Scott Tamura

Scott Tamura

CEO of foodies.ai Start-up accelerator DreamIt Ventures alum. Williams College graduate.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotttamura
Twitter: twitter.com/tweeterscott
Los Angeles
Member since September 05, 2016
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CEO of foodies.ai. Marathon runner. Williams College and DreamIt Ventures start-up accelerator alumn. Quote_down
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Education
2009 Williams College , BA , Chemistry, Japanese

I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
CEO, Travelmooch, Inc., CEO, RadiusZ, LLC, COO, Jobaphiles.com
Companies I work or worked for:
JET Programme, ALT English Teacher
Achievements (products built, personal awards won):

Built the Travelmooch, a couch surfer for friends iOS and Android app.
Built Sports Follower, organized social media sorting app on IOS and Android for your favorite sports teams.

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I want to invent something cool.

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

Frustrating: overcoming the chicken or the egg problem. Solution: solve a problem that provides utility without requiring the network effect.

Rewarding: with foodies.ai, it's been the thrill of seeing people interacting and talking to the meal recommendation chatbot and the seeing the magic of the ai in action.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Not having an in-house development team.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

1. Expect the unexpected.
2. Degrees are meaningless. What does the individual bring to the team?
3. You get lucky. Some ideas are better than others.