BetterBasket: Retail Tech and Lessons from YC and Uber

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Wharton Tech Toks

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Wharton Tech Toks (WTT) creates a space for bold, forward-looking tech discussions that enlighten and inspire. We feature executives, founders, investors, and professors from across the tech industry. We discuss interesting trends, analysis, strategies, and personal stories that are compelling to everyone from MBA students to senior executives. We want to dare to be bold, even if we’re wrong, to push our collective thinking. For inquiries, contact whartontechtoks@gmail.com

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BetterBasket: Retail Tech and Lessons from YC and Uber

Wharton Tech Toks

37 minutes 49 seconds

4 days ago

BetterBasket: Retail Tech and Lessons from YC and Uber

In this episode of Wharton Tech Toks, Debbie Cheng (Wharton MBA Class of 2026) sits down with Leon Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO of BetterBasket. Leon shares his journey from launching grocery delivery operations at Uber to co-founding BetterBasket, a YC-backed startup helping grocers use data to optimize pricing in the face of inflation, digital transformation, and legacy systems.

Leon also opens up about his decision to take a leave of absence from Wharton to join Y Combinator’s Winter '24 cohort, what he's learned about hiring and building a startup culture, and why challenging the status quo is at the heart of entrepreneurship.

Whether you're curious about retail tech, YC, or life as a founder-MBA, this one’s full of insights.