How a College Student Built the Disney FastPass for Bars

At just 23 years old, Ethan Karian is already chasing a vision he’s had since childhood: building a company that disrupts an entire industry. Raised by two entrepreneurs and inspired by the lessons of Think and Grow Rich, Ethan shares how years of self-education, early business failures, and relentless ambition led him to create SipSkip, a hospitality technology platform transforming the way people order drinks at bars, festivals, and stadiums.In this episode of Living Your Legacy, Ethan reveals the moment the idea struck him at a crowded LSU bar, why he abandoned another business to go all-in on SipSkip, and how he approaches entrepreneurship with a fail fast mindset. Along the way, he shares powerful lessons about belief, resilience, team building, innovation, and creating something so simple that competitors struggle to improve upon it.Key Takeaways• Why failing fast gives entrepreneurs a competitive advantage• How childhood exposure to entrepreneurship shaped his mindset• Why self-education can accelerate success beyond traditional learning• The importance of pivoting when a bigger opportunity appears• How simplicity can become a company's greatest competitive advantageNotable Quotes• “I knew since I was a young kid that I wanted to found a company that was going to disrupt an industry and change the world.”• “When I came up with SipSkip, I was doing another company at the time. I said, this one's it.”• “The idea was create something so simple, so seamless that there would be no better way.”• “Fail quick and fail fast.”• “Anything is possible as long as you want it bad enough and are willing to work for it.”