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SPP#35: Matthew Childs, the wine racks online retailer who reached 6 figures in less than a year
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
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- Duration: 0:39:31
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Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Matthew Childs, 22 y.o., undergraduate Business and Civil Engineer student at the University of Technology Sydney and entrepreneur at Wine Stash in Australia. Wrap up: Matthew started on eBay in High School with books, making 700% profit margin sometimes and learning how to handle customer complaints. He leveraged all these good feedbacks and reviews when launching Wine Stash. He saw an opportunity while working in his family's bottle shop. Customers were asking for wine racks and they couldn't find any at a good price. After careful research, he took a risk and ordered a full container of wine racks! He moved on to becoming a part-time student and then put Uni on hold for a semester to try to automate his business. Matthew joined his university co-sharing space, the Hatchery. That got him introduced to Fishburners, the largest co-sharing space in Australia. A lot of people have told him that he should get a mentor, but he hasn't found one yet. If you know his ideal m