Andrew Zai had a successful career in engineering and has recently given it up to start a plumbing company. What is it like to start a business in a field you are unfamiliar with? What has been the hardest thing about starting? Andrew talks to Mo and Carter about his journey into entrepreneurship, why he decided to get a franchise and how jiu-jitsu benefits entrepreneurs.
•Why an engineer decided to start a plumbing business (01:03)
•Going down the franchise route (05:01)
•The challenges of starting a business (07:56)
•Does Andrew want the business to eventually run without him? (10:49)
•Dealing with Covid (13:06)
•Going in with no Plan B (15:34)
•Does Andrew prefer plumbing or engineering? (19:13)
•Andrews experience in martial arts and getting into jiu-jitsu (20:34)
•His first MMA fight (26:01)
•How martial arts has helped him with this new path in entrepreneurship (31:09)
•Andrews journey from want ting to be an entrepreneur to actually being one (33:31)
•How teaching jiu-jitsu has improved his jiu-jitsu (36:20)
Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game by Walker Deibel
https://www.amazon.com/Buy-Then-Build-Acquisition-Entrepreneurs/dp/1544501137/
Dan Pena
https://www.danpena.co.uk/
Borat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat
John Mechado Bjj Academy
https://johnmachadobjj.com/
