In today’s episode, you’ll hear our lightning round interview with Evan Addams, who was employee #2 at a start-up company called, No Wait, which scaled and got sold to Yelp for $40 million. No wait created an app that was a waitlisting system for restaurants and allows guests to add their name ahead of arrival in order to speed up the time it takes to be sat. Through the app, guests can check the wait times, receive texts when their table is ready, and several other features.
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Lightning Round with Evan Addams, Employee #2 at NoWait
CONNECT WITH EVAN:
EPISODE LINKS:
- NoWait
- Yelp
- Playing God by Andy Crouch (affiliate link)
- The Hard Thing about the Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (affiliate link)
- Bethel Podcast
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Great entrepreneurs create the world it ought to be. -Sean Ammirati
- Get out there. Take your ideas to the street.
- Invest in your community!
- Create a community around you.
- When I’m around great men and women, I do better. I make a list of 10 people each month that I need to connect with.
- Relax.
- You can’t do this on your own. You need to let go. If you don’t, you’ll be a bottleneck to your organization.
- We need to think about how can we increase human flourishing through technology?
- Life is about relationships.
QUESTIONS ASKED:
- What is a belief or a behavior that has changed your life?
- If you could put a quote on a billboard for everyone to read, what would it say?
- What’s the best purchase you’ve made in the last year for $100 or less?
- What books have you read that have made a great impact on you that you would recommend?
- What podcasts are you listening to?
- What is your favorite failure that led to success?
- What are your favorite questions to ask leaders?
- What is your most worthwhile investment of time or money?
- Do you have any unusual habits that enable you to be successful?
- If you could go back and give your 20-year-old self advice, what would you tell him?
- What do you want your legacy to be?
- What are you currently working on that you’re excited about and how can our audience serve you?
If this podcast helped you and you believe it could help others, please share it on social media and consider leaving us a rating and review on iTunes. Also, we would love to hear your thoughts on this episode. Leave a comment below!
Lightning Round with Evan Addams, Employee #2 at NoWait
CONNECT WITH EVAN:
EPISODE LINKS:
- NoWait
- Yelp
- Playing God by Andy Crouch (affiliate link)
- The Hard Thing about the Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (affiliate link)
- Bethel Podcast
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Great entrepreneurs create the world it ought to be. -Sean Ammirati
- Get out there. Take your ideas to the street.
- Invest in your community!
- Create a community around you.
- When I’m around great men and women, I do better. I make a list of 10 people each month that I need to connect with.
- Relax.
- You can’t do this on your own. You need to let go. If you don’t, you’ll be a bottleneck to your organization.
- We need to think about how can we increase human flourishing through technology?
- Life is about relationships.
QUESTIONS ASKED:
- What is a belief or a behavior that has changed your life?
- If you could put a quote on a billboard for everyone to read, what would it say?
- What’s the best purchase you’ve made in the last year for $100 or less?
- What books have you read that have made a great impact on you that you would recommend?
- What podcasts are you listening to?
- What is your favorite failure that led to success?
- What are your favorite questions to ask leaders?
- What is your most worthwhile investment of time or money?
- Do you have any unusual habits that enable you to be successful?
- If you could go back and give your 20-year-old self advice, what would you tell him?
- What do you want your legacy to be?
- What are you currently working on that you’re excited about and how can our audience serve you?
If this podcast helped you and you believe it could help others, please share it on social media and consider leaving us a rating and review on iTunes. Also, we would love to hear your thoughts on this episode. Leave a comment below!
