Today's guest is Rob Anders, co-founder and CEO @Niio Art, digital art platform, that offers customers a subscription service to access pre-curated, rotating collections of high quality works, as well as limited edition, available for purchase.

In this episode, Rob and I talk about: 1) His Journey to founding Niio Art. What was his aha moment 2) The value proposition and mission at Niio? 3) Business model 4) To what extent is digital disrupting the art market 5) The fundraising strategy and lesson learned 6) Fixed HR cost of full time employees at a startup is the biggest risk when business slows down. 7) A big picture for Niio Art and the vision.

FIRE QUESTION: a. What is his favorite book and why b. What is one thing he wants to change most in startup ecosystem c. Who is the nicest person he has ever met? And Why?

In this episode, I speak with Sarah Chung, CEO @ Landing International. Landing is the leading B2B technology company helping indie beauty brands connect with global buyers and succeed at retail. Sarah and I talk about:

1. Her journey to founding Landing

2. What problems Landing is solving

3. What is the business model

4. What is her advice to CEO of retail brand in Asia with respect to branding building

5. One piece of advice to give a founder of a company of indie or new brand who is starting out.

In this episode, I speak with Matthew Reid, a serial entrepreneur, Co-Founder Steelhead Group // Maximal Concepts // KIN Food Halls // Disruption Labs Matt Reid is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Steelhead Group which includes Maximal Concepts, KIN Food Halls, Far North Productions, Plastic Conscious and Disruption Labs, with long time business partner, Malcolm Wood. Steelhead Group is a symbiotic group of companies across four primary verticals; hospitality, environmentalism, wellness and content production. Each business draws from the other; all grounded in core areas of passion and disruptive ideas harnessing creativity, innovation, powerful content, branding, strategy and design. Everything is led by the desire to use business to create positive impacts and a triple bottom line mentality.

Matt and I talk about:

1. His journey to founding Kin food?

2. What problems Kin is solving

3. What is the business model: Netflix for food, Starbucks for a building owner or 5 star brand gym for a developer? 4. What are one thing he wants to change most in startup ecosystem

5. A secret to keeping a long term friendship and business partnership