CleanTechies #137 Scaling a Logistics Heavy Business, Bootstrapping, The Rigatoni List, The Recommerce OG, & More w/ John Fazzolari (Revivn)
🌎 In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) speaks with John Fazzolari (@fazz), the co-CEO and co-founder of Revivn, a hardware lifecycle management company that helps corporates repurpose their used electronic devices.
John has a fascinating story of building this company and despite us only recording for about 30 min, we covered a lot of ground. From why they bootstrapped the company, to his Rigatoni list for hiring purposes, to using operational complexity as a moat, to ensuring your 3rd party contractors care as much as you do about customer success, it's a great episode.
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Topics:
**2:20 Intro to John
**3:00 Why the un-used hardware space
**4:05 Creating the Category
**6:05 The Story of How They Built
**7:35 How they work
**9:10 Cost Savings
**12:20 Logistics - Their Moat is Complex Coordination
**14:45 How to scale logistics company business
**16:10 How to control customer quality experience
**18:45 Examples of their impact
**22:00 Why they bootstrapped
**23:55 Advice on Fundraising
**27:10 Advice on Hiring | The Rigatoni List
**30:00 How to understand if someone has potential
**31:58 Advice to Young Entrepreneurs in Climate
**34:38 Other Ideas
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**Revivn
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