Redundancy to CEO

04/23/24 • 37 min

WithWine founder and CEO, Rich Owens, has had his fair share of ups and downs throughout his career. But every twist and turn inevitably led him down a path that saw him bring together a passion for solving big problems and his love of great wine. Following a shock redundancy in 2013, he set out to build a tech platform that could improve the entire wine industry. And he hasn't looked back. In this episode of the Anti-Failure Podcast, Rich and Chris discuss taking the ego and emotional pain out of failure; the power of yes (and saying f**k it more often); the joy of building something of your own; start up funding woes; and balancing the role of founder/CEO with being a present and engaged dad.

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