 • 2min
How to Make Partnerships and Teams Work
43:22 • 4min
Angry by the Way a Startup Journey
47:18 • 3min
How Fixer Has Scaled in the Last Six Years
50:18 • 2min
The Departure From Mission
52:12 • 2min
The Disastrous Impact of Working 80 Hours a Week on My Wife
54:25 • 3min
The Challenges of Working at Fixer
56:57 • 4min
The Differences Between a Grind Economy and a Not-Gir-Based Company
01:01:16 • 2min
The Importance of Quitting
01:03:04 • 2min
How to Quit Software Development and Start a Company
01:04:53 • 2min
The Benefits of a Recumbent Bike
01:07:07 • 5min
The Physicality of Cycling
01:12:27 • 4min
The Importance of Slowing Down
01:16:06 • 2min
The Power of Real Friends
01:17:59 • 3min
The Importance of Real Friends in Relationships
01:20:49 • 2min
How to Deal With an Identity Crisis
01:22:20 • 3min
The Importance of Getting Rich
01:25:27 • 4min
The Power of Work
01:29:06 • 2min
How to Be a Better Leader
01:31:07 • 5min