Oct 11, 2021
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