#19 - Moiz Ali - Quitting the perfect job to become an entrepreneur - a podcast by Smarter Destiny Podcast

from 2019-09-01T04:00

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Moiz Ali is a Harvard lawyer turned entrepreneur, investor and speaker. After selling his first business, a flash sales site for spirits called Caskers, Moiz founded Native. The company specializes in creating high-quality natural care products, and it’s the fastest growing CPG company in the United States, with over 1 million customers nationwide. The company was acquired for $100 Million in November 2017. Today Moiz is an active investor in over 100 startups, and a speaker on stages across the world.



  • Bullet points

  • 00:30 - Intro

  • 02:30 - Working as a lawyer

  • 05:05 - Quitting the perfect job and starting an online business: Caskers

  • 09:40 - Getting free press

  • 13:25 - The first profits

  • 15:15 - Selling the company

  • 17:30 - The next steps

  • 20:30 - Starting a new business: Native

  • 22:10 - Becoming an expert in natural care

  • 25:30 - Finding the right manufacturer

  • 31:00 - Focusing on product quality

  • 34:30 - Advertising and taking advantage of trends

  • 39:45 - Starting to sell internationally

  • 41:40 - The Procter & Gamble acquisition

  • 52:20 - Rapid fire question round

  • 52:50 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

  • 53:55 - How do you get into a state of flow?

  • 56:03 - What habit or opinion do you have that people tend to disagree with?

  • 57:43 - What non-traditional lesson would you teach at school?

  • 58:20 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

  • 01:00:33 - Any advice for your previous boss or bosses?

  • 01:03:20 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

  • 01:04:25 - How would you double USD 5K in 24h?

  • 01:04:55 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

  • 01:06:20 - What silly thing should people do more of?

  • 01:06:54 - Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or one hundred-duck sized horses?

  • 01:07:31 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but that they don’t want to do?

  • 01:08:10 - What makes you happiest?


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