"After the tour, I started meeting with him regularly to do Harley trips, and over a bottle of whiskey we both talked about doing something together, starting a business ... Let’s make a coffee machine that’s connected, that uses your patent." If you're into coffee, you may own a variety of equipment: grinder, coffee dripper, french press, an expresso machine .. what if it could all be replaced by one, smart machine? Roderick de Rode is making it a reality with his Spinn machine. (Check out the video) He got his first investment at Rockefeller Plaza; an investment banker there gave him $25K. In the past, Roderick has successfully built and managed $100M+ businesses in hardware, software and online services. We talk about the machine, entrepreneurship, and, of course, the second most traded commodity in the world, coffee: How they evolved the idea from a patent into a soon to be retail machine The downside to Keurig machines The second and third wave of coffee Why the machine will sync with local coffee roasters The upcoming crowdfunding campaign Why hardware is .. hard A brilliant gamification strategy for their audience (take notes) The invaluable learnings from their hardware advisory team Looking back what he would have done differently Roderick's advice for food startups Selected links from the show:Spinn CoffeePCH Internationalhighway1.ioJuicero
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