ChowNow founder on rethinking food delivery to serve local restaurants first – TechCrunch

The stories behind the startups can be found on Found. Chris is with us this week.

The founder and CEO of ChowNow started the company as a way for him and his friends to easily order from smaller local restaurants but eight years later it became known as a restaurant friendly alternative to some of the larger players in the space. They began ranking in the app store organically. Chris talks with Darrell and Jordan about how to seize a moment when growth occurs and how to build a lasting company. They also get into it.

• Balancing having an app or product that puts promotion of their customers (in this case, the restaurants) rather than the app itself.
• Learning from working at Leeman during their infamous bankruptcy and never wanting to get too far over his skis as a founder so that they will fail too quickly aka being “fast and steady.”
• The difference Chris has found between Silicon Valley investors and those in New York and LA and why he prefers to get money outside of the Valley.
• The beauty of companies that have to change to last and the feeling of starting a new company every day.

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