From South Side Chicago to Entrepreneurship - Zain Jaffer with Kwak Brothers

Our guest in this video, Daniel Kwak, is a real estate entrepreneur and a youth mentor. His parents were immigrants from South Korea. As we begin, he explains that he grew up poor and had uneventful teenage years.  Going on, he relays how growing up poor shaped his entrepreneurial mindset. “My parents gave me the gift of poverty,” he says. According to him, the poverty he experienced as a child is one of the factors that contributed to making him what he is today.   Later, I also narrate my experiences as an immigrant to Daniel and how they contributed to my growth too. Afterward, Daniel and I share with each other how we got into real estate and how we became entrepreneurs. As we slowly end the first part of our conversation, we discuss the importance of tech in industries and entrepreneurship. Specifically, we talk about technology in the real estate sector, its growth, and how it affects the market in the long and short run.  ================================================================ Subscribe to Zain Jaffer: https://bit.ly/2SWhYW5 Follow the PropTech VC Podcast: Listen on Apple - https://apple.co/2Izoznu Listen on Spotify -  https://spoti.fi/2STWDwq Listen on Google Play - https://bit.ly/2H7s6c0 Follow Zain Jaffer at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zainjaffer Website: https://zainjaffer.com/ Current Ventures: https://zain-ventures.com/ LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/zainjaffer/ ================================================================ Creating the World's First Co-Living Start-Up: https://youtu.be/K2MQNZnfvOA Innovative Housing that can change the world! https://youtu.be/K92fRT04Qjo Building an Online E-Commerce Furniture Empire: https://youtu.be/WhznBbYMhhg ================================================================ About Zain Jaffer: Zain Jaffer is an accomplished executive, investor, and entrepreneur. He started his first company at the age of 14 and later moved to the US as an immigrant to found Vungle, after securing $25M from tech giants including Google & AOL in 2011. Vungle recently sold for $780m.   His achievements have garnered international recognition and acclaim; he is the recipient of prestigious awards such as “Forbes 30 Under 30”, “Inc. Magazine’s 35 Under 35” and the “SF Business Times Tech & Innovation Award”. He is regularly featured in major business & tech publications such as The Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch.