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Imagine you are friends with some of the UK’s best entrepreneurs. Now imagine you can grab a drink with each of them and casually chat about business ideas, motivations, tactics, strategies and success habits. That’s what The Founders Lounge is all about. It provides real insights into the real day-to-day lives of real founders, CEOs and other business professionals every week. Hosted by Matic Jesenovec.
Life of a Serial Entrepreneur: From Lemonade Stands to Multi-Million Tech Startups - Lex Deak | E79
The Founders Lounge
1 hour 26 minutes 22 seconds
1 year ago
Life of a Serial Entrepreneur: From Lemonade Stands to Multi-Million Tech Startups - Lex Deak | E79
Lex Deak is a serial entrepreneur, Dragon's Den winner and founder of a venture capital firm. With his latest tech startup, Basket, he raised millions in funding to revolutionize the online shopping experience.
In this episode of The Founders Lounge, we talk about:
- The one thing that fuels Lex’s drive and business success
- Building and selling his first company
- Building a social network and appearance on Dragon’s Den
- The mistake of partnering with a dishonest investor
- Building a venture capital firm
- The value of private membership clubs
- Testing 15-20 business ideas that didn’t work
- How Basket is revolutionizing ecommerce
- Chrome plugin that's sold for $4bn
- Raising funding from the founders of BrewDog, Groupon, ClearScore, Miniclip
- Building and maintaining relationships
- Key lessons learned through years of entrepreneurship
Links:
- Lex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexdeak/
- Basket: https://www.trybasket.com/
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The Founders Lounge
Imagine you are friends with some of the UK’s best entrepreneurs. Now imagine you can grab a drink with each of them and casually chat about business ideas, motivations, tactics, strategies and success habits. That’s what The Founders Lounge is all about. It provides real insights into the real day-to-day lives of real founders, CEOs and other business professionals every week. Hosted by Matic Jesenovec.
