Jon Nastor’s Hack the Entrepreneur
Business:Entrepreneurship
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My guest grew up in Maine, working in his family's seafood business. In 2007, he graduated from university and moved to New York City to work as a financial analyst. After a couple years he was earning a great salary, but he felt a calling back to his roots.
So at 25 years old he decided to quit Wall Street and open a 200 square foot lobster shack in New York's East Village. With $30k in start up cash, from his savings and a 50% investment from his father, he founded Luke's Lobster.
During the past 9 years, he has grown from that first hole-in-the-wall lobster shack to 40 locations across three countries.
In this conversation, we discuss:
Why you need to treat people the way you like to be treated Finding a co-founder on Craig's List What the most difficult part of entering a new market isNow, let's hack...
Luke Holden.
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