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Eric Zhu on Sperm Racing, his first company at 13, and going viral
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Eric Zhu started his first company at 13, raised $2.3 million for Aviato, and co-founded Sperm Racing, which raced USC against UCLA in front of about 5,000 people. In this episode: (0:32) Welcome, and who Eric is (2:01) Thrown out of the Palladium (4:18) Why he started Sperm Racing (5:32) The Sperm Racing World Cup (8:47) The marketing playbook behind going viral (11:26) Buying out meme pages, and the iShowSpeed deal (13:42) His secret sauce on fundraising (16:36) The big bet, and drunk NASCAR (20:15) Running five brands like a PE firm (22:45) Hiring: old resumes vs. underpriced talent (25:03) Marc Andreessen, David Dobrik, and getting celebrities to show up (28:04) Advice to his…