Hangry: A Startup Journey
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- Author：Mike Evans
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Summary
GrubHub founder Mike Evans reveals the inside story of how he grew a multibillion-dollar behemoth that changed the way we eat。
Hungry and tired one night， Mike wanted a pizza， but getting a pizza delivered was a pain in the neck。 He didn’t want to call a million restaurants to see what was open。 So， as an avid coder， he created GrubHub in his spare bedroom to figure out who delivered to his apartment。 Then， armed with a $140 check from his first customer and ignoring his crushing college debt， he quit his job。 Over the next decade， Mike grew his little delivery guide into the world’s premier online ordering website。 In doing so， he entered the company of an elite few entrepreneurs to take a startup from an idea all the way to an IPO。
GrubHub’s journey from Mike’s bedroom to Wall Street doesn’t fit into how business schools teach entrepreneurship。 In Hangry， he details step-by-step the grind of building an innovative business， with each chapter including sharp lessons for entrepreneurs and startups that Mike learned on the fly as he piloted GrubHub by the seat of his pants。 Hangry reveals a decade of eighty-hour work weeks， detailed steps of how Mike garnered his first customers， his hunt for financing dollars， cliffhanger acquisitions， the near collapse of his marriage， a brutally difficult merger， and a pair of tumultuous quit/unquit moments， all to steer the company to become one of the most successful startups in the world。 With a razor-sharp wit， Mike reveals hard-won truths about how startups succeed—and even harder-won truths about how startups fail。
Shocking everyone， at the pinnacle of startup success， Mike leaves it all behind， quitting the company he started to bike across the United States in search of balance。 But eventually， the grand vistas of America bring the lessons of the past into focus， driving the realization that for entrepreneurs a hunger for success doesn’t end， and he starts another company， even more ambitious than the first。
Hungry and tired one night， Mike wanted a pizza， but getting a pizza delivered was a pain in the neck。 He didn’t want to call a million restaurants to see what was open。 So， as an avid coder， he created GrubHub in his spare bedroom to figure out who delivered to his apartment。 Then， armed with a $140 check from his first customer and ignoring his crushing college debt， he quit his job。 Over the next decade， Mike grew his little delivery guide into the world’s premier online ordering website。 In doing so， he entered the company of an elite few entrepreneurs to take a startup from an idea all the way to an IPO。
GrubHub’s journey from Mike’s bedroom to Wall Street doesn’t fit into how business schools teach entrepreneurship。 In Hangry， he details step-by-step the grind of building an innovative business， with each chapter including sharp lessons for entrepreneurs and startups that Mike learned on the fly as he piloted GrubHub by the seat of his pants。 Hangry reveals a decade of eighty-hour work weeks， detailed steps of how Mike garnered his first customers， his hunt for financing dollars， cliffhanger acquisitions， the near collapse of his marriage， a brutally difficult merger， and a pair of tumultuous quit/unquit moments， all to steer the company to become one of the most successful startups in the world。 With a razor-sharp wit， Mike reveals hard-won truths about how startups succeed—and even harder-won truths about how startups fail。
Shocking everyone， at the pinnacle of startup success， Mike leaves it all behind， quitting the company he started to bike across the United States in search of balance。 But eventually， the grand vistas of America bring the lessons of the past into focus， driving the realization that for entrepreneurs a hunger for success doesn’t end， and he starts another company， even more ambitious than the first。
Reviews
Hải
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Nhiều người so sánh của Hangry - của Mike Evans （người sáng lập ra Grubhub） với Shoe Dog - một trong những cuốn memoir viết về startup/ business mà mình thấy hay nhất。 Đọc xong cuốn này， mình thấy so sánh đó， đúng ở một vài điểm: hành trình của Mike Evans cũng đầy chông gai và cuốn hút như của Phil Knight， nhưng vẫn chưa đạt được đến tầm của Shoe Dog。Mà thôi， đang bàn về Hangry: A Startup Journey。Đây là cuốn sách đáng đọc。 Điểm mạnh nhất của tác giả là không dùng những lời hoa mỹ， cao cả， có cán Nhiều người so sánh của Hangry - của Mike Evans （người sáng lập ra Grubhub） với Shoe Dog - một trong những cuốn memoir viết về startup/ business mà mình thấy hay nhất。 Đọc xong cuốn này， mình thấy so sánh đó， đúng ở một vài điểm: hành trình của Mike Evans cũng đầy chông gai và cuốn hút như của Phil Knight， nhưng vẫn chưa đạt được đến tầm của Shoe Dog。Mà thôi， đang bàn về Hangry: A Startup Journey。Đây là cuốn sách đáng đọc。 Điểm mạnh nhất của tác giả là không dùng những lời hoa mỹ， cao cả， có cánh， mà chỉ kể lại quãng đường làm startup của mình， một cách chân thật， và trần trụi nhất。 Đọc sách， cứ như ngồi cạnh một người tình cờ gặp trên đường， và nghe họ kể lại câu chuyện đã qua của họ， của công ty họ。 Thế thôi。。。 。。。more
