It was a treat to interview the CTO and co-founder of Lunchclub, Scott Wu. Lunchclub is a brilliant platform that helps connect like-minded people together for lunch meetings or coffee conversations in select cities. They also just announced a $4M raise from a16z as well, so congrats to them. It’s invite-only right now, but click the link above and you’ll get access. In this dynamic conversation with Scott, we cover topics like:What is Lunchclub?Why are they focusing exclusively on meeting in person?What was the path leading up to Lunchclub?What category does Lunchclub put themselves in, or are they making a new category? How does Lunchclub democratize opportunity and how does that tie into their vision?What other industries interest Scott?How did Scott become the world-leading competitive programmer?What is the vision for Lunchclub?And what are Scott’s top tips to start your own company?I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Get access to Lunchclub here and learn more about Scott here. Get on the email list at forwardthinking.substack.com
Forward Thinking Founders is a founder podcast where we interview high potential founders from networks like Y Combinator, The Thiel Fellowship, Product Hunt, Twitter, etc. and brings to light what they're building for the world. Think of it like the opposite of How I Built This, where we interview founders before they are successful, then if they are, we have a moment in time we can look back on in the early days. Does the model work? Look at our early interviews and you'll have your answer.