Just Go Grind #226: Chai Mishra, Founder & CEO of Move, the First Community-Owned National Retailer, on the Journey to Building the Largest Digitally Native Supermarket in the U.S.
Chai Mishra is the Founder & CEO of Move, which is based on a simple idea — modern commerce is not as good as it can be. They work directly with award-winning producers to make their own brand of products. And they deliver these products straight to their members. By cutting out the middlemen, they're making a retailer that’s more efficient, ethical, and enjoyable.
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Learn more about Move: https://shopmove.co/
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Some of the Topics Covered by Chai Mishra in this Episode
- How Move works and why Chai wanted to work on this particular company
- Chai's story of growing up in India in the early 1990s and how it influenced him
- The growth of direct to consumer brands
- How Chai decided to go through Y Combinator
- Chai's fundraising experience
- Why Chai spent 2+ years just figuring out the supply chain for Move
- Chai's experience testing their own brand name product early on
- What Chai looks for in the producers he works with for Move
- The massive waitlist (135,000 people) Move has and why they limit the number of people they allow on the platform
- How Chai decided to crowdfund through Wefunder
- The big vision for Chai and Move for the next 10-20 years and why Chai believes he can 10x the number of members in the next year
- How a community of thousands of people votes on every decision at Move
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