What happens when a group of students decide to turn a simple problem—students who want local jobs on campus—into a fast-scaling startup?

In this episode, we sit down with Nick Lawton, CEO and founder of SideShift, to talk about how he and his co-founder went from pitching on UW-Madison campus to now running a 13-person office in New York and generating a seven-figure ARR.

Nick shares his journey from sales and private equity to entrepreneurship, the mindset that kept him going when no one believed in the idea, and the pivotal decisions that led to SideShift’s crazy growth.

We also dive into:

• The value of conviction in your team and your product
• The deal that changed the trajectory of SideShift
• Why every founder should talk to their customers
• How SideShift has scaled and pivoted within only 2-3 ...