Andrew Yeung - How to build a million-dollar events company from scratch!

👉🏼 About the Guests: Business Insider dubbed Andrew Yeung as The Great Gatsby of startups. Andrew moved to the US as an immigrant in 2020 and after a brief stint at Facebook, Google he founded his events company Fibe, generated millions of dollars in revenue, hosted more than 40K tech folks, became a partner at Next Wave NYC, grew his personal brand - all this happened in the last 4yrs.  👉🏼 About the Host: Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generated $30k ARR, which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 24,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. He recently sold his second SaaS product, GuestLab, and he is working on a startup idea while hosting this show. 👉🏼 Sponsor Corner: Shoutout to Acquire.com for sponsoring The Undefeated Underdogs podcast! They’re the best online marketplace to buy/sell startups and I know many founders who have sold their businesses there. If you're looking to wind down your business and cash in some of your founder chips, check them out - https://try.acquire.com/sharath/ 👉🏼 Description: Listen in as Sharath and Andrew discuss networking, succeeding in America as underdogs, why NYC is awesome, and more!   👉🏼 Timestamps: 00:00: Episode Highlight 00:46: Shoutout to Acquire.com 03:14: Intro to Andrew Yeung - the Great Gatsby of startups 04:30: Why Andrew chose NYC and events over San Francisco and product-building 09:00: How Andrew entered tech 10:47: How Andrew built his network in tech 13:34: How to network as a founder vs a VC 17:31: Building a network in 2025 19:37: Cold Outreach 101 21:43: Andrew's favorite cold outreach template 24:41: Navigating cultural shock as an immigrant 29:10: How Andrew found gaps to build his business around 31:07: How to build a business for people's needs 34:06: Andrew's playbook on how underdogs can succeed in America 36:16: Behind the scenes of Fibe - Andrew's event-hosting business 41:12: What's next for Fibe 43:55: How to host better events 46:28: Andrew's favorite event-hosting format 47:15: Outro and closing thoughts 👉🏼 Resources: Link to Acquire.com: https://try.acquire.com/sharath/ 👉🏼 Where to find Andrew: Website: https://www.andrewyeung.co/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyeung Twitter: https://x.com/andruyeung 👉🏼 Where to find Sharath: Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harath YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5harath Website: https://5harath.com/ Newsletter: https://5harath.substack.com/ Founder Gigs: https://foundergigs.com/