Business
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