Publishers Weekly
“GrubHub cofounder [Mike Evans’] illuminating debut, an account of how the food delivery service grew from a scrappy start-up to a multibillion-dollar company. Evans is frank about the challenges he faced as the company grew…This punchy memoir delivers.”
About the Book
Mike Evans wanted a pizza, but getting a pizza was a pain in the neck. Insightful and hilarious, HANGRY candidly follows Mike’s personal journey from the excitement of creating something new to the satisfaction of changing the way America eats, and then ultimately, to the horror of seeing GrubHub turn from its roots to become a byword for exploitation in the restaurant industry. Increasingly suffering from anger and frustration, Mike's rage quits the company he started, leaving it all behind to ride a bike across the United States in a longshot attempt to regain his sanity and find a new purpose.
Vision matters. This is the message of Hangry. Not only does vision matter, but a personal vision matters. It's hard, but that's OK because hard things have big rewards. Having vision makes hard things easy. Hangry is my memoir through the GrubHub startup, leading it to an IPO and then punting it to ride my bike across the country. I talk about how startups and cross-country bike trips are insane and that they’re fun too.
To learn more about the book, check out: mikeevans.com/hangry-intro
***Participants are encouraged to obtain and secure the book at least one week before the start of Week 1.
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Meet the Author
Mike Evans founded GrubHub in his spare bedroom and grew it into the multi-billion-dollar online food delivery colossus that is a household name. After leaving GrubHub post-IPO, he punted it all to ride his bike across the United States. His book about the journey, Hangry: A Startup Journey, came out in November 2022.
More recently, Mike founded Fixer.com, an on-demand handyperson B-corp that trains its employees from scratch. Mike is passionate about professional and personal vision and a strong proponent of impact businesses - for-profit companies that use their power to bring about positive social change.
To learn more about Mike, visit mikeevans.com
About the Online Book Club
Go on a startup journey with me, Mike Evans, founder of Grubhub. Each week, you’ll be provided with suggested readings from Hangry: A Startup Journey and questions designed to help you move from stagnant to thriving in your personal and professional vision. Together we will go from a hobby in my spare bedroom to IPO to rage quitting and riding my bike into the sunset.
Readers will come together weekly to share their insights and discuss the challenges and success through their lens. Along the way, capture the food and photo journey along the way and travel with me on my post-Grubhub Transamerica bike ride. By the end of our time together, I hope your questions on creating your personal vision, using business for social leverage, and living a life of adventure are answered.
A Fascinating 6-Week Experience
April 15 - May 20, 2024
Embark on an enriching and rare journey with the author and the community to delve into this award-winning book!
Your journey will include the following elements:
Weekly Coming Together
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Participants join a weekly facilitated sessions where they can actively participate in discussions, engage in breakout sessions, ask questions, partake in exercises, and access valuable resources. Additionally, in Week 6, participants have the opportunity to meet the author.
Learning Platform
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Over the 6-week duration, participants can utilize the book club's Google Classroom. Here, they can explore links, videos, and various resources while also sharing their thoughts and findings interactively.
Access to Resources
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Get access to the list of resources that personally impacted Mike’s journey through Grubhub
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Be challenged with thought-provoking questions in response to the book
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Follow along with Mike’s Transamerica bike ride from Virginia to Oregon
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Listen to Mike reflect on startups, using business as social leverage, and living with personal vision on a variety of selected appearances
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Go on Grubhub’s journey from bedroom startup up to IPO through food and photos
Week 1
The Start: Until you start you have nothing
Week 2
The Foundation: Growing pains hurt
Week 3
The Climb: The real lessons and true cost of success
Week 4
The Merger: The sum is greater than its parts
Week 5
The End: When it’s time to say goodbye
Week 6
The Next Beginning: What to do after the end
Dates: April 15 - May 20, 2024
Mondays @ 6:00 - 7:00 pm (PST) / 9:00 - 10:00 pm (EST)
with the possibility of an extended (90-minute) session during the final week for integration.
Fee: $115
Over the course of the 6-week book club, participants will convene virtually on Zoom for facilitated sessions each week. On Week 6, participants will have the special opportunity to virtually meet the author for a Q&A session and integration discussions.
Please acquire and secure the book at least one week before the commencement of Week 1.