In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dayo McIntosh, who is the founder of Yateou; Yateou is an early–stage startup that makes wellness products and has a customer facing robot, ADE, that personalizes customer orders. Dayo speaks about what motivated her to start Yateou, how she uses the robot arm, ADE, and about her plans for Yateou’s future.

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– Dayo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dayomcintosh/}
– Yateou’s website: https://www.yateou.com/}
– More information on Yateou’s ADE robot: https://www.yateou.com/pages/meet–ade}

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OUTLINE:
– (0:00:00) Start
– (0:01:24) Introducing Dayo, Yateou, and the ADE robot
– (0:04:35) How does ADE work
– (0:10:09) Putting ADE in a truck
– (0:14:08) Keeping it simple
– (0:17:02) Having ADE stolen!
– (0:19:34) Customer experiences so far
– (0:21:53) ADE and the novelty effect
– (0:24:04) Deciding to use a Kuka arm
– (0:26:40) Dayo’s background
– (0:28:18) Getting into beauty products
– (0:32:07) Finding a place for ADE
– (0:34:26) Focusing on the customer experience
– (0:36:11) The value of self–care products
– (0:44:41) Yateou team
– (0:51:39) Yateou’s direction
– (0:56:54) First hires
– (0:58:05) Yateou’s funding so far
– (1:04:11) Lessons learned
– (1:10:54) Contact info

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