Business
Bomani is the Founder & CEO of Crave It their mission is to help spread joy to the world through food. To Crave It food is love and they plan to build a community around food and cultural awareness. What gets Bomani out of bed everyday is that he believes there are few things that are more satisfying than finding great food or being introduced to great food. For the better part of 3 years Bomani juggled being a top performer at his full time job at LinkedIn while working on Crave It as a side hustle clocking 11-13 hour days during the week. His dedication and persistence finally paid off allowing him to launch in June 2019 and go full time in July of 2019 with Crave It.⚡️Show Notes:02:38 → Who is Bomani Mintz02:59 → What is Crave it?03:34 → Why start Crave it?06:00 → Bomani's Favorite Food Growing up07:01 → Growing up in DC, moving to Zimbabwe, going back to DC and moving to Northern Virginia08:16 → Bomani's Hobbies10:12 → Job before LinkedIn11:30 → Day to Day Job in LinkedIn13:11 → How Bomani manages his time15:15 → Hitting burnout16:56 → Building the Entrepreneurship Community17:37 → Transitioning to early days of Crave it19:36 → Things to avoid in starting a business20:28 → What happened after the early days of Crave it21:25 → Advice on branding and for people who are starting a new business23:01 → Biggest Milestone of Crave it24:12 → Shipping the product27:01 → The process of launching the food app30:24 → Weekly routines and habits32:33 → Motivation to keep going.33:47 → What it's like to be an Entrepreneur35:16 → Bomani's lowest moment37:28 → Key learnings from the lowest moment of life38:29 → How Bomani’s unplugs from the world39:26 → The reason for leaving LinkedIn40:25 → Surviving life in San Francisco41:30 → Things Bomani has cut out in order to survive42:56 → Best advice Bomani's ever received43:51 → A day in Bomani's life46:56 → App used for time management47:41 → Most valuable book and podcast channels49:41 → Valuable skills of being an Entrepreneur53:48 → Crave it upcoming goals56:07 → Why start a food app?57:06 → Piece of advice to younger Bomani1:00:45 → Last piece of advice to all the listeners--Grab the Get Ish Done Book here.Connect with Ish on Twitter here.