231 - John Starke of MyMatR: We Make Recycling Easier, Cleaner, and More Fun

231 - John Starke of MyMatR: We Make Recycling Easier, Cleaner, and More Fun

Author: Founders Live February 20, 2024 Duration: 38:13
Nick Hughes is joined by John Starke, Founder and CEO of MyMatR from Raleigh, North Carolina. MyMatR is an affordable and customizable automatic sorting waste container that creates a cleaner recycling stream at the source of disposal. The episode starts with Nick and John discussing his background and journey into entrepreneurship and startups. We hear, Why entrepreneurship? And why John wanted to go out on his own. We then hear about his experience pitching at Founders Live Raleigh-Durham, ...

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