Adam King, CEO of SwipeStation, talks the tech behind reducing queues, bespoke tailor ventures in Vietnam and the time he watched television for 48 hours straight.
Show Notes:
(2:34) Being made redundant, travelling to Asia and setting up a bespoke tailoring business in Vietnam
(9:12) At what point did you realise the tailor service was working?
(11:59) Where is the tailoring business now and what is your role in it?
(13:47) Was there a point you knew you were no longer needed in the tailoring business?
(15:03) On the bravery and confidence required to let go of a business
(16:58) Lessons learned from that original journey
(19:38) On coming across SwipeStation
(20:44) What is SwipeStation?
(23:25) Is one of your biggest challenges trying to get people to adopt new tech?
(25:50) Challenges of getting stadiums to invest and work with SwipeStation
(27:42) Hopes and aspirations for SwipeStation, and the affect of Covid
(30:15) Transitioning from a sales-focused CEO to support a tech startup
(32:00) How do two very entrepreneurial, outgoing people make sure they stay focused on the objective?
(33:52) How has running your own business affected your personal life?
(38:01) What hard thing are you not doing enough of?
(39:46) Is there anything that keeps you up at night?
(40:44) Personal definition of success
