Andrius Rimkunas on a smart, wireless, GPS-powered alarm system, Lithuanian state television, hitting rock bottom, and more
This is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes - a chat with Andrius Rimkunas. Andrius is co-founder and Business Developer at Monimoto - a super easy to use anti-theft GPS tracker for motorcycles. Andrius entrepreneurial journey is quite remarkable as he has a background in IT, radio, marketing, and project management. He describes himself as a bit of a crazy person (and after you hear some of his entrepreneurial pursuits, you’ll understand why).
If you’re interested in hearing a story about an entrepreneur who hit rock bottom, only to rise up again, then this is an episode for you. Let’s dive in!
Show highlights:
2:05 – type of food Andrius doesn’t like
4:20 – an event that Andrius would love to see one day
5:25 – a movie that Andrius can watch again and again
6:03 – does pineapple belong on pizza
7:00 – Andrius’ early career – some skills that helped him become a better entrepreneur
12:30 – his experience being a DJ at a Lithuanian radio
15:40 – “I know I’m a bit crazy person”
18:00 – entrepreneurial pursuits that didn’t turn out as expected
21:00 – clear lesson learned about building products based on other people’s hardware
23:30 – how Andrius got through the toughest time of his life as an entrepreneur
27:00 – what people get excited about when they first hear about Monimoto
29:00 – markets Monimoto is in
32:30 – expected growth and revenue
33:10 – book recommendations
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Past guests on Innovators Can Laugh include Ovi Negrean, Arnaud Belinga, Csaba Zajdó, Dagobert Renouf, Andrei Zinkevich, Viktorija Cijunskyte, Lukas Kaminskis, Pija Indriunaite, Monika Paule, PhD, Vytautas Zabulis, Leon van der Laan, Ieva Vaitkevičiūtė.
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