Kit had never run a media business before and he had never sold an ad in his life, but in 2009 he founded Liquor.com. The business started as a daily email and scaled to become the leading digital media platform for cocktail and spirits lovers. In 2019, the business was acquired by Dotdash (IAC). Hear the story here on The Exit.
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EPISODE 18
Finding the Cocktail for Success with Kit Codik
YOUR HOST
Steve McGarry
An entrepreneur, content creator, and investor based in sunny Tampa, Florida. In 2015, while living in San Francisco, Steve sold his first fintech startup LendLayer to Max Levchin’s (founder of PayPal) consumer finance company Affirm.
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