
The Entrepreneur Awakens: Pivoting from Tech to Ownership
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Kin Sio first tried real estate as he explored a path out of tech, but buying a business was his ultimate destination.
Topics in Kin’s interview:
- Immigrating from China
- Pivoting from tech to entrepreneurship
- Wanting more flexibility to care for family
- Deciding against using ROBS
- Running his Hawaiian business from Seattle
- Plans to expand to the mainland
- Building and maintaining a company culture
- Converting seller hours to human hours
- Managing hotel room pricing
- How culture influences risk taking
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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