Rafael Ilishayev | Co-Founder of goPuff

Rafael grew up in Brooklyn, but went to school at Drexel University. During his time in college, he lived with a roommate. Him and his roommate were sick and tired of Grubhub, it wasn't on demand. Their final frustration came from ordering from one of Philadelphia's favorite cookie joints called Insomnia Cookies. They order cookies from the popular cookie chain, and received their order two hours later. They looked at themselves thinking, "It has to be an easier solution than this." Six months later, they had a business, an app, and over one hundred items in a warehouse. GoPuff is currently in five cities, they are currently expanding their business into Denver, Colorado and are hopeful to expand to a a new city every two months! Fully Commit to What You're Doing "There is no doing it part time! If you truly believe in something, just quit." Hire People Who Are Smarter Than You "You don't know everything. If you hire someone and they are doing the job right, get out of their way!" Lead By Example "You're the one or at least one of the ones that created this vision, lead by example by showing people what to do next. I am here, I am on the ground working and you should be too..." #Timestamps 00:30- Introduction 1:15- Expansion 2:30- Passion With The Service Industry 3:30- Starting goPuff 6:15- Delegating Tasks 7:00- Momentum 8:00- Failure 11:00- Habits 13:00- Help From YEC 15:00- Hover board Story 16:30- Fully Commit, Hire People Who Are Smarter, and Lead By Example Rafael Ilishayev Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/rafaelilishayev Twitter: twitter.com/rafaelilishayev Business Website: gopuff.com __________ Techie, Millennial Author, WWE Fan, Podcaster. Philadelphia native, Johnathan Grzybowski started his career at 14 mowing lawns. Over 5 businesses later, Johnathan has a deep passion on bettering the lives of millennials and helping them execute their ideas into profitable businesses. It’s never been easier to start a business, but how do you make it successful? Constantly millennials are claiming to be entrepreneurs, but may not truly know what it takes to either become one or last long enough to succeed at being one. By listening/viewing The Blind Entrepreneur, we are determined to help those who are “blind” see the true struggles of business, successes, and the grind it took these millennials to succeed. #LINKS Email: [email protected] Podcast: http://theblindentrepreneur.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jgrzybowski Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/grzybowskij Instagram: http://instagram.com/grzybowskij Snapchat: grzybowskij #SUBSCRIBE iTunes: http://bit.ly/TBEPodcast #PS. I’m a huge WWE Fan and I also love to laugh. Send me a question or phrase that makes you laugh, and I will incorporate it into my podcast. I’ll even tag you in the show notes and handle in the video!