In this episode, the Upturn squad was joined by Qian Wang, a serial entrepreneur in the real estate and property technology industry to explore his upturn journey:

0:00 Intro 00:24 What led to the downfall of WeWork? 05:03 How I became an entrepreneur: it's a lifestyle 12:26 How to Qian started his first business 23:38 Prep before your first startup: business process, discipline, focus 30:18 Challenging is normal. When it's easy, you are going downhill 38:54 Entrepreneurship is a lonely journey. How to build resilience? 43:18 Restart: Collab Home - disrupt the traditional value chain 47:12 Why focus on student housing? 48:58 How Collab disrupt traditional value chain? 56:03 Product Demo: transparent property info for investors 01:02:30 Follow first principle of real estate industry to build a proptech startup

Hello there, welcome to Upturn podcast! The team got together for the first episode to discuss:

(0:00) Welcome & Team Intro

(04:25) Kevin on the difference between working at a FAANG company vs. a startup

(06:38) Tian's journey from software engineer to investor

(12:30) Carrie's motivation behind starting Upturn podcast with the team

(15:36) Brian's online fitness business story

(20:41) Why we create the Upturn podcast series & our vision

(29:49) Should everyone join a startup?

(36:39) Our mental model for why startups fail | what to expect in the upcoming guest interviews

Connect with the our co-hosts:

Carrie Chen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cai-chen-338137140/

Kevin Hsieh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsiehstyle/

Tian Lan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tianlan9090/

Brian Yu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-boming-yu13/