Life of a Serial Entrepreneur: From Lemonade Stands to Multi-Million Tech Startups - Lex Deak | E79
Update: 2024-02-01
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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/
🌟 WORK FOR AN INSPIRING UK STARTUP:
The best way to learn about business is by working for a successful company with an ambitious founder. This episode is brought to you by Judge.me - the #1 e-commerce product reviews solution, founded by PJ Cellis (Episode 54). If you’re looking for a job in an inspiring, profitable, and fast-growing UK-based startup, check out https://careers.judge.me
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📺 Watch on YouYube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFoundersLounge
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/
🌟 WORK FOR AN INSPIRING UK STARTUP:
The best way to learn about business is by working for a successful company with an ambitious founder. This episode is brought to you by Judge.me - the #1 e-commerce product reviews solution, founded by PJ Cellis (Episode 54). If you’re looking for a job in an inspiring, profitable, and fast-growing UK-based startup, check out https://careers.judge.me
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📣 Please subscribe & share if you liked the episode ❤
🚀 Follow me for business ideas & insights: https://twitter.com/MaticJ
🦄 Join my UK product founders community: http://joinpmf.com
💰 Looking for funding? Get a VC intro: http://vc.foundrs.vip
📺 Watch on YouYube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFoundersLounge
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