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S5 Bonus: Lydia Davies, Teemates

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

Careers, Business, Tech News, Technology, News, Entrepreneurship

5.0217 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Lydia Davies is from the UK originally, but she has lived all over the world. She was Born in Thailand, and has lived in Southeast Asia, Singapore, Alaska, the Middle East and now in Houston. She has always been into sports - playing, supporting, etc. When she was 16 years old, she signed on to a music label as a singer and pianist, traveling around the world to perform. When she left the music industry, she got really into technology. As she opened a performing arts academy, she ended up building her own website and app for the business. During COVID in 2020, she starting creating a framework for a golf app, for her and her husband to find people to play golf with. She wanted the app to have mechanics like a dating app, with a social aspect to see who was down to play some golf... worldwide. This is the creation story of Teemates. Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Cash App Green, overdraft coverage, borrow, cash back offers and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. * Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.ai Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

When I started making it, I did not realize it was going to be the beast that it is.

0:05.9

It's like I didn't realize how much effort a tech startup takes.

0:10.6

I kind of just was a bit naive and thought I'd put it on the stores and do some marketing and all would be well.

0:18.0

That's not true.

0:19.3

I've learned a lot of lessons this year.

0:22.3

I mean, our ultimate goal was always like a LinkedIn for golf,

0:25.9

connecting people through mutual connections and business connections and community connections.

0:31.7

And you kind of just have to see what people like and what they go for and what they don't.

0:37.1

My name is Lydia Davies, founder and CEO of Teammates Golf.

0:47.7

This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry

0:57.3

and build and lead.

0:59.5

A team that has your back.

1:02.3

I'm your host, Noah Labhart, and today how Lydia Davies built the best way for her community

1:08.4

to see who else is down to golf.

1:13.5

All this and more on-coat story.

1:20.4

Lydia Davies is from the UK originally, but she has lived all over the world.

1:24.9

She was actually born in Thailand and lived in Southeast Asia, Singapore,

1:28.4

Alaska, the Middle East, and now is in Houston, Texas. She's always been into sports, playing,

1:34.0

supporting, et cetera. When she was 16 years old, she signed on to a music label as a singer and a pianist,

1:39.7

traveling around the world to perform. When she left the music industry, she got really into tech.

1:45.0

As she opened her performing arts academy, she ended up building her own website, an app for the business.

1:51.0

During COVID in 2020, she started creating a framework for a golf app for her and her husband to find people to play golf with.

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