"You can't just quit your private equity job for wine"

"You can't just quit your private equity job for wine" STATLER HALL HOTEL ADMINISTRATION When I graduated Cornell, everyone told me the same thing ... Go into private equity and climb the ladder. So I set out to do that. But after years in private equity, something felt off. I knew I wanted to build something. I just hadn't found a problem worth dedicating my life to. and then after growing up in wine country, I noticed a problem nobody was talking about. People don't choose wineries because of scores. They choose experiences. Yet there was NO way to discover wineries that way. but what if wine discovery worked like Airbnb, Netflix, or Spotify? so I quit my private equity job and went all in and I become obsessed... sleepless nights of coding, speaking with wineries, users, etc. You know it's a great Monday when your to do list is growing faster than you can eliminate and you're already drowning because I realized something... wineries don't have a demand problem, they have a discovery problem. most winery recommendations come from one of four places: wine scores google reviews random marketing copy word of mouth That's why we built Oxto differently. the data is powered by you. the more experience data we collect, the better we become at helping people find wineries they'll actually love. if you've ever struggled to find new wine experiences... you're exactly why I'm building this. That's Oxto. Filter by atmosphere, experience type, amenities, and occasion. Find the wineries that actually match what you're looking for. Travel like an insider → OXTOAPP.COM Available on both iOS and web