Zero to $80M in 4 years with John Andrew Entwistle of Wander

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Episode 361: Justin Gordon (https://x.com/justingordon212) interviews John Andrew Entwistle (  / jaentwistle  , founder and CEO of Wander, about how he built a luxury travel business at the age of 23.

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Show Notes:

00:00 What’s coming in the episode…
00:52 Introduction
02:49 John Andrew’s beginnings
04:08 Early lessons as a founder
08:19 The start of Wonder
16:35 The story behind Coder.com
20:00 Wander’s early days
25:08 Building Wander’s brand
30:40 First customers and feedback
36:29 Locations and international expansion
42:03 John Andrew’s purpose
46:04 Funding Wander
50:51 Where is Wander today?
55:12 Focusing on user activation
1:02:41 What’s next for Wander?

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