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XA Podcast 029 | The Entrepreneur Gene | Roger Egan, Co-Founder, Nurture and RedMart
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When everyone is saying No, how do you eventually get to a Yes? Sheer persistence. Roger Egan, Co-founder of and former CEO of RedMart joins Reza Behnam to discuss his journey of founding RedMart, overcoming many naysayers on the path to acquisition and what he's working on now.
Our Speakers
Roger Egan is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Nurture, a startup reimagining early childhood learning and development. Prior to this, he co-founded RedMart, a Singapore-based grocery business that was eventually acquired by Alibaba.
Discussion Points
- [07:15] Co-founding a startup with his father
- [09:50] INSEAD and the birth of RedMart
- [13:00] Early challenges
- [19:10] RedMart operations
- [20:10] Exiting to Alibaba
- [22:30] Lessons from RedMart
- [24:45] Recruiting and retaining talent
- [27:00] About Nurture
Links
- Follow the show on Apple and Spotify
- View the transcript
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The XA Network (formerly Xoogler Angels) was founded in 2018 as an exclusive investment network comprising senior executives from leading global and regional technology companies. Our mission is to provide smart capital to early-stage companies across Southeast Asia. The XA podcast brings together voices from the ecosystem that powers early stage investing across this vibrant region. Our guests include entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and of course XA Network investors.
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