Eva Founders Amanda Niu and Ken Lau

Uncommon

English - July 19, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Amanda Niu and Ken Lau are co-founders of Eva, a homewares and furniture company with a focus on creating products that are made for living and fit into everyday life.

SHOW NOTES:

00:00 – Welcome to Uncommon
00:30 - Moving to Australia
04:15 - Earliest memory
06:30 - Childhood career aspirations
08:55 - How Amanda and Ken met
11:40 - Neuropsychology skills
12:50 - Engineering skills
15:00 - Running eBay store
17:25 - Turning point in business
20:00 - Scaling the business
26:00 - Product range / Future projections
30:22 - Surveying customers
32:10 - Conception to Manufacturing
37:10 - Same or different manufacturer?
39:50 - Changes in the past 12 months
42:15 - Furniture manufacturing in China
44:08 - Supplies for products
45:30 - 365 Day Trial
48:40 - Short wait times for furniture
51:40 - People and culture in business
54:30 - What in the next two years
55:40 - Engagement and wedding planning
1:01:20 - Rapid fire questions
1:03:20 - Closing remarks

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