291- Following Your North Star with Edgar Carreon
291- Following Your North Star with Edgar Carreon
Listeners, we're back this week with Edgar Carreon
Edgar is the CEO and Founder of dree, a tech-enabled peer-to-peer marketplace looking to disrupt the laundry industry. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 10, and at the age of 22, he launched his first business in food/retail. "I'm on a mission to change the way communities help each other focus on what matters most."
During this episode we talked about:
03:30 - What happened since his last visit to Café con Pam
04:17 - “This is going to be the best year”
07:06 - Talking numbers: coffee shops & the pandemic
08:45 - “Standing in the storm”
10:49 - 2008 recession teachings
11:23 - “Know my north star”
11:41 - “Worst case scenario”
13:01 - His ‘North Star’
13:35 - Being passionate about community
18:43 - Talking numbers: initial investment to open a coffee shop
19:07 - “Where the magic happens today”
29:05 - Getting depressed and working with his inner child
29:22 - The inner kid came up
31:37 - Starting Dree
34:44 - Getting partners
36:05 - Cultural intelligence & female co-founder
42:46 - Raising venture capital
44:06 - Work with your inner child
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