February 17, 2023

XA Podcast 029 | The Entrepreneur Gene | Roger Egan, Co-Founder, Nurture and RedMart

32 minutes

When everyone is saying No, how do you eventually get to a Yes? Sheer persistence. Roger Egan, Co-founder of and former CEO of RedMart joins Reza Behnam to discuss his journey of founding RedMart, overcoming many naysayers on the path to acquisition and what he's working on now.

Our Speakers

Roger Egan is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Nurture, a startup reimagining early childhood learning and development. Prior to this, he co-founded RedMart, a Singapore-based grocery business that was eventually acquired by Alibaba.

Discussion Points

[07:15] Co-founding a startup with his father

[09:50] INSEAD and the birth of RedMart

[13:00] Early challenges

[19:10] RedMart operations

[20:10] Exiting to Alibaba

[22:30] Lessons from RedMart

[24:45] Recruiting and retaining talent

[27:00] About Nurture

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