E670: Munchery CEO & Co-founder Tri Tran on escaping Vietnam & pioneering a food movement in America
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Channel: This Week in Startups · 2016 · Education
Should we have open or closed borders? Should we build walls or bridges? Today on the program is CEO and co-founder of Munchery, Tri Tran, who fought his way into the U.S. from Vietnam and built a company that employs hundreds of people and that is changing the way we think about food. Especially in this time of heated debate around immigration, Tri’s story reminds us to look at the details of how we want to run our country -- which in a way is like running a company -- and ask: do we let the greatest entrepreneurs in, or force them to go elsewhere? Tri walks us through how Munchery redefines dinner — early inspirations, scaling his business, brand design, delivery efficiency, and more. For full show notes, subscribe to http://thisweekinstartups.com/about/#allsubscribe
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