Meghan C
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As someone who has worked very closely with companies like Grubhub， it was fascinating to read the behind the scenes。 But it was more then just talking about it’s startup。 Evans brought you on the journey of his life post Grubhub and all he saw across the country at this time。 Would recommend it for anyone looking for a business/tech memoir without too much business or tech。
Wilson
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I'll admit I fell for the Shoe Dog comparison on the back by Marc Randolph， and although it matches the vulnerability and is a decent read， it's middle of the road as startup origin stories go。 I'll admit I fell for the Shoe Dog comparison on the back by Marc Randolph， and although it matches the vulnerability and is a decent read， it's middle of the road as startup origin stories go。 。。。more
Christa Van
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This book was tons of fun。 Not into the "business" genre， give this a try。 I listened to the audio which was fantastic。 This book was tons of fun。 Not into the "business" genre， give this a try。 I listened to the audio which was fantastic。 。。。more
Jess
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Four+ stars。 I really enjoyed this and the background into GrubHub （which I really knew nothing about）。 This book is engaging and readable。
Somasundaram Sadasivamoorthy
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Finished reading this book “Hangry by Mike Evans”。 It’s evident that I’m not a fast /avid reader and also can’t write a better book review。 Although I’m hoping to improve this in my journey， I am not going to back down and will attempt to write one。An honest account of a founder， who climbed many challenges of Bootstrapping a start up， wooing investors /VCs， streamline business challenges/processes。 As a public market observer， I do find the explanation about GRUB ipo and M&A is intriguing。GrubH Finished reading this book “Hangry by Mike Evans”。 It’s evident that I’m not a fast /avid reader and also can’t write a better book review。 Although I’m hoping to improve this in my journey， I am not going to back down and will attempt to write one。An honest account of a founder， who climbed many challenges of Bootstrapping a start up， wooing investors /VCs， streamline business challenges/processes。 As a public market observer， I do find the explanation about GRUB ipo and M&A is intriguing。GrubHub as an early player/first of its kind to go public in the online food delivery business before Uber/door dash， had a successful IPO。 At the time of IPO， it only accounts for only 1% of total take-out orders。 Hungry Wall Street behemoth and investors started pouring in money which is evident is 4x spike in listed ipo stock price。 I found based on the below information （which is not listed in the book）， Grubhub was quite successful for IPO investors as well which is rare in IPO world （atleast in years like 2022）: Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway said it will pay $75。15 per share for Grubhub in an all-stock deal with an equity value of $7。3 billion。Shockingly he quit his very own company which was a blockbuster in Wall Street。 His constant hunger to achieve more/do good for the society is commendable。 I suggested this book to my hiking friends。 You might be wondering why I’m posting about this book in Hiking community ;）， his 75 day excruciating trans-am trail bike journey after quitting Grubhub is evident for his constant hunger/thirst for self discovery/discipline to achieve more in life。 It’s hard to take on such a challenging ambition， his rules can help/challenge oneself to adopt to hard things we encounter in life。 Mike's Rules for Hard Things:One: Hard things are hard。Two: Hard things have consequences。Three: Hard things have big rewards。Four: Don't give up hard things at the end of a long day。 Wate morning。Five: Hard things become easier with a vision， or goal。I highly recommend this book to everyone and definitely inspires us to stay on course to relearn something useful every day and start anew。 relearn something: Startups and life are the same thing because once you attain a difficult goal， you're forever changed， and that new person finds themselves back at the start， once again urgently needing to establish a new vision。 It's the cyclical nature of the hero's journey， of all human journeys。 But， unlike a novel， it doesn't finish at the end。 It starts anew。Have fun/ let’s learn something everyday！！！ 。。。more
Frederic Boulanger
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Hands on experience/lessons in a good storyLight read， yet i found good gems， lessons。 Good all around leader，not perfect leader， a good human being struggling with the inner voice like we all do and grinding away at his limits to push the worl in a better place in his own way。 I enjoyed the read， and stories。 If the author writes more，I will read more！
Mark Lawrence
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Devoured this。 No pun intended。 Wow。
Rich Reising
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