Creating a perfect marriage between food and technology with Kevin Yu, CEO of Sidechef, a serial tech entrepreneur and a three-time TEDx speaker

With more than 8 years of experience at the world’s leading gaming companies, Kevin Yu decided to stay in China and build Sidechef, “Netflix for recipes” after his first startup exit. Realizing people’s passion for food and cooking, Kevin is determined to unlock the inner potential of people and used the lessons from gaming industry to food industry. In this episode, Kevin shared many interesting insights on building a team, fundraising and building investor relations in China, and elaborated on the simple idea of never give up.

Show notes:

0:30 - 2:57 Kevin Yu Introduction

3:00 - 4:19 Building a team

4:54 - 6:32 Pivot to food industry

10:50 - 12:13 Team rotation

12:40 - 17:13 Fundraising and building relationships

22:42 - 26:38 marriage between food and tech

26:47 - 26:50 Connect with Kevin Yu