#365: Nick Nanakos – Building The Tesla Of Food

Nick Nanakos is the creator of ZIKI – a seed oil-free restaurant that has raised $6.7 million from Gigafund. In this conversation, we spoke about Nick’s getting diagnosed with cancer, where his ambition comes from, and what role music plays in his life.  (0:00) Intro (3:12) Sports To Business Parallel (8:02) Earliest Memories (10:31) War Mode (15:03) Ambition (18:02) Leadership (21:33) Calling Out VCs (28:11) TruckBux To Ziki (36:15) Becoming The Tesla Of Food (43:39) Points Of Failure (46:30) Diagnosed With Cancer At 26 (1:03:21) Death (1:07:12) Generosity (1:09:41) Music (1:14:08) Challenge Links Ziki: https://ziki.kitchen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zikikitchens My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda