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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

S7 E15: Jeff Grass, Hungry Marketplace

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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

4.6216 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Grass had his career start more traditionally, as a bond underwriter, graduating from Wharton, and then being a serial entrepreneur. Outside of his business ventures, he is married with 2 kids, and used to run marathons... including one into Athens with his bare feet. When he's not running, he's spending time with his kids and their activities. Jeff's current venture started out as a tech-enabled platform for office and event catering, which connected their users to incredible chef entrepreneurs. Fast forward, they are now a national platform for top chef-made food production and delivery services, that includes much, much more. This is the creation story of Hungry. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

MVP minus one, you know, kind of the pre-MVP, was actually building a lot of, you know, how we operated in Google spreadsheets.

0:07.8

We had some of the most complicated Google spreadsheets you've ever seen because it was really about, you know, how do we organize this?

0:13.0

How do we manage, you know, this unique business model?

0:16.2

You know, Hungary has faced some huge challenges.

0:18.5

If you think about, you know, again, as a core business, a

0:21.6

platform of office and event catering, you know, March 2020 was a really scary time. You know,

0:27.3

COVID hit. Suddenly nobody's in the office. Nobody wants to do, you know, live events. We saw millions

0:32.4

of dollars of sales evaporate overnight. And, you know, it was gut check time for the company and for our team.

0:39.6

My name is Jeff Grass. I'm co-founder and CEO of Hungary.

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 and build and lead.

0:59.5

A team that has your back.

1:02.3

I'm your host, Noel Laphart.

1:04.0

And today how Jeff Grass created the nation's best way to cater food for your business from top local chefs.

1:13.5

All this and more.

1:15.1

Oncoat story.

1:19.3

Jeff Grass had his career start more traditionally as a Bond underwriter, graduating from Wharton and then being a serial entrepreneur.

1:27.0

Outside of his business ventures,

1:28.3

he's married with two kids and used to run marathons, including one into Athens with his bare feet.

1:34.4

When he's not running, he's spending time with his kids and doing their activities.

1:39.1

Jeff's current venture started out as a tech-enabled platform for office and event catering,

1:43.5

which connected their users to incredible chef entrepreneurs.

1:47.4

Fast forward, they are now a national platform for top chef-made food production and delivery services.

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