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52. The Fire In Your Belly, Building a Liquor Brand, & Flipping Businesses with Chander Arora Founder & CEO of Red Eye Louie’s

by Silicon Alley PodcastNovember 6, 2020November 6, 2020Episodes2 Comments

The Fire Has to Be In Your Belly, Building a Liquor Company & Flipping Businesses with Chander Arora

52. In The Fire Has to Be In Your Belly, host William Glass sits down with Chander Arora, the founder and CEO of Red Eye Louie’s. In today’s episode, we go deep into Chander’s entrepreneurial journey and how he went from driving a forklift in a textile factory to founding an international spirits brand. Chander is wide-open about both his successes and failures. There are some doozies from terrible losses on international shipments to nefarious hackers.

About Chander Arora

Chander Arora is the Founder & CEO of Red Eye Louie’s a liquor brand with a number of unique spirits in its arsenal. Chander is an international expert in the spirits industry with 20+ years of experience. Chander started the company in 2011 by helping his daughter, Nina Arora, with her college project by creating the company’s first product Vodquila (a crafted blend of Vodka and Tequila.) Chander turned his daughter’s college assignment into an international spirits business. With his knowledge of chemistry, he is able to create all the formulas and recipes for each blend.

Prior to starting Red Eye Louie’s, Chander came to the US from India while on business where he met the love of his life. As a self-starter and determined to make the American dream a reality he began buying and selling businesses that ranged from laundromats, convenience stores, real estate, and even truck stops.

Connect with Red Eye Louie’s

Website: https://redeyelouies.com/

Crowdfunding: https://www.startengine.com/red-eye-louies

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vodquila/

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51. A Tale of Two Valleys | Martin Babinec | Founder of TriNet (NYSE: TNET) & Author of More Good Jobs

by Silicon Alley PodcastOctober 30, 2020October 30, 2020Episodes1 Comment

A Tale of Two Valleys with Martin Babinec

51. A Tale of Two Valleys, host William Glass sits down with Martin Babinec, an industry titan, entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and Author. Martin discusses his two contrasting valleys, Silicon Valley & the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York. You’ll hear the challenges that Martin overcame at the helm of TriNet leading through the boom and bust of the dot com bubble and how he overcame a failed IPO ultimately leading the company to over $1B in annual revenue before passing the reigns. Martin shares some of the keys to his success and what is necessary to build a strong startup community. His book More Good Jobs outlines the keys to building a tribe and ultimately how to change an entire economic region.

About Martin Babinec

Martin Babinec founded TriNet a Silicon Valley-based company in 1988, serving as CEO for 20 years and continues as a large shareholder and board director. TriNet’s cloud-based HR services now cover 17,000+ clients, generates $4+ Billion in annual revenue and is listed on the NYSE under ticker TNET. Relocating to his hometown of Little Falls, New York, Martin founded and has active roles with UpVentures Capital, StartFast Ventures, and nonprofits Upstate Venture Connect, Entrepreneurs Across Borders, UpMobility Foundation, and the Upstate Jobs Party. He is a past recipient of the SVBT Silicon Valley Entrepreneur of the Year Award and his book More Good Jobs was published by Lion Crest in October 2020.

Martin has experienced the ups and downs of entrepreneurship overcoming tremendous obstacles and now is on a mission to change the trajectory of an entire region.