Learn how Lin Hwang brought the famous American Halal chain, The Halal Guys, to Korea and started a food reduction tech startup (DamoGO) in Asia. 

Lin manages his business in Korea with plans to expand to Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

• Starting The Halal Guys Franchise in Korea
• How the food reduction idea originated
• Finding cofounders and building a team
• Building and funding for a mobile app
• Finding and working with local restaurant partners
• Offering discounted ($2-6:un-touched & fresh) leftover meals from restaurant partners
• Scaling business and strategic outlook with advisors
• Fundraising plans (seed round)
• Staying motivated while bootstrapping business
• Charity work and building community of volunteers
• 1/3 of all food in the world goes to waste

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