Episode 131

Andrew Zai had a successful career in engineering and has recently given it up to start a plumbing company. What is it like to start a business in a field you are unfamiliar with? What has been the hardest thing about starting? Andrew talks to Mo and Carter about his journey into entrepreneurship, why he decided to get a franchise and how jiu-jitsu benefits entrepreneurs. •Why an engineer decided to start a plumbing business (01:03)•Going down the franchise route (05:01)•The challenges of starting a business (07:56)•Does Andrew want the business to eventually run without him? (10:49)•Dealing with Covid (13:06) •Going in with no Plan B (15:34)•Does Andrew prefer plumbing or engineering? (19:13)•Andrews experience in martial arts and getting into jiu-jitsu (20:34)•His first MMA fight (26:01)•How martial arts has helped him with this new path in entrepreneurship (31:09)•Andrews journey from want ting to be an entrepreneur to actually being one (33:31)•How teaching jiu-jitsu has improved his jiu-jitsu (36:20)Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game by Walker Deibelhttps://www.amazon.com/Buy-Then-Build-Acquisition-Entrepreneurs/dp/1544501137/Dan Penahttps://www.danpena.co.uk/Borathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoratJohn Mechado Bjj Academyhttps://johnmachadobjj.com/