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THE LIFE OF A STARTUP FOUNDER: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Join us for our upcoming live audio stream with Abel Lin, a founder of Caviar, to discuss what it's really like to be a successful startup founder, no sugar-coating! Tune in on Wednesday, 24 June at 3:00pm PST to learn the benefits and drawbacks that people often don't cover when you decide to start your own business. Can't make it? Register and you'll receive an audio recording after the event. ABOUT THIS LIVE AUDIO STREAM
In this first installment of Weave's live series, we'll cover what it really means to be a startup founder. Abel Lin and his friends founded Caviar, a food delivery service for restaurants that normally don't deliver, in 2012. Square acquired the company for an estimated $90M in 2014 - dream come true, right? It's never that simple. Tune-in as Abel discusses the highs-and-lows of starting his own business - from closing the deal with Square to working 12-hour days and sidelining friends/family/relationships. He'll discuss what motivated him to keep going despite all the naysayers and how his startup experience has shaped his life. For the Q&A at the end of the live audio stream, we'll be fielding questions on Twitter. Please use #weavepodcast to send us your questions! MEET THE SPEAKER: ABEL LIN
Abel Lin is a four-year food tech entrepreneur looking to build another startup. An East Coast transplant and graduate of UMass with a BBA in Management, he co-founded Caviar, a $15MM effort to build better food delivery. Caviar was acquired by Square in August 2014. In his spare time, Abel is a photographer for his wife Melis' blog Fashion Mews and cat dad to Ramen. |
MEET THE MODERATOR: JEFFREY OUYANG
Jeffrey Ouyang heads up mobile marketing and partnerships at Weave. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Global Marketing. After a year working for Kraft Foods, Jeffrey quickly realized that his higher purpose in life didn't include supplying supermarkets with an ample supply of Oreos and Chips Ahoy. As a result he took a brief stint abroad and taught English in Taiwan. Afterwards, he moved to the Bay area to pursue his passion for online advertising with eBay. Jeffrey spent 3-years driving eBay's mobile marketing strategy and onboarded over 1.5M+ new users on iOS and Android. On his days off you can find him at your local gym honing his squatting and deadlifting technique. He's also an avid traveler - most recently paragliding in Argentina and sailing on a yacht in Croatia.
Jeffrey Ouyang heads up mobile marketing and partnerships at Weave. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Global Marketing. After a year working for Kraft Foods, Jeffrey quickly realized that his higher purpose in life didn't include supplying supermarkets with an ample supply of Oreos and Chips Ahoy. As a result he took a brief stint abroad and taught English in Taiwan. Afterwards, he moved to the Bay area to pursue his passion for online advertising with eBay. Jeffrey spent 3-years driving eBay's mobile marketing strategy and onboarded over 1.5M+ new users on iOS and Android. On his days off you can find him at your local gym honing his squatting and deadlifting technique. He's also an avid traveler - most recently paragliding in Argentina and sailing on a yacht in Croatia.