Sushi Business Stories
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Shaan shares how his first business was more valuable for the stories it created than the profit it generated.
"My first business was a sushi business. We probably made about $14,000 of profit in the one year of operations that we were working on that thing. But the story that I told about how we cold called a Food Network chef and how I went door to door selling sushi, how we reverse engineered the POS systems to figure out all the sales of all Chipotle stores in the Colorado area - those stories got me bigger and bigger opportunities as I went. They got me speaking opportunities, they got me into accelerators, they got me other doors open.
One tip is while you sell your product, you should be building the story. Even if it's not a lot of product, it's an awesome story, and putting yourself in those positions will build your skill and build your story, which ultimately is going to be a lot more valuable than the product that you sell."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.