027 - Scott Wu (CTO of Lunchclub) on In-Person Interaction

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.

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