016 - David Choi
Episode description
David Choi is the owner of Seoul Taco.
5:00 - Intro
10:00 - How we met
10:30 - Little Saigon
13:00 - Hip Hop
17:00 - Working in a baseball card shop
18:30 - Skipping school to get celebrity autographs
22:45 - Getting asked to speak at his high school
27:15 - Growing up in the church
29:00 - Figuring out how/when to work for your self
32:15 - Working for yourself out of necessity
33:30 - Immigrant entrepreneurs
37:00 - Roy Choi
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39:30 - Working 3-4 jobs at once
45:00 - Cooking at friend’s parties
47:00 - Finishing college
52:15 - Paying it forward with friends
54:30 - Supportive friends vs. Haters
58:30 - Giving & receiving feedback
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1:02:45 - Buying the first food truck for $18,000
1:08:00 - The first food trucks in St. Louis
1:09:45 - First run at Food Truck Friday
1:11:45 - First Seoul Taco location
1:13:00 - Second location
1:16:00 - Staying fresh with growing popularity
1:22:45 - Growing up without internet
1:26:45 - Opening up in another market
1:32:15 - Columbia, MO location
1:35:15 - Chicago locations
1:40:45 - Employee Management
1:42:00 - People freak out too much
1:42:30 - Streetwear collabs
1:45:00 - Collaboration “fever”
1:47:45 - Not caring vs. Not letting things get to you
1:49:00 - Sports talk
1:52:30 - What’s happening in 2020
1:59:00 - Continuing to learn
2:06:00 - Outro